Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	Labor Force			Unemployed Number			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Jan 98 (p)	Dec 97 (r)	Jan 97 (b)	Jan 98 (p)	Dec 97 (r)	Jan 97 (b)	Jan 98 (p)	Dec 97 (r)	Jan 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	42,946	43,592	43,267	3,060	2,511	3,793	7.1	5.8	8.8
Big Horn	5,526	5,683	5,311	336	313	425	6.1	5.5	8.0
Fremont	16,744	16,923	17,292	1,585	1,217	1,894	9.5	7.2	11.0
Hot Springs	2,278	2,434	2,308	119	103	144	5.2	4.2	6.2
Park	13,800	13,910	13,693	811	688	1,106	5.9	4.9	8.1
Washakie	4,598	4,642	4,663	209	190	224	4.5	4.1	4.8
NORTHEAST	41,406	41,704	41,040	2,391	1,900	3,167	5.8	4.6	7.7
Campbell	18,751	18,576	18,498	936	756	1,377	5.0	4.1	7.4
Crook	2,731	2,837	2,728	185	142	191	6.8	5.0	7.0
Johnson	3,539	3,699	3,436	202	169	238	5.7	4.6	6.9
Sheridan	13,286	13,521	13,126	881	694	1,099	6.6	5.1	8.4
Weston	3,099	3,071	3,252	187	139	262	6.0	4.5	8.1
SOUTHWEST	49,254	50,817	48,988	2,549	2,291	3,522	5.2	4.5	7.2
Lincoln	6,168	6,575	6,022	468	427	514	7.6	6.5	8.5
Sublette	2,803	2,959	2,757	68	66	125	2.4	2.2	4.5
Sweetwater	20,307	21,064	20,436	1,172	996	1,717	5.8	4.7	8.4
Teton	9,811	9,782	9,369	215	272	307	2.2	2.8	3.3
Uinta	10,165	10,437	10,404	626	530	859	6.2	5.1	8.3
SOUTHEAST	68,127	68,789	66,847	2,889	2,355	3,321	4.2	3.4	5.0
Albany	17,259	17,674	16,677	442	340	453	2.6	1.9	2.7
Goshen	6,399	6,461	6,157	431	272	469	6.7	4.2	7.6
Laramie	39,252	39,374	38,795	1,739	1,537	2,099	4.4	3.9	5.4
Niobrara	1,057	1,126	1,118	35	30	45	3.3	2.7	4.0
Platte	4,160	4,154	4,100	242	176	255	5.8	4.2	6.2
CENTRAL	47,471	48,176	46,875	2,758	2,465	3,661	5.8	5.1	7.8
Carbon	7,818	8,143	7,979	508	443	682	6.5	5.4	8.5
Converse	6,436	6,568	6,385	336	302	571	5.2	4.6	8.9
Natrona	33,217	33,465	32,511	1,914	1,720	2,408	5.8	5.1	7.4
STATEWIDE	249,204	253,078	247,017	13,647	11,521	17,463	5.5	4.6	7.1
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.1	4.5	5.7
U.S.							5.2	4.4	5.9
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.7	4.7	5.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 02/98.


(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.