Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

Following their normal seasonal pattern, most county employment rates increased from October to November.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,525	47,267	45,851	44,483	45,496	43,525	2,042	1,771	2,326	4.4	3.7	5.1

Big Horn	5,837	5,924	5,775	5,642	5,741	5,536	195	183	239	3.3	3.1	4.1
Fremont	18,917	18,951	18,665	17,906	18,030	17,506	1,011	921	1,159	5.3	4.9	6.2
Hot Springs	2,275	2,281	2,266	2,208	2,227	2,182	67	54	84	2.9	2.4	3.7
Park	14,971	15,523	14,640	14,326	15,037	13,955	645	486	685	4.3	3.1	4.7
Washakie	4,525	4,588	4,505	4,401	4,461	4,346	124	127	159	2.7	2.8	3.5


NORTHEAST	47,965	48,162	47,095	46,439	46,782	45,453	1,526	1,380	1,642	3.2	2.9	3.5

Campbell	23,068	23,090	22,586	22,383	22,394	21,850	685	696	736	3.0	3.0	3.3
Crook	2,949	2,956	2,960	2,827	2,865	2,856	122	91	104	4.1	3.1	3.5
Johnson	3,971	4,079	3,939	3,874	4,003	3,835	97	76	104	2.4	1.9	2.6
Sheridan	14,671	14,700	14,280	14,144	14,272	13,707	527	428	573	3.6	2.9	4.0
Weston	3,306	3,337	3,330	3,211	3,248	3,205	95	89	125	2.9	2.7	3.8


SOUTHWEST	54,584	55,680	52,624	52,338	53,650	50,160	2,246	2,030	2,464	4.1	3.6	4.7

Lincoln	6,810	6,843	6,740	6,491	6,566	6,325	319	277	415	4.7	4.0	6.2
Sublette	3,546	3,687	3,483	3,454	3,591	3,397	92	96	86	2.6	2.6	2.5
Sweetwater	21,233	21,267	19,849	20,512	20,573	18,996	721	694	853	3.4	3.3	4.3
Teton	11,168	12,011	10,940	10,544	11,563	10,427	624	448	513	5.6	3.7	4.7
Uinta	11,827	11,872	11,612	11,337	11,357	11,015	490	515	597	4.1	4.3	5.1


SOUTHEAST	75,775	74,896	73,751	73,373	72,746	71,437	2,402	2,150	2,314	3.2	2.9	3.1

Albany	20,169	19,514	19,126	19,827	19,224	18,811	342	290	315	1.7	1.5	1.6
Goshen	6,337	6,331	6,414	6,186	6,177	6,238	151	154	176	2.4	2.4	2.7
Laramie	43,774	43,492	42,669	42,123	41,955	41,101	1,651	1,537	1,568	3.8	3.5	3.7
Niobrara	1,122	1,157	1,189	1,078	1,126	1,130	44	31	59	3.9	2.7	5.0
Platte	4,373	4,402	4,353	4,159	4,264	4,157	214	138	196	4.9	3.1	4.5


CENTRAL	50,940	51,149	49,540	48,729	49,075	47,341	2,211	2,074	2,199	4.3	4.1	4.4

Carbon	8,046	8,176	7,924	7,638	7,837	7,625	408	339	299	5.1	4.1	3.8
Converse	6,355	6,426	6,325	6,094	6,196	6,020	261	230	305	4.1	3.6	4.8
Natrona	36,539	36,547	35,291	34,997	35,042	33,696	1,542	1,505	1,595	4.2	4.1	4.5


STATEWIDE	275,789	277,154	268,861	265,362	267,749	257,916	10,427	9,405	10,945	3.8	3.4	4.1

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	3.9	4.3
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.6	5.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.9	6.0	5.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 12/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.