© Copyright 2000 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"The statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 5.1 percent in January 1999 to 4.1 percent in January 2000."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Jan 00 (p) Dec 99 (r) Jan 99 (b) Jan 00 (p) Dec 99 (r) Jan 99 (b) Jan 00 (p) Dec 99 (r) Jan 99 (b) Jan 00 (p) Dec 99 (r) Jan 99 (b)
NORTHWEST 45,901 46,205 45,241 42,661 43,507 41,731 3,240 2,698 3,510 7.1 5.8 7.8
Big Horn 5,888 5,846 5,709 5,417 5,471 5,258 471 375 451 8.0 6.4 7.9
Fremont 17,981 18,162 17,885 16,460 16,860 16,191 1,521 1,302 1,694 8.5 7.2 9.5
Hot Springs 2,367 2,453 2,361 2,268 2,354 2,203 99 99 158 4.2 4.0 6.7
Park 14,709 14,765 14,244 13,821 14,072 13,353 888 693 891 6.0 4.7 6.3
Washakie 4,956 4,979 5,042 4,695 4,750 4,726 261 229 316 5.3 4.6 6.3
NORTHEAST 43,681 44,141 42,601 41,361 42,262 39,543 2,320 1,879 3,058 5.3 4.3 7.2
Campbell 19,804 19,956 19,171 18,909 19,183 17,757 895 773 1,414 4.5 3.9 7.4
Crook 3,023 3,056 3,002 2,821 2,887 2,760 202 169 242.0 6.7 5.5 8.1
Johnson 3,718 3,820 3,610 3,560 3,685 3,430 158 135 180 4.2 3.5 5.0
Sheridan 13,745 13,888 13,466 12,882 13,253 12,505 863 635 961 6.3 4.6 7.1
Weston 3,391 3,421 3,352 3,189 3,254 3,091 202 167 261 6.0 4.9 7.8
SOUTHWEST 51,081 51,985 50,756 48,280 49,535 47,426 2,801 2,450 3,330 5.5 4.7 6.6
Lincoln 6,273 6,471 6,220 5,876 6,070 5,717 397 401 503 6.3 6.2 8.1
Sublette 2,922 3,016 2,974 2,826 2,938 2,828 96 78 146 3.3 2.6 4.9
Sweetwater 20,390 20,884 20,837 19,068 19,733 19,263 1,322 1,151 1,574 6.5 5.5 7.6
Teton 10,892 10,826 10,318 10,616 10,566 10,074 276 260 244 2.5 2.4 2.4
Uinta 10,604 10,788 10,407 9,894 10,228 9,544 710 560 863 6.7 5.2 8.3
SOUTHEAST 68,523 69,128 69,084 65,910 67,049 65,979 2,613 2,079 3,105 3.8 3.0 4.5
Albany 17,299 17,598 17,421 16,914 17,319 16,923 385 279 498 2.2 1.6 2.9
Goshen 6,594 6,614 6,520 6,281 6,450 6,091 313 164 429 4.7 2.5 6.6
Laramie 38,732 39,061 39,290 37,105 37,634 37,474 1,627 1,427 1,816 4.2 3.7 4.6
Niobrara 1,326 1,314 1,322 1,282 1,285 1,257 44 29 65 3.3 2.2 4.9
Platte 4,572 4,541 4,531 4,328 4,361 4,234 244 180 297 5.3 4.0 6.6
CENTRAL 48,124 48,634 48,155 45,397 46,199 44,860 2,727 2,435 3,295 5.7 5.0 6.8
Carbon 8,010 8,195 8,268 7,608 7,802 7,583 402 393 685 5.0 4.8 8.3
Converse 6,582 6,680 6,569 6,168 6,297 6,116 414 383 453 6.3 5.7 6.9
Natrona 33,532 33,759 33,318 31,621 32,100 31,161 1,911 1,659 2,157 5.7 4.9 6.5
STATEWIDE 257,312 260,091 255,840 243,610 248,551 239,540 13,702 11,540 16,300 5.3 4.4 6.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.1 4.4 5.1
U.S. 4.5 3.7 4.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.0 4.1 4.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 02/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.


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