Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Lincoln County posted the highest unemployment rate (11.0%), followed by Big Horn (10.8%), Johnson (10.7%), and Fremont (10.3%) counties.

Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment Rates
REGION
Jan
Dec
Jan
Jan
Dec
Jan
Jan
Dec
Jan
Jan
Dec
Jan
  County
2010
2009
2009
2010
2009
2009
2010
2009
2009
2010
2009
2009
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
NORTHWEST 44,515 44,466 43,382 40,207 40,798 40,317 4,308 3,668 3,065 9.7 8.2 7.1
Big Horn 4,995 4,979 4,776 4,456 4,532 4,424 539 447 352 10.8 9.0 7.4
Fremont 18,802 18,652 18,514 16,870 17,036 17,146 1,932 1,616 1,368 10.3 8.7 7.4
Hot Springs 2,407 2,438 2,434 2,236 2,284 2,291 171 154 143 7.1 6.3 5.9
Park 13,983 14,074 13,450 12,686 12,901 12,513 1,297 1,173 937 9.3 8.3 7.0
Washakie 4,328 4,323 4,208 3,959 4,045 3,943 369 278 265 8.5 6.4 6.3
NORTHEAST 55,169 54,778 54,680 50,553 50,656 52,037 4,616 4,122 2,643 8.4 7.5 4.8
Campbell 28,628 28,302 27,968 26,487 26,332 26,965 2,141 1,970 1,003 7.5 7.0 3.6
Crook 3,411 3,430 3,464 3,158 3,201 3,285 253 229 179 7.4 6.7 5.2
Johnson 3,881 3,874 3,946 3,465 3,505 3,700 416 369 246 10.7 9.5 6.2
Sheridan 16,069 15,975 16,037 14,525 14,668 15,014 1,544 1,307 1,023 9.6 8.2 6.4
Weston 3,180 3,197 3,265 2,918 2,950 3,073 262 247 192 8.2 7.7 5.9
SOUTHWEST 61,786 61,622 64,375 56,419 56,792 61,117 5,367 4,830 3,258 8.7 7.8 5.1
Lincoln 8,110 7,928 8,118 7,215 7,208 7,490 895 720 628 11.0 9.1 7.7
Sublette 7,048 6,744 7,482 6,636 6,408 7,265 412 336 217 5.8 5.0 2.9
Sweetwater 22,885 23,020 24,173 20,865 21,257 23,125 2,020 1,763 1,048 8.8 7.7 4.3
Teton 12,709 12,857 13,272 11,675 11,729 12,490 1,034 1,128 782 8.1 8.8 5.9
Uinta 11,034 11,073 11,330 10,028 10,190 10,747 1,006 883 583 9.1 8.0 5.1
SOUTHEAST 73,646 74,324 72,415 67,749 69,226 68,192 5,897 5,098 4,223 8.0 6.9 5.8
Albany 19,355 19,959 18,888 18,246 19,034 18,172 1,109 925 716 5.7 4.6 3.8
Goshen 6,101 6,235 6,020 5,684 5,869 5,710 417 366 310 6.8 5.9 5.1
Laramie 43,024 42,965 42,314 39,105 39,559 39,459 3,919 3,406 2,855 9.1 7.9 6.7
Niobrara 1,219 1,216 1,244 1,127 1,142 1,174 92 74 70 7.5 6.1 5.6
Platte 3,947 3,949 3,949 3,587 3,622 3,677 360 327 272 9.1 8.3 6.9
CENTRAL 54,883 54,917 55,527 50,052 50,552 52,704 4,831 4,365 2,823 8.8 7.9 5.1
Carbon 7,474 7,447 7,679 6,763 6,831 7,174 711 616 505 9.5 8.3 6.6
Converse 7,394 7,383 7,301 6,845 6,871 6,951 549 512 350 7.4 6.9 4.8
Natrona 40,015 40,087 40,547 36,444 36,850 38,579 3,571 3,237 1,968 8.9 8.1 4.9
STATEWIDE 289,998 290,112 290,382 264,981 268,027 274,369 25,017 22,085 16,013 8.6 7.6 5.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 7.6 7.5 4.4
U.S. 10.6 9.7 8.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.7 10.0 7.7
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 3/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.