Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"From February 2002 to February 2003, unemployment decreased significantly in Hot Springs, Big Horn, and Washakie counties."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	45,855	45,407	45,716	42,827	42,342	42,429	3,028	3,065	3,287	6.6	6.8	7.2

Big Horn	5,767	5,739	5,722	5,408	5,360	5,284	359	379	438	6.2	6.6	7.7
Fremont	18,733	18,519	18,704	17,256	17,052	17,265	1,477	1,467	1,439	7.9	7.9	7.7
Hot Springs	2,235	2,193	2,353	2,125	2,092	2,195	110	101	158	4.9	4.6	6.7
Park	14,623	14,420	14,477	13,795	13,566	13,530	828	854	947	5.7	5.9	6.5
Washakie	4,497	4,536	4,460	4,243	4,272	4,155	254	264	305	5.6	5.8	6.8


NORTHEAST	47,701	47,007	46,927	45,289	44,837	44,876	2,412	2,170	2,051	5.1	4.6	4.4

Campbell	23,154	22,861	23,030	22,071	21,917	22,187	1,083	944	843	4.7	4.1	3.7
Crook	2,858	2,792	2,742	2,697	2,645	2,595	161	147	147	5.6	5.3	5.4
Johnson	3,889	3,814	3,745	3,697	3,637	3,618	192	177	127	4.9	4.6	3.4
Sheridan	14,424	14,237	14,129	13,627	13,487	13,360	797	750	769	5.5	5.3	5.4
Weston	3,376	3,303	3,281	3,197	3,151	3,116	179	152	165	5.3	4.6	5.0


SOUTHWEST	53,481	53,347	52,166	50,603	50,502	49,200	2,878	2,845	2,966	5.4	5.3	5.7

Lincoln	6,609	6,645	6,411	6,086	6,091	5,868	523	554	543	7.9	8.3	8.5
Sublette	3,338	3,316	3,220	3,236	3,209	3,120	102	107	100	3.1	3.2	3.1
Sweetwater	19,913	19,900	20,051	18,914	18,838	18,899	999	1,062	1,152	5.0	5.3	5.7
Teton	12,110	11,978	11,373	11,634	11,594	10,942	476	384	431	3.9	3.2	3.8
Uinta	11,511	11,508	11,111	10,733	10,770	10,371	778	738	740	6.8	6.4	6.7


SOUTHEAST	74,293	73,748	73,023	71,331	70,816	70,024	2,962	2,932	2,999	4.0	4.0	4.1

Albany	19,428	19,008	19,513	19,000	18,597	19,042	428	411	471	2.2	2.2	2.4
Goshen	6,168	6,085	6,130	5,853	5,763	5,805	315	322	325	5.1	5.3	5.3
Laramie	43,210	43,286	41,988	41,297	41,391	40,096	1,913	1,895	1,892	4.4	4.4	4.5
Niobrara	1,132	1,115	1,139	1,072	1,045	1,099	60	70	40	5.3	6.3	3.5
Platte	4,355	4,254	4,253	4,109	4,020	3,982	246	234	271	5.6	5.5	6.4


CENTRAL	50,258	49,616	49,390	47,469	47,005	46,777	2,789	2,611	2,613	5.5	5.3	5.3

Carbon	7,916	7,716	7,877	7,338	7,296	7,317	578	420	560	7.3	5.4	7.1
Converse	6,233	6,091	6,140	5,847	5,749	5,835	386	342	305	6.2	5.6	5.0
Natrona	36,109	35,809	35,373	34,284	33,960	33,625	1,825	1,849	1,748	5.1	5.2	4.9


STATEWIDE	271,588	269,126	267,219	257,518	255,503	253,304	14,070	13,623	13,915	5.2	5.1	5.2

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.1	4.0	4.1
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.4	6.5	6.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.8	5.7	5.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 4/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.