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Table 4: Wyoming Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Annual Averages, 1999-2001
1999 2000 2001   1999 2000 2001
                   
WYOMING    LINCOLN COUNTY 
Labor Force 262,069 266,945 271,262   Labor Force 6,615 6,570 6,797
Employment 249,323 256,568 260,596   Employment 6,209 6,226 6,433
Unemployment 12,746 10,377 10,666   Unemployment 406 344 364
Unemployment Rate 4.9 3.9 3.9   Unemployment Rate 6.1 5.2 5.4
ALBANY COUNTY    NATRONA COUNTY
Labor Force 18,246 18,660 19,187   Labor Force 33,736 34,333 35,239
Employment 17,908 18,361 18,808   Employment 31,900 32,840 33,810
Unemployment 338 299 379   Unemployment 1,836 1,493 1,429
Unemployment Rate 1.9 1.6 2.0   Unemployment Rate 5.4 4.3 4.1
BIG HORN COUNTY    NIOBRARA COUNTY 
Labor Force 5,783 5,994 5,948   Labor Force 1,326 1,297 1,244
Employment 5,403 5,659 5,652   Employment 1,288 1,262 1,203
Unemployment 380 335 296   Unemployment 38 35 41
Unemployment Rate 6.6 5.6 5.0   Unemployment Rate 2.9 2.7 3.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY    PARK COUNTY 
Labor Force 19,638 20,617 22,360   Labor Force 15,359 15,440 15,436
Employment 18,618 19,923 21,706   Employment 14,652 14,811 14,756
Unemployment 1,020 694 654   Unemployment 707 629 680
Unemployment Rate 5.2 3.4 2.9   Unemployment Rate 4.6 4.1 4.4
CARBON COUNTY    PLATTE COUNTY 
Labor Force 8,389 8,324 8,222   Labor Force 4,647 4,665 4,465
Employment 7,944 7,986 7,858   Employment 4,439 4,496 4,292
Unemployment 445 338 364   Unemployment 208 169 173
Unemployment Rate 5.3 4.1 4.4   Unemployment Rate 4.5 3.6 3.9
CONVERSE COUNTY    SHERIDAN COUNTY 
Labor Force 6,652 6,773 6,575   Labor Force 13,691 14,126 14,048
Employment 6,308 6,470 6,298   Employment 13,017 13,540 13,485
Unemployment 344 303 277   Unemployment 674 586 563
Unemployment Rate 5.2 4.5 4.2   Unemployment Rate 4.9 4.1 4.0
CROOK COUNTY    SUBLETTE COUNTY 
Labor Force 3,062 3,153 2,995   Labor Force 3,141 3,233 3,347
Employment 2,907 3,023 2,881   Employment 3,022 3,152 3,278
Unemployment 155 130 114   Unemployment 119 81 69
Unemployment Rate 5.1 4.1 3.8   Unemployment Rate 3.8 2.5 2.1
FREMONT COUNTY    SWEETWATER COUNTY 
Labor Force 17,996 18,191 18,547   Labor Force 20,625 20,213 20,388
Employment 16,620 17,020 17,360   Employment 19,333 19,233 19,447
Unemployment 1,376 1,171 1,187   Unemployment 1,292 980 941
Unemployment Rate 7.6 6.4 6.4   Unemployment Rate 6.3 4.8 4.6
GOSHEN COUNTY    TETON COUNTY 
Labor Force 6,517 6,624 6,407   Labor Force 11,630 12,284 12,633
Employment 6,270 6,423 6,175   Employment 11,369 12,072 12,349
Unemployment 247 201 232   Unemployment 261 212 284
Unemployment Rate 3.8 3.0 3.6   Unemployment Rate 2.2 1.7 2.2
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY    UINTA COUNTY 
Labor Force 2,431 2,450 2,466   Labor Force 10,513 10,579 11,005
Employment 2,306 2,367 2,361   Employment 9,778 9,997 10,453
Unemployment 125 83 105   Unemployment 735 582 552
Unemployment Rate 5.1 3.4 4.3   Unemployment Rate 7.0 5.5 5.0
JOHNSON COUNTY    WASHAKIE COUNTY 
Labor Force 3,906 3,956 3,853   Labor Force 4,882 4,740 4,599
Employment 3,770 3,843 3,735   Employment 4,564 4,491 4,391
Unemployment 136 113 118   Unemployment 318 249 208
Unemployment Rate 3.5 2.9 3.1   Unemployment Rate 6.5 5.3 4.5
LARAMIE COUNTY    WESTON COUNTY 
Labor Force 39,922 41,336 42,186   Labor Force 3,361 3,389 3,316
Employment 38,524 40,137 40,692   Employment 3,174 3,238 3,173
Unemployment 1,398 1,199 1,494   Unemployment 187 151 143
Unemployment Rate 3.5 2.9 3.5   Unemployment Rate 5.6 4.5 4.3


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