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Table 1: New Public and Private Sector Firms, Associated New Jobs1 and Wages, New Business Formation Rate,2 and Impact on Employment and Wages3 by Wyoming Region and County, 2000 and 2001
  Start up in 2000 Start up in 2001
     
Region/
County
New Firms Percent New Jobs Total Wages (in millions) New Business Formation Rate Employment Impact Wage Impact New Firms Percent New Jobs Total Wages (in millions) New Business Formation Rate Employment Impact Wage Impact
     
Northwest 316 15.7% 1,033 $8.9 8.5% 2.9% 1.1% 281 13.6% 1,156 $12.0 7.5% 3.2% 1.4%
Big Horn 26 102 1.3 6.9% 2.5% 1.3% 26 126 1.9 6.8% 3.0% 1.7%
Fremont 123 416 3.0 8.9% 3.0% 1.0% 112 430 4.4 8.0% 3.0% 1.3%
Hot Springs 22 71 0.5 9.4% 3.6% 1.2% 23 171 1.6 9.6% 8.5% 3.7%
Park 119 387 3.7 9.3% 3.3% 1.3% 106 390 3.7 8.2% 3.3% 1.3%
Washakie 26 57 0.4 6.1% 1.6% 0.4% 14 39 0.4 3.3% 1.1% 0.4%
     
Northeast 346 17.2% 1,314 17.5 10.6% 3.6% 1.7% 381 18.4% 1,423 20.2 11.2% 3.8% 1.8%
Campbell 164 708 9.9 12.7% 3.9% 1.6% 162 724 12.4 12.0% 3.6% 1.7%
Crook 14 29 0.3 6.3% 1.5% 0.8% 28 68 1.1 11.7% 3.6% 2.3%
Johnson 38 95 1.0 10.6% 3.6% 1.9% 58 214 2.3 15.0% 8.0% 4.1%
Sheridan 117 429 4.8 10.1% 4.0% 1.9% 110 349 3.8 9.4% 3.2% 1.4%
Weston 13 53 1.4 5.2% 2.4% 2.6% 23 68 0.6 9.0% 3.1% 1.0%
     
Southwest 468 23.3% 2,320 34.7 10.0% 4.6% 2.4% 493 23.8% 1,713 28.9 10.2% 3.3% 1.8%
Lincoln 51 245 5.8 8.9% 4.9% 4.6% 84 264 2.3 13.7% 5.1% 1.6%
Sublette 38 140 1.9 9.7% 6.4% 3.5% 46 196 3.9 11.3% 8.2% 6.5%
Sweetwater 103 561 8.0 8.2% 3.0% 1.3% 111 428 7.1 8.8% 2.3% 1.0%
Teton 213 1,080 14.7 11.8% 6.6% 3.4% 190 645 13.7 10.2% 3.9% 2.9%
Uinta 63 294 4.3 9.3% 3.7% 2.2% 62 180 1.9 8.9% 2.1% 0.9%
     
Southeast 423 21.1% 1,494 14.5 9.4% 2.5% 1.0% 480 23.2% 2,591 23.6 10.4% 4.4% 1.5%
Albany 95 353 2.5 9.1% 2.5% 0.7% 114 340 3.5 10.6% 2.4% 1.0%
Goshen 39 98 0.7 9.1% 2.4% 0.8% 36 105 0.5 8.4% 2.6% 0.6%
Laramie 254 934 10.5 10.0% 2.6% 1.1% 290 1,970 18.5 11.1% 5.4% 1.8%
Niobrara 14 51 0.5 10.4% 6.6% 3.4% 6 19 0.1 4.5% 2.4% 0.4%
Platte 21 58 0.4 6.0% 1.7% 0.5% 34 157 1.1 9.6% 4.8% 1.3%
     
Central 312 15.5% 1,010 10.3 8.1% 2.4% 0.9% 288 13.9% 1,217 12.6 7.4% 2.9% 1.1%
Carbon 63 219 2.8 9.6% 3.5% 1.9% 51 288 2.2 7.7% 4.6% 1.4%
Converse 30 102 0.6 6.5% 2.3% 0.5% 34 71 0.5 7.3% 1.6% 0.5%
Natrona 219 689 6.8 8.0% 2.2% 0.7% 203 858 9.8 7.4% 2.7% 1.1%
     
Unclassified4 142 7.1% 1,036 14.6 17.8% 12.3% 5.4% 149 7.2% 1,352 27.4 16.4% 12.9% 8.0%
     
Statewide 2,007 100% 8,207 100.5 9.6% 3.6% 1.6% 2,072 100% 9,452 124.6 9.7% 4.0% 1.9%
1New jobs represent the highest average quarterly employment during the first two quarters of business.
2New business formation rate is the percentage of new firms compared with the total number of firms in a specific location.
3Employment and wage impact is the proportion of jobs and wages contributed by new businesses.
4Unclassified includes all firms missing county information or those having more than one county location (multi-county firms).


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