© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 2

Platte County posted the highest unemployment rate (5.7%), while Albany and Sublette counties tied for the lowest (1.7%).


	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,408	46,824	46,988	44,445	45,056	44,375	1,963	1,768	2,613	4.2	3.8	5.6

Big Horn	5,835	5,944	5,832	5,579	5,724	5,555	256	220	277	4.4	3.7	4.7
Fremont	18,596	18,707	18,973	17,664	17,900	17,692	932	807	1,281	5.0	4.3	6.8
Hot Springs	2,153	2,177	2,252	2,092	2,134	2,161	61	43	91	2.8	2.0	4.0
Park	15,230	15,361	15,301	14,655	14,797	14,496	575	564	805	3.8	3.7	5.3
Washakie	4,594	4,635	4,630	4,455	4,501	4,471	139	134	159	3.0	2.9	3.4


NORTHEAST	47,851	48,250	48,094	46,354	46,899	46,172	1,497	1,351	1,922	3.1	2.8	4.0

Campbell	22,842	22,919	23,011	22,199	22,295	22,161	643	624	850	2.8	2.7	3.7
Crook	2,962	3,069	2,936	2,845	2,966	2,793	117	103	143	4.0	3.4	4.9
Johnson	4,066	4,134	3,992	3,949	4,048	3,861	117	86	131	2.9	2.1	3.3
Sheridan	14,836	14,912	14,966	14,318	14,471	14,277	518	441	689	3.5	3.0	4.6
Weston	3,145	3,216	3,189	3,043	3,119	3,080	102	97	109	3.2	3.0	3.4


SOUTHWEST	56,393	55,900	55,547	54,540	53,930	53,139	1,853	1,970	2,408	3.3	3.5	4.3

Lincoln	7,696	7,764	7,508	7,368	7,474	7,075	328	290	433	4.3	3.7	5.8
Sublette	3,937	4,012	3,770	3,871	3,950	3,654	66	62	116	1.7	1.5	3.1
Sweetwater	21,440	21,415	20,784	20,791	20,859	19,968	649	556	816	3.0	2.6	3.9
Teton	11,879	11,197	11,903	11,513	10,557	11,463	366	640	440	3.1	5.7	3.7
Uinta	11,441	11,512	11,582	10,997	11,090	10,979	444	422	603	3.9	3.7	5.2


SOUTHEAST	76,482	76,917	76,795	73,686	74,307	73,828	2,796	2,610	2,967	3.7	3.4	3.9

Albany	20,119	20,200	20,429	19,773	19,869	19,980	346	331	449	1.7	1.6	2.2
Goshen	6,247	6,472	6,227	6,034	6,274	6,030	213	198	197	3.4	3.1	3.2
Laramie	44,742	44,733	44,754	42,776	42,891	42,723	1,966	1,842	2,031	4.4	4.1	4.5
Niobrara	1,117	1,184	1,109	1,088	1,151	1,066	29	33	43	2.6	2.8	3.9
Platte	4,257	4,328	4,276	4,015	4,122	4,029	242	206	247	5.7	4.8	5.8


CENTRAL	51,134	51,384	52,097	49,310	49,710	49,482	1,824	1,674	2,615	3.6	3.3	5.0

Carbon	7,636	7,814	7,993	7,372	7,577	7,487	264	237	506	3.5	3.0	6.3
Converse	6,382	6,503	6,408	6,102	6,256	6,122	280	247	286	4.4	3.8	4.5
Natrona	37,116	37,067	37,696	35,836	35,877	35,873	1,280	1,190	1,823	3.4	3.2	4.8


STATEWIDE	278,266	279,274	279,518	268,334	269,902	266,995	9,932	9,372	12,523	3.6	3.4	4.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.3	3.5	4.3
U.S.....................................................................................................................................................										5.1	5.2	5.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.4	5.4	5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 1/05.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.