© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 4

The counties with the largest over-the-year employment growth were Natrona (1,286), Campbell (678), Park (578), and Sweetwater (543).

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,082	46,054	45,289	43,346	43,133	42,067	2,736	2,921	3,222	5.9	6.3	7.1

Big Horn	5,782	5,820	5,699	5,458	5,467	5,318	324	353	381	5.6	6.1	6.7
Fremont	18,654	18,621	18,400	17,306	17,190	16,829	1,348	1,431	1,571	7.2	7.7	8.5
Hot Springs	2,172	2,162	2,177	2,075	2,053	2,060	97	109	117	4.5	5.0	5.4
Park	14,957	14,903	14,497	14,192	14,070	13,614	765	833	883	5.1	5.6	6.1
Washakie	4,517	4,548	4,516	4,315	4,353	4,246	202	195	270	4.5	4.3	6.0


NORTHEAST	47,578	47,324	46,990	45,568	45,190	44,408	2,010	2,134	2,582	4.2	4.5	5.5

Campbell	22,920	22,819	22,532	22,044	21,900	21,366	876	919	1,166	3.8	4.0	5.2
Crook	2,879	2,870	2,859	2,721	2,705	2,689	158	165	170	5.5	5.7	5.9
Johnson	3,934	3,919	3,876	3,778	3,750	3,671	156	169	205	4.0	4.3	5.3
Sheridan	14,697	14,601	14,550	14,009	13,836	13,700	688	765	850	4.7	5.2	5.8
Weston	3,148	3,115	3,173	3,016	2,999	2,982	132	116	191	4.2	3.7	6.0


SOUTHWEST	54,180	54,161	53,329	51,881	51,701	50,249	2,299	2,460	3,080	4.2	4.5	5.8

Lincoln	7,396	7,356	7,205	6,937	6,906	6,640	459	450	565	6.2	6.1	7.8
Sublette	3,660	3,667	3,403	3,567	3,568	3,294	93	99	109	2.5	2.7	3.2
Sweetwater	20,343	20,203	20,087	19,554	19,331	19,011	789	872	1,076	3.9	4.3	5.4
Teton	11,690	11,731	11,753	11,287	11,305	11,247	403	426	506	3.4	3.6	4.3
Uinta	11,091	11,204	10,881	10,536	10,591	10,057	555	613	824	5.0	5.5	7.6


SOUTHEAST	75,241	74,810	75,308	72,138	71,518	72,136	3,103	3,292	3,172	4.1	4.4	4.2

Albany	20,197	19,747	20,081	19,701	19,263	19,620	496	484	461	2.5	2.5	2.3
Goshen	6,064	6,033	6,157	5,769	5,744	5,823	295	289	334	4.9	4.8	5.4
Laramie	43,585	43,687	43,613	41,600	41,502	41,564	1,985	2,185	2,049	4.6	5.0	4.7
Niobrara	1,102	1,100	1,169	1,066	1,053	1,103	36	47	66	3.3	4.3	5.6
Platte	4,293	4,243	4,288	4,002	3,956	4,026	291	287	262	6.8	6.8	6.1


CENTRAL	50,899	50,474	50,138	48,460	47,869	47,153	2,439	2,605	2,985	4.8	5.2	6.0

Carbon	7,693	7,763	7,871	7,264	7,272	7,254	429	491	617	5.6	6.3	7.8
Converse	6,327	6,288	6,408	6,001	5,958	5,990	326	330	418	5.2	5.2	6.5
Natrona	36,879	36,423	35,859	35,195	34,639	33,909	1,684	1,784	1,950	4.6	4.9	5.4


STATEWIDE	273,979	272,821	271,052	261,394	259,410	256,012	12,585	13,411	15,040	4.6	4.9	5.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.5	3.9	4.5
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.0	6.3	6.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.6	5.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 03/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.