"Several counties experienced declining unemployment, including Goshen, Uinta, and Laramie Counties."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov
County	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,622	47,454	46,034	44,574	45,657	43,739	2,048	1,797	2,295	4.4	3.8	5.0

Big Horn	6,127	6,240	6,012	5,894	6,018	5,736	233	222	276	3.8	3.6	4.6
Fremont	18,300	18,352	18,332	17,425	17,521	17,175	875	831	1,157	4.8	4.5	6.3
Hot Springs	2,492	2,507	2,443	2,390	2,428	2,366	102	79	77	4.1	3.2	3.2
Park	14,894	15,493	14,539	14,227	14,968	13,921	667	525	618	4.5	3.4	4.3
Washakie	4,809	4,862	4,708	4,638	4,722	4,541	171	140	167	3.6	2.9	3.5


NORTHEAST	45,978	46,284	45,259	44,548	44,924	43,767	1,430	1,360	1,492	3.1	2.9	3.3

Campbell	20,961	20,835	20,699	20,379	20,264	20,079	582	571	620	2.8	2.7	3.0
Crook	3,257	3,336	3,165	3,160	3,247	3,058	97	89	107	3.0	2.7	3.4
Johnson	4,113	4,252	4,002	3,981	4,140	3,887	132	112	115	3.2	2.6	2.9
Sheridan	14,234	14,415	14,023	13,749	13,949	13,501	485	466	522	3.4	3.2	3.7
Weston	3,413	3,446	3,370	3,279	3,324	3,242	134	122	128	3.9	3.5	3.8


SOUTHWEST	51,962	53,011	51,099	49,656	51,000	49,132	2,306	2,011	1,967	4.4	3.8	3.8

Lincoln	6,759	6,858	6,511	6,371	6,524	6,248	388	334	263	5.7	4.9	4.0
Sublette	3,266	3,435	3,191	3,201	3,371	3,135	65	64	56	2.0	1.9	1.8
Sweetwater	19,751	19,705	19,916	18,929	18,902	19,072	822	803	844	4.2	4.1	4.2
Teton	11,393	12,236	10,832	10,888	11,966	10,492	505	270	340	4.4	2.2	3.1
Uinta	10,793	10,777	10,649	10,267	10,237	10,185	526	540	464	4.9	5.0	4.4


SOUTHEAST	74,666	74,490	73,663	72,727	72,539	71,885	1,939	1,951	1,778	2.6	2.6	2.4

Albany	19,420	19,570	19,389	19,118	19,262	19,081	302	308	308	1.6	1.6	1.6
Goshen	6,936	7,065	6,793	6,795	6,897	6,633	141	168	160	2.0	2.4	2.4
Laramie	42,159	41,482	41,497	40,843	40,157	40,400	1,316	1,325	1,097	3.1	3.2	2.6
Niobrara	1,323	1,398	1,266	1,291	1,375	1,228	32	23	38	2.4	1.6	3.0
Platte	4,828	4,975	4,718	4,680	4,848	4,543	148	127	175	3.1	2.6	3.7


CENTRAL	50,449	50,171	50,018	48,620	48,465	47,942	1,829	1,706	2,076	3.6	3.4	4.2

Carbon	8,276	8,430	8,271	7,927	8,094	7,916	349	336	355	4.2	4.0	4.3
Converse	7,048	7,191	6,966	6,833	6,980	6,705	215	211	261	3.1	2.9	3.7
Natrona	35,125	34,550	34,781	33,860	33,391	33,321	1,265	1,159	1,460	3.6	3.4	4.2


STATEWIDE	269,670	271,409	266,072	260,121	262,584	256,464	9,549	8,825	9,608	3.5	3.3	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.8	3.8	3.9
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.3	5.0	3.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.4	4.0

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/01. Run Date 12/01.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2000 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.