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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard

"Wyoming's unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) was 4.6 percent for December 1998. The Southeast Region had the lowest unemployment rate in the state (3.2%) and the Northwest Region had the highest (5.8%)."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Dec 98 (p) Nov 98 (r) Dec 97 (b) Dec 98 (p) Nov 98 (r) Dec 97 (b) Dec 98 (p) Nov 98 (r) Dec 97 (b) Dec 98 (p) Nov 98 (r) Dec 97 (b)
NORTHWEST 43,634 44,699 43,592 41,103 42,147 41,081 2,531 2,552 2,511 5.8 5.7 5.8
Big Horn 6,047 6,267 5,683 5,703 5,940 5,370 344 327 313 5.7 5.2 5.5
Fremont 16,495 16,729 16,923 15,274 15,454 15,706 1,221 1,275 1,217 7.4 7.6 7.2
Hot Springs 2,386 2,629 2,434 2,295 2,549 2,331 91 80 103 3.8 3.0 4.2
Park 14,138 14,443 13,910 13,502 13,820 13,222 636 623 688 4.5 4.3 4.9
Washakie 4,568 4,631 4,642 4,329 4,384 4,452 239 247 190 5.2 5.3 4.1
NORTHEAST 42,263 43,239 41,704 40,324 41,254 39,804 1,939 1,985 1,900 4.6 4.6 4.6
Campbell 18,961 19,345 18,576 18,151 18,462 17,820 810 883 756 4.3 4.6 4.1
Crook 2,882 3,036 2,837 2,736 2,881 2,695 146 155 142.0 5.1 5.1 5.0
Johnson 3,832 3,967 3,699 3,676 3,822 3,530 156 145 169 4.1 3.7 4.6
Sheridan 13,608 13,858 13,521 12,902 13,189 12,827 706 669 694 5.2 4.8 5.1
Weston 2,980 3,033 3,071 2,859 2,900 2,932 121 133 139 4.1 4.4 4.5
SOUTHWEST 51,067 50,154 50,817 48,605 47,763 48,526 2,462 2,391 2,291 4.8 4.8 4.5
Lincoln 6,667 6,781 6,575 6,277 6,480 6,148 390 301 427 5.8 4.4 6.5
Sublette 3,135 3,249 2,959 3,012 3,169 2,893 123 80 66 3.9 2.5 2.2
Sweetwater 21,023 20,529 21,064 19,841 19,489 20,068 1,182 1,040 996 5.6 5.1 4.7
Teton 10,003 9,200 9,782 9,768 8,773 9,510 235 427 272 2.3 4.6 2.8
Uinta 10,239 10,395 10,437 9,707 9,852 9,907 532 543 530 5.2 5.2 5.1
SOUTHEAST 69,621 70,289 68,789 67,408 68,167 66,434 2,213 2,122 2,355 3.2 3.0 3.4
Albany 17,598 17,712 17,674 17,271 17,382 17,334 327 330 340 1.9 1.9 1.9
Goshen 6,824 7,246 6,461 6,566 6,999 6,189 258 247 272 3.8 3.4 4.2
Laramie 39,831 39,817 39,374 38,431 38,517 37,837 1,400 1,300 1,537 3.5 3.3 3.9
Niobrara 1,111 1,182 1,126 1,076 1,143 1,096 35 39 30 3.2 3.3 2.7
Platte 4,257 4,332 4,154 4,064 4,126 3,978 193 206 176 4.5 4.8 4.2
CENTRAL 49,144 49,354 48,176 46,650 46,912 45,711 2,494 2,442 2,465 5.1 4.9 5.1
Carbon 8,098 8,121 8,143 7,627 7,743 7,700 471 378 443 5.8 4.7 5.4
Converse 6,862 7,138 6,568 6,525 6,774 6,266 337 364 302 4.9 5.1 4.6
Natrona 34,184 34,095 33,465 32,498 32,395 31,745 1,686 1,700 1,720 4.9 5.0 5.1
STATEWIDE 255,728 257,736 253,078 244,089 246,242 241,557 11,639 11,494 11,521 4.6 4.5 4.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.5 4.8 4.5
U.S. 4.0 4.1 4.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.3 4.4 4.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 01/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.


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