"Niobrara and Campbell counties both experienced significant increases in unemployment when compared with January 2002."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan
County	2003	2002	2002	2003	2002	2002	2003	2002	2002	2003	2002	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	45,529	45,173	45,722	42,446	42,496	42,542	3,083	2,677	3,180	6.8	5.9	7.0

Big Horn	5,771	5,635	5,804	5,388	5,340	5,419	383	295	385	6.6	5.2	6.6
Fremont	18,552	18,402	18,623	17,078	17,084	17,180	1,474	1,318	1,443	7.9	7.2	7.7
Hot Springs	2,200	2,250	2,369	2,099	2,139	2,221	101	111	148	4.6	4.9	6.2
Park	14,452	14,409	14,397	13,593	13,652	13,496	859	757	901	5.9	5.3	6.3
Washakie	4,554	4,477	4,529	4,288	4,281	4,226	266	196	303	5.8	4.4	6.7


NORTHEAST	47,020	46,703	46,558	44,889	44,816	44,644	2,131	1,887	1,914	4.5	4.0	4.1

Campbell	22,817	22,506	22,830	21,889	21,690	22,048	928	816	782	4.1	3.6	3.4
Crook	2,820	2,816	2,795	2,675	2,703	2,656	145	113	139	5.1	4.0	5.0
Johnson	3,826	3,824	3,768	3,656	3,691	3,617	170	133	151	4.4	3.5	4.0
Sheridan	14,238	14,288	13,893	13,503	13,604	13,213	735	684	680	5.2	4.8	4.9
Weston	3,319	3,269	3,272	3,166	3,128	3,110	153	141	162	4.6	4.3	5.0


SOUTHWEST	53,297	53,220	52,048	50,442	50,572	49,147	2,855	2,648	2,901	5.4	5.0	5.6

Lincoln	6,655	6,616	6,499	6,098	6,146	5,972	557	470	527	8.4	7.1	8.1
Sublette	3,335	3,342	3,248	3,228	3,255	3,152	107	87	96	3.2	2.6	3.0
Sweetwater	19,848	20,076	19,911	18,784	19,103	18,748	1,064	973	1,163	5.4	4.8	5.8
Teton	11,962	11,713	11,247	11,574	11,237	10,891	388	476	356	3.2	4.1	3.2
Uinta	11,497	11,473	11,143	10,758	10,831	10,384	739	642	759	6.4	5.6	6.8


SOUTHEAST	73,746	73,366	72,585	70,819	70,826	69,575	2,927	2,540	3,010	4.0	3.5	4.1

Albany	18,977	19,218	19,395	18,566	18,843	18,950	411	375	445	2.2	2.0	2.3
Goshen	6,139	6,156	6,169	5,819	5,958	5,832	320	198	337	5.2	3.2	5.5
Laramie	43,209	42,600	41,671	41,316	40,920	39,730	1,893	1,680	1,941	4.4	3.9	4.7
Niobrara	1,136	1,138	1,112	1,065	1,067	1,064	71	71	48	6.3	6.2	4.3
Platte	4,285	4,254	4,238	4,053	4,038	3,999	232	216	239	5.4	5.1	5.6


CENTRAL	49,571	49,142	49,158	46,948	46,726	46,345	2,623	2,416	2,813	5.3	4.9	5.7

Carbon	7,738	7,692	7,986	7,315	7,331	7,398	423	361	588	5.5	4.7	7.4
Converse	6,117	6,179	6,149	5,773	5,820	5,814	344	359	335	5.6	5.8	5.4
Natrona	35,716	35,271	35,023	33,860	33,575	33,133	1,856	1,696	1,890	5.2	4.8	5.4


STATEWIDE	269,165	267,606	266,073	255,545	255,437	252,254	13,620	12,169	13,819	5.1	4.5	5.2

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	4.4	4.1
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.5	5.7	6.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.7	6.0	5.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 3/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.