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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

The lowest unemployment rates in October 2011 occurred in Sublette (2.8%), Albany (3.9%), and Campbell (4.0%) counties.

REGION Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
Oct Sep Oct Oct Sep Oct Oct Sep Oct Oct Sep Oct
2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010
County (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
NORTHWEST 45,776 46,263 45,572 43,178 43,781 42,765 2,598 2,482 2,807 5.7 5.4 6.2
Big Horn 5,178 5,151 5,071 4,883 4,855 4,741 295 296 330 5.7 5.7 6.5
Fremont 18,925 18,940 18,989 17,752 17,820 17,712 1,173 1,120 1,277 6.2 5.9 6.7
Hot Springs 2,514 2,499 2,529 2,404 2,394 2,399 110 105 130 4.4 4.2 5.1
Park 14,765 15,350 14,662 13,952 14,596 13,802 813 754 860 5.5 4.9 5.9
Washakie 4,394 4,323 4,321 4,187 4,116 4,111 207 207 210 4.7 4.8 4.9
NORTHEAST 53,222 52,715 53,414 50,650 50,186 50,527 2,572 2,529 2,887 4.8 4.8 5.4
Campbell 26,831 26,346 27,154 25,763 25,280 25,851 1,068 1,066 1,303 4.0 4.0 4.8
Crook 3,475 3,522 3,386 3,322 3,368 3,235 153 154 151 4.4 4.4 4.5
Johnson 3,959 3,970 3,844 3,720 3,746 3,594 239 224 250 6.0 5.6 6.5
Sheridan 15,743 15,644 15,795 14,790 14,709 14,781 953 935 1,014 6.1 6.0 6.4
Weston 3,214 3,233 3,235 3,055 3,083 3,066 159 150 169 4.9 4.6 5.2
SOUTHWEST 62,966 64,245 63,474 59,632 61,216 59,558 3,334 3,029 3,916 5.3 4.7 6.2
Lincoln 8,166 8,336 8,067 7,630 7,811 7,466 536 525 601 6.6 6.3 7.5
Sublette 7,403 7,523 7,179 7,197 7,314 6,918 206 209 261 2.8 2.8 3.6
Sweetwater 24,087 23,849 23,903 23,029 22,803 22,617 1,058 1,046 1,286 4.4 4.4 5.4
Teton 12,592 13,740 12,860 11,613 13,037 11,733 979 703 1,127 7.8 5.1 8.8
Uinta 10,718 10,797 11,465 10,163 10,251 10,824 555 546 641 5.2 5.1 5.6
SOUTHEAST 75,180 74,024 74,031 71,167 70,158 69,703 4,013 3,866 4,328 5.3 5.2 5.8
Albany 20,352 20,041 19,540 19,567 19,283 18,692 785 758 848 3.9 3.8 4.3
Goshen 6,454 6,273 6,361 6,143 5,951 6,030 311 322 331 4.8 5.1 5.2
Laramie 42,849 42,188 42,857 40,214 39,656 40,014 2,635 2,532 2,843 6.1 6.0 6.6
Niobrara 1,332 1,326 1,249 1,272 1,273 1,190 60 53 59 4.5 4.0 4.7
Platte 4,193 4,196 4,024 3,971 3,995 3,777 222 201 247 5.3 4.8 6.1
CENTRAL 56,646 55,862 55,463 53,686 52,943 51,997 2,960 2,919 3,466 5.2 5.2 6.2
Carbon 7,494 7,505 7,667 7,075 7,087 7,163 419 418 504 5.6 5.6 6.6
Converse 7,594 7,571 7,410 7,254 7,231 7,054 340 340 356 4.5 4.5 4.8
Natrona 41,558 40,786 40,386 39,357 38,625 37,780 2,201 2,161 2,606 5.3 5.3 6.5
STATEWIDE 293,791 293,108 291,956 278,316 278,284 274,551 15,475 14,824 17,405 5.3 5.1 6.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted                   5.7 5.8 6.6
U.S.                   8.5 8.8 9.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted                   9.0 9.1 9.7
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2011. Run Date 11/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.