Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

The lowest unemployment rates were found in Sublette (4.0%), Albany (4.9%), and Campbell and Niobrara counties (both 5.2%).

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Feb Jan Feb   Feb Jan Feb   Feb Jan Feb   Feb Jan Feb
  County 2011 2011 2010   2011 2011 2010   2011 2011 2010   2011 2011 2010
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 44,539 44,693 44,589   40,951 40,865 40,549   3,588 3,828 4,040   8.1 8.6 9.1
Big Horn 4,911 4,958 4,824   4,482 4,518 4,353   429 440 471   8.7 8.9 9.8
Fremont 18,970 18,911 19,010   17,358 17,224 17,177   1,612 1,687 1,833   8.5 8.9 9.6
Hot Springs 2,476 2,483 2,516   2,332 2,330 2,364   144 153 152   5.8 6.2 6.0
Park 13,937 14,004 13,960   12,836 12,796 12,723   1,101 1,208 1,237   7.9 8.6 8.9
Washakie 4,245 4,337 4,279   3,943 3,997 3,932   302 340 347   7.1 7.8 8.1
                               
NORTHEAST 53,074 53,217 54,735   49,535 49,471 50,227   3,539 3,746 4,508   6.7 7.0 8.2
Campbell 27,078 27,139 28,047   25,681 25,630 26,006   1,397 1,509 2,041   5.2 5.6 7.3
Crook 3,327 3,345 3,463   3,117 3,130 3,216   210 215 247   6.3 6.4 7.1
Johnson 3,771 3,782 3,863   3,402 3,420 3,439   369 362 424   9.8 9.6 11.0
Sheridan 15,683 15,705 16,057   14,341 14,290 14,516   1,342 1,415 1,541   8.6 9.0 9.6
Weston 3,215 3,246 3,305   2,994 3,001 3,050   221 245 255   6.9 7.5 7.7
                               
SOUTHWEST 62,300 62,163 62,051   58,176 57,778 56,764   4,124 4,385 5,287   6.6 7.1 8.5
Lincoln 7,948 7,969 8,072   7,138 7,140 7,162   810 829 910   10.2 10.4 11.3
Sublette 7,086 7,147 6,871   6,802 6,831 6,459   284 316 412   4.0 4.4 6.0
Sweetwater 23,505 23,438 23,338   22,113 21,919 21,385   1,392 1,519 1,953   5.9 6.5 8.4
Teton 12,655 12,461 12,820   11,719 11,470 11,785   936 991 1,035   7.4 8.0 8.1
Uinta 11,106 11,148 10,950   10,404 10,418 9,973   702 730 977   6.3 6.5 8.9
                               
SOUTHEAST 73,963 73,193 75,225   68,982 67,977 69,550   4,981 5,216 5,675   6.7 7.1 7.5
Albany 19,515 18,787 19,791   18,555 17,840 18,682   960 947 1,109   4.9 5.0 5.6
Goshen 6,184 6,218 6,316   5,809 5,840 5,913   375 378 403   6.1 6.1 6.4
Laramie 43,107 42,974 43,649   39,782 39,441 39,905   3,325 3,533 3,744   7.7 8.2 8.6
Niobrara 1,208 1,225 1,277   1,145 1,157 1,194   63 68 83   5.2 5.6 6.5
Platte 3,949 3,989 4,192   3,691 3,699 3,856   258 290 336   6.5 7.3 8.0
                               
CENTRAL 54,867 54,861 56,096   50,984 50,798 51,547   3,883 4,063 4,549   7.1 7.4 8.1
Carbon 7,343 7,404 7,579   6,747 6,781 6,903   596 623 676   8.1 8.4 8.9
Converse 7,285 7,297 7,619   6,867 6,871 7,113   418 426 506   5.7 5.8 6.6
Natrona 40,239 40,160 40,898   37,370 37,146 37,531   2,869 3,014 3,367   7.1 7.5 8.2
                             
STATEWIDE 288,743 288,127 292,699   268,628 266,887 268,638   20,115 21,240 24,061   7.0 7.4 8.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.2 6.3 7.5
U.S. 9.5 9.8 10.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 8.9 9.0 9.7
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2011.  Run Date 03/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.