"The only county where unemployment decreased was Teton, with unemployment falling from 4.4 percent to 3.2 percent because of the start of the winter tourist season."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec
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	45,821	46,582	45,328	43,462	44,559	42,888	2,359	2,023	2,440	5.1	4.3	5.4

Big Horn	5,967	6,122	5,883	5,687	5,892	5,592	280	230	291	4.7	3.8	4.9
Fremont	18,033	18,286	18,042	16,977	17,419	16,816	1,056	867	1,226	5.9	4.7	6.8
Hot Springs	2,460	2,489	2,420	2,340	2,389	2,327	120	100	93	4.9	4.0	3.8
Park	14,642	14,881	14,308	13,906	14,223	13,657	736	658	651	5.0	4.4	4.5
Washakie	4,719	4,804	4,675	4,552	4,636	4,496	167	168	179	3.5	3.5	3.8


NORTHEAST	45,381	45,952	44,719	43,804	44,535	43,158	1,577	1,417	1,561	3.5	3.1	3.5

Campbell	20,765	20,949	20,416	20,178	20,373	19,808	587	576	608	2.8	2.7	3.0
Crook	3,136	3,255	3,069	3,010	3,159	2,966	126	96	103	4.0	2.9	3.4
Johnson	3,971	4,110	3,885	3,827	3,980	3,779	144	130	106	3.6	3.2	2.7
Sheridan	14,166	14,228	13,993	13,577	13,745	13,400	589	483	593	4.2	3.4	4.2
Weston	3,343	3,410	3,356	3,212	3,278	3,205	131	132	151	3.9	3.9	4.5


SOUTHWEST	52,362	51,963	51,266	49,981	49,640	49,372	2,381	2,323	1,894	4.5	4.5	3.7

Lincoln	6,609	6,761	6,419	6,196	6,369	6,087	413	392	332	6.2	5.8	5.2
Sublette	3,128	3,264	3,088	3,065	3,200	3,021	63	64	67	2.0	2.0	2.2
Sweetwater	19,935	19,759	19,886	18,985	18,923	19,024	950	836	862	4.8	4.2	4.3
Teton	12,052	11,385	11,431	11,666	10,884	11,233	386	501	198	3.2	4.4	1.7
Uinta	10,638	10,794	10,442	10,069	10,264	10,007	569	530	435	5.3	4.9	4.2


SOUTHEAST	74,619	74,723	72,797	72,295	72,723	70,861	2,324	2,000	1,936	3.1	2.7	2.7

Albany	19,538	19,426	19,078	19,148	19,112	18,761	390	314	317	2.0	1.6	1.7
Goshen	6,691	6,946	6,650	6,515	6,793	6,460	176	153	190	2.6	2.2	2.9
Laramie	42,391	42,195	41,159	40,857	40,849	39,961	1,534	1,346	1,198	3.6	3.2	2.9
Niobrara	1,271	1,330	1,253	1,221	1,291	1,199	50	39	54	3.9	2.9	4.3
Platte	4,728	4,826	4,657	4,554	4,678	4,480	174	148	177	3.7	3.1	3.8


CENTRAL	49,797	50,367	49,325	47,717	48,550	47,333	2,080	1,817	1,992	4.2	3.6	4.0

Carbon	8,030	8,277	8,065	7,604	7,924	7,696	426	353	369	5.3	4.3	4.6
Converse	6,863	7,043	6,819	6,617	6,831	6,532	246	212	287	3.6	3.0	4.2
Natrona	34,904	35,047	34,441	33,496	33,795	33,105	1,408	1,252	1,336	4.0	3.6	3.9


STATEWIDE	267,977	269,583	263,432	257,258	260,005	253,611	10,719	9,578	9,821	4.0	3.6	3.7

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.9	3.8	3.7
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.4	5.3	3.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.8	5.6	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.