Table 2: New Firms and Employment^(*) by Region and County for 1993 to 1997

	Start Up in 1993			Start Up in 1994			Start Up in 1995			Start Up in 1996			Start Up in 1997
	New Firms	Percent	Starting Employment Level	New Firms	Percent	Starting Employment Level	New Firms	Percent	Starting Employment Level	New Firms	Percent	Starting Employment Level	New Firms	Percent	Starting Employment Level
Northwest	299	17.2%	838	321	18.3%	1,123	282	15.8%	987	289	17.3%	1,373	338	18.3%	1,193
-- Big Horn	21		56	22		110	35		174	30		119	29		121
-- Fremont	118		314	139		410	107		409	111		443	127		408
-- Hot Springs	21		82	13		68	19		54	11		313	17		34
-- Park	112		287	112		405	92		266	101		425	129		371
-- Washakie	27		99	35		130	29		84	36		73	36		259
Northeast	267	15.3%	1,042	265	15.1%	933	289	16.2%	1,086	223	13.4%	800	278	15.0%	1,430
-- Campbell	95		337	109		521	131		531	82		332	106		853
-- Crook	23		73	15		26	17		36	13		38	16		96
-- Johnson	31		115	29		79	29		84	37		116	33		145
-- Sheridan	103		450	104		284	94		395	79		285	108		307
-- Weston	15		67	8		23	18		40	12		29	15		29
Southwest	445	25.6%	1,731	419	23.8%	1,636	439	24.6%	1,670	363	21.8%	1,788	405	21.9%	1,611
-- Lincoln	46		241	38		137	64		243	47		429	46		184
-- Sublette	34		102	33		143	33		71	22		50	24		63
-- Sweetwater	119		415	114		619	112		610	81		395	95		490
-- Teton	186		691	164		441	163		421	160		603	188		651
-- Uinta	60		282	70		296	67		325	53		311	52		223
Southeast	370	21.3%	1,737	412	23.4%	1,683	423	23.7%	1,573	426	25.6%	1,884	412	22.3%	1,673
-- Albany	90		502	97		425	96		319	97		494	90		283
-- Goshen	43		114	30		58	33		76	36		113	29		58
-- Laramie	208		1035	247		1020	246		1035	249		1118	254		1178
-- Niobrara	9		23	15		116	15		26	9		35	8		15
-- Platte	20		63	23		64	33		117	35		124	31		139
Central	301	17.3%	1,350	313	17.8%	1,198	313	17.5%	1,017	287	17.2%	914	300	16.2%	1,036
-- Carbon	44		289	48		243	47		244	61		271	45		89
-- Converse	34		75	31		128	48		171	28		103	46		135
-- Natrona	223		986	234		827	218		602	198		540	209		812
Multi-county	2	0.1%	171	4	0.2%	163	5	0.3%	147	8	0.5%	261	4	0.2%	332
Unclassified**	57	3.3%	133	24	1.4%	68	36	2.0%	110	71	4.3%	454	114	6.2%	558
Statewide	1,741	100.0%	7,002	1,758	100.0%	6,804	1,787	100.0%	6,590	1,667	100.0%	7,474	1,851	100.0%	7,833

* Employment is the "Starting Employment Level," which is the highest average quarterly employment during the first two starting quarters.
** "Unclassified" includes all of the records that lack county information.

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