"Fremont County's unemployment rate fell significantly from March 2001 to March 2002, decreasing from 7.9 percent to 6.9 percent."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	45,655	45,303	46,154	42,681	42,247	43,135	2,974	3,056	3,019	6.5	6.7	6.5

Big Horn	5,810	5,825	5,949	5,423	5,415	5,550	387	410	399	6.7	7.0	6.7
Fremont	18,664	18,437	18,572	17,369	17,102	17,105	1,295	1,335	1,467	6.9	7.2	7.9
Hot Springs	2,438	2,398	2,398	2,293	2,251	2,277	145	147	121	5.9	6.1	5.0
Park	14,282	14,167	14,663	13,436	13,287	13,888	846	880	775	5.9	6.2	5.3
Washakie	4,461	4,476	4,572	4,160	4,192	4,315	301	284	257	6.7	6.3	5.6


NORTHEAST	47,008	46,407	45,558	45,115	44,503	43,653	1,893	1,904	1,905	4.0	4.1	4.2

Campbell	23,646	23,271	21,660	22,839	22,485	20,947	807	786	713	3.4	3.4	3.3
Crook	2,777	2,764	2,834	2,634	2,627	2,681	143	137	153	5.1	5.0	5.4
Johnson	3,568	3,533	3,652	3,455	3,417	3,508	113	116	144	3.2	3.3	3.9
Sheridan	13,738	13,571	14,128	13,058	12,859	13,424	680	712	704	4.9	5.2	5.0
Weston	3,279	3,268	3,284	3,129	3,115	3,093	150	153	191	4.6	4.7	5.8


SOUTHWEST	53,148	52,605	52,603	50,543	49,849	50,311	2,605	2,756	2,292	4.9	5.2	4.4

Lincoln	6,714	6,701	6,362	6,230	6,190	5,922	484	511	440	7.2	7.6	6.9
Sublette	3,073	3,067	3,070	2,979	2,976	2,995	94	91	75	3.1	3.0	2.4
Sweetwater	20,456	20,078	20,696	19,450	19,008	19,689	1,006	1,070	1,007	4.9	5.3	4.9
Teton	12,058	11,974	11,847	11,697	11,575	11,628	361	399	219	3.0	3.3	1.8
Uinta	10,847	10,785	10,628	10,187	10,100	10,077	660	685	551	6.1	6.4	5.2


SOUTHEAST	74,304	73,349	74,256	71,727	70,558	71,679	2,577	2,791	2,577	3.5	3.8	3.5

Albany	19,884	19,187	20,012	19,443	18,748	19,561	441	439	451	2.2	2.3	2.3
Goshen	5,997	6,100	6,338	5,765	5,798	6,053	232	302	285	3.9	5.0	4.5
Laramie	42,966	42,627	42,457	41,316	40,866	40,903	1,650	1,761	1,554	3.8	4.1	3.7
Niobrara	1,118	1,110	1,186	1,073	1,073	1,134	45	37	52	4.0	3.3	4.4
Platte	4,339	4,325	4,263	4,130	4,073	4,028	209	252	235	4.8	5.8	5.5


CENTRAL	50,144	49,594	50,025	47,757	47,161	47,704	2,387	2,433	2,321	4.8	4.9	4.6

Carbon	7,847	7,898	7,883	7,425	7,376	7,480	422	522	403	5.4	6.6	5.1
Converse	6,237	6,209	6,550	5,952	5,925	6,206	285	284	344	4.6	4.6	5.3
Natrona	36,060	35,487	35,592	34,380	33,860	34,018	1,680	1,627	1,574	4.7	4.6	4.4


STATEWIDE	270,259	267,255	268,600	257,822	254,316	256,485	12,437	12,939	12,115	4.6	4.8	4.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.9	3.6	3.7
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.1	6.1	4.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.5	4.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 04/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.