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

	Labor Force			Unemployed Number			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Dec 97 (p)	Nov 97 (r)	Dec 96 (b)	Dec 97 (p)	Nov 97 (r)	Dec 96 (b)	Dec 97 (p)	Nov 97 (r)	Dec 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	44,889	45,430	45,109	2,539	2,269	2,932	5.7	5.0	6.5
Big Horn	5,428	5,586	5,396	307	237	393	5.7	4.2	7.3
Fremont	17,494	17,518	17,804	1,236	1,116	1,446	7.1	6.4	8.1
Hot Springs	2,862	2,905	2,617	108	89	120	3.8	3.1	4.6
Park	14,485	14,650	14,624	695	628	786	4.8	4.3	5.4
Washakie	4,620	4,771	4,668	193	199	187	4.2	4.2	4.0
NORTHEAST	42,226	42,736	42,446	1,913	1,688	2,190	4.5	3.9	5.2
Campbell	18,581	18,763	18,708	766	739	973	4.1	3.9	5.2
Crook	2,944	3,078	2,964	138	110	134	4.7	3.6	4.5
Johnson	3,819	3,900	3,673	170	132	182	4.5	3.4	5.0
Sheridan	13,684	13,737	13,758	697	575	702	5.1	4.2	5.1
Weston	3,198	3,258	3,343	142	132	199	4.4	4.1	6.0
SOUTHWEST	49,695	48,776	50,776	2,303	2,054	2,764	4.6	4.2	5.4
Lincoln	6,648	6,722	6,459	431	297	446	6.5	4.4	6.9
Sublette	2,873	2,994	2,885	69	59	91	2.4	2.0	3.2
Sweetwater	20,401	19,874	21,170	998	806	1,213	4.9	4.1	5.7
Teton	9,319	8,659	9,433	266	397	288	2.9	4.6	3.1
Uinta	10,454	10,527	10,829	539	495	726	5.2	4.7	6.7
SOUTHEAST	69,752	70,184	68,751	2,379	2,064	2,279	3.4	2.9	3.3
Albany	17,934	18,000	17,329	344	265	324	1.9	1.5	1.9
Goshen	6,461	6,717	6,562	273	240	280	4.2	3.6	4.3
Laramie	39,898	39,847	39,451	1,555	1,374	1,474	3.9	3.4	3.7
Niobrara	1,322	1,369	1,279	30	25	26	2.3	1.8	2.0
Platte	4,137	4,251	4,130	177	160	175	4.3	3.8	4.2
CENTRAL	48,895	48,945	48,708	2,491	2,184	2,998	5.1	4.5	6.2
Carbon	8,158	8,270	8,443	445	351	523	5.5	4.2	6.2
Converse	6,582	6,774	6,607	305	290	432	4.6	4.3	6.5
Natrona	34,155	33,901	33,658	1,741	1,543	2,043	5.1	4.6	6.1
STATEWIDE	255,459	256,070	255,789	11,625	10,259	13,164	4.6	4.0	5.1
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.5	4.2	5.1
U.S.							4.4	4.3	5.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.7	4.6	5.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 12/97.


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


NOTE: The 1996 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.0 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.4 and 5.6 percent.