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

"While Wyoming's unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) increased from 4.6 to 5.9 percent, the Southeast Region's rate only increased 0.8 percentage points from 3.3 to 4.1 percent from December 1998 to January 1999."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Jan 99 (p)	Dec 98 (r)	Jan 98 (b)	Jan 99 (p)	Dec 98 (r)	Jan 98 (b)	Jan 99 (p)	Dec 98 (r)	Jan 98 (b)	Jan 99 (p)	Dec 98 (r)	Jan 98 (b)
NORTHWEST	44,303	44,431	43,537	41,086	41,891	40,109	3,217	2,540	3,428	7.3	5.7	7.9
Big Horn	5,889	5,758	5,629	5,474	5,417	5,247	415	341	382	7.0	5.9	6.8
Fremont	17,253	17,406	17,031	15,702	16,173	15,260	1,551	1,233	1,771	9.0	7.1	10.4
Hot Springs	2,374	2,385	2,299	2,228	2,294	2,164	146	91	135	6.1	3.8	5.9
Park	13,760	13,839	13,733	12,946	13,208	12,835	814	631	898	5.9	4.6	6.5
Washakie	5,027	5,043	4,845	4,736	4,799	4,603	291	244	242	5.8	4.8	5.0
NORTHEAST	42,754	43,039	41,297	39,957	41,078	38,580	2,797	1,961	2,717	6.5	4.6	6.6
Campbell	19,495	19,326	18,706	18,193	18,513	17,649	1,302	813	1,057	6.7	4.2	5.7
Crook	2,849	2,971	2,716	2,622	2,822	2,498	227	149	218.0	8.0	5.0	8.0
Johnson	3,485	3,604	3,433	3,322	3,448	3,206	163	156	227	4.7	4.3	6.6
Sheridan	13,508	13,692	13,240	12,639	12,979	12,245	869	713	995	6.4	5.2	7.5
Weston	3,417	3,446	3,202	3,181	3,316	2,982	236	130	220	6.9	3.8	6.9
SOUTHWEST	51,372	51,948	49,976	48,295	49,455	47,097	3,077	2,493	2,879	6.0	4.8	5.8
Lincoln	5,967	6,010	6,057	5,515	5,625	5,536	452	385	521	7.6	6.4	8.6
Sublette	2,893	2,972	2,689	2,761	2,847	2,608	132	125	81	4.6	4.2	3.0
Sweetwater	21,554	21,951	20,811	20,091	20,751	19,483	1,463	1,200	1,328	6.8	5.5	6.4
Teton	9,992	10,020	9,860	9,767	9,790	9,620	225	230	240	2.3	2.3	2.4
Uinta	10,966	10,995	10,559	10,161	10,442	9,850	805	553	709	7.3	5.0	6.7
SOUTHEAST	68,443	69,359	67,072	65,613	67,100	63,840	2,830	2,259	3,232	4.1	3.3	4.8
Albany	17,098	17,343	16,681	16,641	17,011	16,185	457	332	496	2.7	1.9	3.0
Goshen	6,388	6,585	6,220	6,000	6,320	5,741	388	265	479	6.1	4.0	7.7
Laramie	39,171	39,669	38,727	37,512	38,253	36,785	1,659	1,416	1,942	4.2	3.6	5.0
Niobrara	1,290	1,320	1,126	1,233	1,283	1,087	57	37	39	4.4	2.8	3.5
Platte	4,496	4,442	4,318	4,227	4,233	4,042	269	209	276	6.0	4.7	6.4
CENTRAL	47,877	48,142	46,898	44,871	45,650	43,804	3,006	2,492	3,094	6.3	5.2	6.6
Carbon	8,269	8,252	7,918	7,634	7,776	7,353	635	476	565	7.7	5.8	7.1
Converse	6,390	6,458	6,241	5,993	6,128	5,867	397	330	374	6.2	5.1	6.0
Natrona	33,218	33,432	32,739	31,244	31,746	30,584	1,974	1,686	2,155	5.9	5.0	6.6
STATEWIDE	254,749	256,919	248,778	239,821	245,176	233,429	14,928	11,743	15,349	5.9	4.6	6.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.6	4.5	4.9
U.S.										4.8	4.0	5.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.3	4.3	4.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 02/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The 1998 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.

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