Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 3

Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 4.3 percent in December to 3.9 percent in January.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan
County	2004	2003	2003	2004	2003	2003	2004	2003	2003	2004	2003	2003
	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,058	46,988	44,820	43,142	44,375	41,499	2,916	2,613	3,321	6.3	5.6	7.4

Big Horn	5,816	5,832	5,649	5,467	5,555	5,238	349	277	411	6.0	4.7	7.3
Fremont	18,624	18,973	18,107	17,194	17,692	16,522	1,430	1,281	1,585	7.7	6.8	8.8
Hot Springs	2,163	2,252	2,132	2,053	2,161	2,022	110	91	110	5.1	4.0	5.2
Park	14,905	15,301	14,391	14,074	14,496	13,463	831	805	928	5.6	5.3	6.4
Washakie	4,550	4,630	4,541	4,354	4,471	4,254	196	159	287	4.3	3.4	6.3


NORTHEAST	47,308	48,094	46,619	45,199	46,172	44,270	2,109	1,922	2,349	4.5	4.0	5.0

Campbell	22,814	23,011	22,522	21,905	22,161	21,497	909	850	1,025	4.0	3.7	4.6
Crook	2,868	2,936	2,805	2,706	2,793	2,646	162	143	159	5.6	4.9	5.7
Johnson	3,919	3,992	3,799	3,751	3,861	3,607	168	131	192	4.3	3.3	5.1
Sheridan	14,594	14,966	14,412	13,838	14,277	13,602	756	689	810	5.2	4.6	5.6
Weston	3,113	3,189	3,081	2,999	3,080	2,918	114	109	163	3.7	3.4	5.3


SOUTHWEST	54,159	55,547	53,276	51,711	53,139	50,178	2,448	2,408	3,098	4.5	4.3	5.8

Lincoln	7,359	7,508	7,133	6,907	7,075	6,525	452	433	608	6.1	5.8	8.5
Sublette	3,666	3,770	3,376	3,569	3,654	3,258	97	116	118	2.6	3.1	3.5
Sweetwater	20,207	20,784	20,209	19,335	19,968	19,049	872	816	1,160	4.3	3.9	5.7
Teton	11,726	11,903	11,688	11,308	11,463	11,270	418	440	418	3.6	3.7	3.6
Uinta	11,201	11,582	10,870	10,592	10,979	10,076	609	603	794	5.4	5.2	7.3


SOUTHEAST	74,914	76,795	74,231	71,630	73,828	71,056	3,284	2,967	3,175	4.4	3.9	4.3

Albany	19,744	20,429	19,542	19,264	19,980	19,096	480	449	446	2.4	2.2	2.3
Goshen	6,035	6,227	6,014	5,746	6,030	5,665	289	197	349	4.8	3.2	5.8
Laramie	43,797	44,754	43,344	41,611	42,723	41,294	2,186	2,031	2,050	5.0	4.5	4.7
Niobrara	1,098	1,109	1,140	1,053	1,066	1,064	45	43	76	4.1	3.9	6.7
Platte	4,240	4,276	4,191	3,956	4,029	3,937	284	247	254	6.7	5.8	6.1


CENTRAL	50,589	52,097	49,580	47,999	49,482	46,736	2,590	2,615	2,844	5.1	5.0	5.7

Carbon	7,751	7,993	7,768	7,271	7,487	7,309	480	506	459	6.2	6.3	5.9
Converse	6,287	6,408	6,328	5,960	6,122	5,952	327	286	376	5.2	4.5	5.9
Natrona	36,551	37,696	35,484	34,768	35,873	33,475	1,783	1,823	2,009	4.9	4.8	5.7


STATEWIDE	273,031	279,518	268,528	259,683	266,995	253,739	13,348	12,523	14,789	4.9	4.5	5.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.9	4.3	4.5
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.3	5.4	6.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.7	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 03/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.