© Copyright 2000 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

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

"Wyoming's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.0 percent, just below the U.S. seasonally adjusted rate of 4.1 percent."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Mar 2000 (p) Feb 2000 (r) Mar 1999 (b) Mar 2000 (p) Feb 2000 (r) Mar 1999 (b) Mar 2000 (p) Feb 2000 (r) Mar 1999 (b) Mar 2000 (p) Feb 2000 (r) Mar 1999 (b)
Northwest 45,875 45,665 45,814 42,783 42,302 42,431 3,092 3,363 3,383 6.7 7.4 7.4
Big Horn 5,810 5,772 5,745 5,377 5,322 5,267 433 450 478 7.5 7.8 8.3
Fremont 18,034 18,000 18,217 16,688 16,419 16,703 1,346 1,581 1,514 7.5 8.8 8.3
Hot Springs 2,423 2,364 2,391 2,312 2,255 2,249 111 109 142 4.6 4.6 5.9
Park 14,672 14,650 14,491 13,875 13,780 13,688 797 870 803 5.4 5.9 5.5
Washakie 4,936 4,879 4,970 4,531 4,526 4,524 405 353 446 8.2 7.2 9.0
Northeast 43,850 43,554 43,177 41,697 41,151 40,358 2,153 2,403 2,819 4.9 5.5 6.5
Campbell 19,900 19,824 19,302 19,029 18,898 18,041 871 926 1,261 4.4 4.7 6.5
Crook 3,012 2,941 2,952 2,808 2,755 2,757 204 186 195 6.8 6.3 6.6
Johnson 3,719 3,664 3,717 3,575 3,500 3,554 144 164 163 3.9 4.5 4.4
Sheridan 13,865 13,765 13,782 13,112 12,846 12,835 753 919 947 5.4 6.7 6.9
Weston 3,354 3,360 3,424 3,173 3,152 3,171 181 208 253 5.4 6.2 7.4
Southwest 51,185 51,016 51,585 48,581 48,063 48,133 2,604 2,953 3,452 5.1 5.8 6.7
Lincoln 6,328 6,321 6,347 5,849 5,796 5,785 479 525 562 7.6 8.3 8.9
Sublette 2,882 2,861 3,017 2,769 2,740 2,834 113 121 183 3.9 4.2 6.1
Sweetwater 20,562 20,481 21,205 19,455 19,127 19,584 1,107 1,354 1,621 5.4 6.6 7.6
Teton 10,881 10,841 10,476 10,666 10,616 10,258 215 225 218 2.0 2.1 2.1
Uinta 10,532 10,512 10,540 9,842 9,784 9,672 690 728 868 6.6 6.9 8.2
Southeast 70,335 69,595 70,316 68,204 67,051 67,797 2,131 2,544 2,519 3.0 3.7 3.6
Albany 17,554 17,379 17,799 17,179 16,999 17,402 375 380 397 2.1 2.2 2.2
Goshen 6,386 6,420 6,536 6,154 6,096 6,206 232 324 330 3.6 5.0 5.0
Laramie 40,545 40,050 40,085 39,255 38,488 38,592 1,290 1,562 1,493 3.2 3.9 3.7
Niobrara 1,306 1,276 1,295 1,271 1,228 1,244 35 48 51 2.7 3.8 3.9
Platte 4,544 4,470 4,601 4,345 4,240 4,353 199 230 248 4.4 5.1 5.4
Central 48,644 48,654 49,544 46,159 45,852 46,472 2,485 2,802 3,072 5.1 5.8 6.2
Carbon 8,038 7,939 8,364 7,679 7,528 7,770 359 411 594 4.5 5.2 7.1
Converse 6,502 6,540 6,907 6,141 6,105 6,477 361 435 430 5.6 6.7 6.2
Natrona 34,104 34,175 34,273 32,339 32,219 32,225 1,765 1,956 2,048 5.2 5.7 6.0
Statewide 259,891 258,480 260,437 247,425 244,419 245,192 12,466 14,061 15,245 4.8 5.4 5.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.0 4.2 5.0
U.S. 4.3 4.4 4.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.1 4.1 4.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 04/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.


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