Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 5

From February to March, unemployment rates decreased or were stable in all 23 Wyoming counties, typical in most counties during these months.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar	Mar	Feb	Mar
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,278	46,038	45,891	43,843	43,316	42,813	2,435	2,722	3,078	5.3	5.9	6.7

Big Horn	5,791	5,780	5,785	5,514	5,455	5,435	277	325	350	4.8	5.6	6.1
Fremont	18,781	18,633	18,604	17,569	17,292	17,071	1,212	1,341	1,533	6.5	7.2	8.2
Hot Springs	2,202	2,170	2,193	2,117	2,074	2,105	85	96	88	3.9	4.4	4.0
Park	14,988	14,943	14,715	14,327	14,182	13,853	661	761	862	4.4	5.1	5.9
Washakie	4,516	4,512	4,594	4,316	4,313	4,349	200	199	245	4.4	4.4	5.3


NORTHEAST	47,642	47,566	47,142	45,974	45,535	44,764	1,668	2,031	2,378	3.5	4.3	5.0

Campbell	22,848	22,911	22,486	22,122	22,026	21,439	726	885	1,047	3.2	3.9	4.7
Crook	2,900	2,878	2,878	2,774	2,719	2,709	126	159	169	4.3	5.5	5.9
Johnson	3,978	3,930	3,962	3,865	3,777	3,787	113	153	175	2.8	3.9	4.4
Sheridan	14,776	14,698	14,629	14,176	13,998	13,811	600	700	818	4.1	4.8	5.6
Weston	3,140	3,149	3,187	3,037	3,015	3,018	103	134	169	3.3	4.3	5.3


SOUTHWEST	54,460	54,145	54,087	52,387	51,842	51,222	2,073	2,303	2,865	3.8	4.3	5.3

Lincoln	7,392	7,389	7,331	6,986	6,933	6,779	406	456	552	5.5	6.2	7.5
Sublette	3,703	3,657	3,422	3,609	3,565	3,322	94	92	100	2.5	2.5	2.9
Sweetwater	20,672	20,327	20,519	19,988	19,538	19,567	684	789	952	3.3	3.9	4.6
Teton	11,579	11,683	11,812	11,200	11,278	11,290	379	405	522	3.3	3.5	4.4
Uinta	11,114	11,089	11,003	10,604	10,528	10,264	510	561	739	4.6	5.1	6.7


SOUTHEAST	75,504	75,594	75,883	72,838	72,484	73,063	2,666	3,110	2,820	3.5	4.1	3.7

Albany	20,313	20,185	20,342	19,916	19,685	19,950	397	500	392	2.0	2.5	1.9
Goshen	6,085	6,058	6,186	5,841	5,765	5,899	244	293	287	4.0	4.8	4.6
Laramie	43,651	43,959	43,831	41,868	41,970	41,975	1,783	1,989	1,856	4.1	4.5	4.2
Niobrara	1,134	1,102	1,192	1,104	1,065	1,132	30	37	60	2.6	3.4	5.0
Platte	4,321	4,290	4,332	4,109	3,999	4,107	212	291	225	4.9	6.8	5.2


CENTRAL	51,126	50,717	50,714	49,025	48,276	47,932	2,101	2,441	2,782	4.1	4.8	5.5

Carbon	7,735	7,692	7,890	7,360	7,259	7,316	375	433	574	4.8	5.6	7.3
Converse	6,303	6,326	6,497	6,048	5,998	6,099	255	328	398	4.0	5.2	6.1
Natrona	37,088	36,699	36,327	35,617	35,019	34,517	1,471	1,680	1,810	4.0	4.6	5.0


STATEWIDE	275,011	274,060	273,716	264,068	261,452	259,794	10,943	12,608	13,922	4.0	4.6	5.1

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.4	3.5	4.5
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.0	6.0	6.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.6	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 04/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.