Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Lincoln and Fremont counties continued to post the highest unemployment rates in March (both 7.7%)."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,272	45,834	45,985	43,369	42,813	42,801	2,903	3,021	3,184	6.3	6.6	6.9

Big Horn	5,782	5,765	5,722	5,455	5,407	5,311	327	358	411	5.7	6.2	7.2
Fremont	19,014	18,727	18,809	17,558	17,251	17,425	1,456	1,476	1,384	7.7	7.9	7.4
Hot Springs	2,257	2,233	2,378	2,175	2,124	2,222	82	109	156	3.6	4.9	6.6
Park	14,742	14,615	14,547	13,934	13,790	13,637	808	825	910	5.5	5.6	6.3
Washakie	4,477	4,494	4,529	4,247	4,241	4,206	230	253	323	5.1	5.6	7.1


NORTHEAST	48,149	47,700	47,326	45,890	45,275	45,298	2,259	2,425	2,028	4.7	5.1	4.3

Campbell	23,281	23,159	23,284	22,287	22,064	22,420	994	1,095	864	4.3	4.7	3.7
Crook	2,898	2,857	2,710	2,736	2,696	2,558	162	161	152	5.6	5.6	5.6
Johnson	3,936	3,887	3,807	3,771	3,696	3,679	165	191	128	4.2	4.9	3.4
Sheridan	14,671	14,423	14,306	13,893	13,623	13,578	778	800	728	5.3	5.5	5.1
Weston	3,363	3,374	3,219	3,203	3,196	3,063	160	178	156	4.8	5.3	4.8


SOUTHWEST	53,955	53,462	52,469	51,257	50,586	49,688	2,698	2,876	2,781	5.0	5.4	5.3

Lincoln	6,659	6,605	6,343	6,148	6,084	5,836	511	521	507	7.7	7.9	8.0
Sublette	3,358	3,335	3,252	3,263	3,234	3,148	95	101	104	2.8	3.0	3.2
Sweetwater	20,183	19,911	20,266	19,287	18,908	19,200	896	1,003	1,066	4.4	5.0	5.3
Teton	12,224	12,106	11,435	11,733	11,631	11,039	491	475	396	4.0	3.9	3.5
Uinta	11,531	11,505	11,173	10,826	10,729	10,465	705	776	708	6.1	6.7	6.3


SOUTHEAST	74,537	74,279	73,921	71,885	71,306	71,166	2,652	2,973	2,755	3.6	4.0	3.7

Albany	19,711	19,422	20,038	19,344	18,993	19,570	367	429	468	1.9	2.2	2.3
Goshen	6,162	6,163	6,091	5,892	5,851	5,838	270	312	253	4.4	5.1	4.2
Laramie	43,095	43,207	42,483	41,348	41,283	40,716	1,747	1,924	1,767	4.1	4.5	4.2
Niobrara	1,155	1,133	1,113	1,100	1,072	1,065	55	61	48	4.8	5.4	4.3
Platte	4,414	4,354	4,196	4,201	4,107	3,977	213	247	219	4.8	5.7	5.2


CENTRAL	50,593	50,242	49,898	47,976	47,454	47,353	2,617	2,788	2,545	5.2	5.5	5.1

Carbon	7,975	7,912	7,877	7,435	7,336	7,424	540	576	453	6.8	7.3	5.8
Converse	6,265	6,236	6,086	5,894	5,845	5,781	371	391	305	5.9	6.3	5.0
Natrona	36,353	36,094	35,935	34,647	34,273	34,148	1,706	1,821	1,787	4.7	5.0	5.0


STATEWIDE	273,507	271,520	269,598	260,378	257,434	256,307	13,129	14,086	13,291	4.8	5.2	4.9

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.1	4.1	4.2
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.2	6.4	6.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.8	5.8	5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 4/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.