Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Teton County's unemployment rate fell from 4.6 percent in November to 4.0 percent in December as the winter tourist season started."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	45,955	46,656	45,664	43,317	44,368	43,146	2,638	2,288	2,518	5.7	4.9	5.5

Big Horn	5,737	5,884	5,835	5,446	5,649	5,544	291	235	291	5.1	4.0	5.0
Fremont	18,807	19,066	18,489	17,507	17,925	17,353	1,300	1,141	1,136	6.9	6.0	6.1
Hot Springs	2,363	2,380	2,455	2,253	2,297	2,326	110	83	129	4.7	3.5	5.3
Park	14,561	14,807	14,352	13,815	14,135	13,569	746	672	783	5.1	4.5	5.5
Washakie	4,487	4,519	4,533	4,296	4,362	4,354	191	157	179	4.3	3.5	3.9


NORTHEAST	48,037	48,360	46,774	46,159	46,736	45,068	1,878	1,624	1,706	3.9	3.4	3.6

Campbell	23,911	23,923	23,105	23,095	23,188	22,441	816	735	664	3.4	3.1	2.9
Crook	2,804	2,949	2,895	2,692	2,846	2,764	112	103	131	4.0	3.5	4.5
Johnson	3,878	3,998	3,697	3,744	3,895	3,545	134	103	152	3.5	2.6	4.1
Sheridan	14,200	14,188	13,771	13,524	13,626	13,150	676	562	621	4.8	4.0	4.5
Weston	3,244	3,302	3,306	3,104	3,181	3,168	140	121	138	4.3	3.7	4.2


SOUTHWEST	52,496	51,854	53,460	49,901	49,454	50,876	2,595	2,400	2,584	4.9	4.6	4.8

Lincoln	6,445	6,571	6,869	5,984	6,168	6,421	461	403	448	7.2	6.1	6.5
Sublette	3,336	3,481	3,216	3,250	3,396	3,149	86	85	67	2.6	2.4	2.1
Sweetwater	20,067	19,800	20,491	19,110	18,967	19,458	957	833	1,033	4.8	4.2	5.0
Teton	11,651	10,879	11,824	11,182	10,376	11,407	469	503	417	4.0	4.6	3.5
Uinta	10,997	11,123	11,060	10,375	10,547	10,441	622	576	619	5.7	5.2	5.6


SOUTHEAST	74,394	74,669	73,916	71,874	72,401	71,442	2,520	2,268	2,474	3.4	3.0	3.3

Albany	20,079	19,989	19,601	19,706	19,679	19,182	373	310	419	1.9	1.6	2.1
Goshen	6,328	6,573	6,371	6,121	6,400	6,183	207	173	188	3.3	2.6	3.0
Laramie	42,614	42,575	42,416	40,957	41,039	40,780	1,657	1,536	1,636	3.9	3.6	3.9
Niobrara	1,186	1,242	1,181	1,116	1,184	1,129	70	58	52	5.9	4.7	4.4
Platte	4,187	4,290	4,347	3,974	4,099	4,168	213	191	179	5.1	4.5	4.1


CENTRAL	49,429	49,918	50,066	47,048	47,760	47,834	2,381	2,158	2,232	4.8	4.3	4.5

Carbon	7,779	8,024	8,012	7,422	7,730	7,557	357	294	455	4.6	3.7	5.7
Converse	6,281	6,428	6,342	5,926	6,128	6,082	355	300	260	5.7	4.7	4.1
Natrona	35,369	35,466	35,712	33,700	33,902	34,195	1,669	1,564	1,517	4.7	4.4	4.2


STATEWIDE	270,312	271,456	269,881	258,300	260,720	258,368	12,012	10,736	11,513	4.4	4.0	4.3

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.4	4.2	4.2
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.7	5.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.0	6.0	5.8

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

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 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.