Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)
NORTHWEST	43,788	44,259	43,093	2,126	2,073	2,767	4.9	4.7	6.4
Big Horn	4,802	4,931	4,898	251	242	352	5.2	4.9	7.2
Fremont	17,029	17,327	16,820	1,029	953	1,271	6.0	5.5	7.6
Hot Springs	2,530	2,556	2,588	100	109	155	4.0	4.3	6.0
Park	14,271	14,268	13,930	544	559	759	3.8	3.9	5.4
Washakie	5,156	5,177	4,857	202	210	230	3.9	4.1	4.7
NORTHEAST	41,469	41,928	41,042	1,880	1,790	2,203	4.5	4.3	5.4
Campbell	19,081	19,133	18,429	906	773	971	4.7	4.0	5.3
Crook	2,587	2,732	2,711	120	134	170	4.6	4.9	6.3
Johnson	3,453	3,553	3,384	141	156	191	4.1	4.4	5.6
Sheridan	13,361	13,481	13,396	578	618	682	4.3	4.6	5.1
Weston	2,987	3,029	3,122	135	109	189	4.5	3.6	6.1
REGION-or-County	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)
SOUTHWEST	52,769	52,044	51,763	2,395	2,333	2,860	4.5	4.5	5.5
Lincoln	5,642	5,686	5,973	347	289	508	6.2	5.1	8.5
Sublette	3,190	3,266	2,987	134	111	166	4.2	3.4	5.6
Sweetwater	24,028	23,792	23,076	1,041	1,008	1,197	4.3	4.2	5.2
Teton	10,179	9,364	9,407	346	394	301	3.4	4.2	3.2
Uinta	9,730	9,936	10,320	527	531	688	5.4	5.3	6.7
SOUTHEAST	67,541	68,366	66,881	2,285	2,372	2,677	3.4	3.5	4.0
Albany	17,060	17,260	16,515	473	476	508	2.8	2.8	3.1
Goshen	6,983	7,129	6,682	268	257	268	3.8	3.6	4.0
Laramie	38,485	38,939	38,747	1,280	1,447	1,601	3.3	3.7	4.1
Niobrara	1,105	1,101	1,063	71	45	54	6.4	4.1	5.1
Platte	3,908	3,937	3,874	193	147	246	4.9	3.7	6.4
REGION-or-County	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)	Dec 95 (p)	Nov 95 (r)	Dec 94 (b)
CENTRAL	47,710	48,015	47,331	2,289	2,280	2,591	4.8	4.7	5.5
Carbon	9,053	9,231	8,655	391	424	451	4.3	4.6	5.2
Converse	6,257	6,294	6,241	275	260	388	4.4	4.1	6.2
Natrona	32,400	32,490	32,435	1,623	1,596	1,752	5.0	4.9	5.4
STATEWIDE	253,275	254,610	250,110	10,974	10,846	13,100	4.3	4.3	5.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.0	4.5	5.0
U.S.							5.2	5.3	5.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.6	5.6	5.4

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/95. Run Date 12/95.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1994 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.3 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.6 and 6.0 percent.