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Table 4: Wyoming Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Annual Averages, 1998-2000

1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000

WYOMING

LINCOLN COUNTY

Labor Force 256,563 262,069 266,945 Labor Force 6,283 6,615 6,539
Employment 244,269 249,323 256,568 Employment 5,889 6,209 6,195
Unemployment 12,294 12,746 10,377 Unemployment 394 406 344
Unemployment Rate 4.8 4.9 3.9 Unemployment Rate 6.3 6.1 5.3

ALBANY COUNTY

NATRONA COUNTY
Labor Force 17,418 18,247 18,601 Labor Force 32,963 33,736 34,198
Employment 17,052 17,908 18,303 Employment 31,182 31,900 32,706
Unemployment 366 339 298 Unemployment 1,781 1,836 1,492
Unemployment Rate 2.1 1.9 1.6 Unemployment Rate 5.4 5.4 4.4
BIG HORN COUNTY NIOBRARA COUNTY
Labor Force 5,734 5,783 6,031 Labor Force 1,273 1,326 1,320
Employment 5,371 5,403 5,696 Employment 1,238 1,288 1,285
Unemployment 363 380 335 Unemployment 35 38 35
Unemployment Rate 6.3 6.6 5.6 Unemployment Rate 2.7 2.9 2.7
CAMPBELL COUNTY PARK COUNTY
Labor Force 19,072 19,638 20,522 Labor Force 15,120 15,359 15,466
Employment 18,150 18,618 19,830 Employment 14,421 14,652 14,837
Unemployment 922 1,020 692 Unemployment 699 707 629
Unemployment Rate 4.8 5.2 3.4 Unemployment Rate 4.6 4.6 4.1
CARBON COUNTY PLATTE COUNTY
Labor Force 8,237 8,389 8,367 Labor Force 4,429 4,647 4,807
Employment 7,794 7,944 8,028 Employment 4,212 4,439 4,636
Unemployment 443 445 339 Unemployment 217 208 171
Unemployment Rate 5.4 5.3 4.1 Unemployment Rate 4.9 4.5 3.6
CONVERSE COUNTY SHERIDAN COUNTY
Labor Force 6,567 6,653 6,919 Labor Force 13,558 13,692 14,099
Employment 6,221 6,308 6,614 Employment 12,855 13,017 13,513
Unemployment 346 345 305 Unemployment 703 675 586
Unemployment Rate 5.3 5.2 4.4 Unemployment Rate 5.2 4.9 4.2
CROOK COUNTY SUBLETTE COUNTY
Labor Force 2,970 3,062 3,214 Labor Force 3,024 3,141 3,243
Employment 2,810 2,907 3,083 Employment 2,927 3,022 3,162
Unemployment 160 155 131 Unemployment 97 119 81
Unemployment Rate 5.4 5.1 4.1 Unemployment Rate 3.2 3.8 2.5
FREMONT COUNTY SWEETWATER COUNTY
Labor Force 17,478 17,996 18,191 Labor Force 21,009 20,625 20,007
Employment 16,098 16,620 17,021 Employment 19,874 19,333 19,030
Unemployment 1,380 1,376 1,170 Unemployment 1,135 1,292 977
Unemployment Rate 7.9 7.6 6.4 Unemployment Rate 5.4 6.3 4.9
GOSHEN COUNTY TETON COUNTY
Labor Force 6,406 6,517 6,649 Labor Force 10,978 11,630 12,281
Employment 6,106 6,270 6,448 Employment 10,749 11,369 12,069
Unemployment 300 247 201 Unemployment 229 261 212
Unemployment Rate 4.7 3.8 3.0 Unemployment Rate 2.1 2.2 1.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY UINTA COUNTY
Labor Force 2,389 2,432 2,454 Labor Force 10,699 10,512 10,606
Employment 2,280 2,306 2,371 Employment 10,090 9,778 10,024
Unemployment 109 126 83 Unemployment 609 734 582
Unemployment Rate 4.6 5.2 3.4 Unemployment Rate 5.7 7.0 5.5
JOHNSON COUNTY WASHAKIE COUNTY
Labor Force 3,729 3,906 4,060 Labor Force 4,891 4,882 4,751
Employment 3,575 3,770 3,946 Employment 4,603 4,564 4,501
Unemployment 154 136 114 Unemployment 288 318 250
Unemployment Rate 4.1 3.5 2.8 Unemployment Rate 5.9 6.5 5.3
LARAMIE COUNTY WESTON COUNTY
Labor Force 39,091 39,923 41,216 Labor Force 3,246 3,361 3,406
Employment 37,684 38,524 40,019 Employment 3,088 3,174 3,254
Unemployment 1,407 1,399 1,197 Unemployment 158 187 152
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.5 2.9 Unemployment Rate 4.9 5.6 4.5


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