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Table: Wyoming Annual Average Local Area Unemployment Statistics (1996-98)

1996 1997 1998
WYOMING
Labor Force 256,198 251,288 257,968
Employment 243,343 238,520 245,607
Unemployment 12,855 12,768 12,361
Unemployment Rate 5.0 5.1 4.8
ALBANY COUNTY
Labor Force 16,984 16,590 16,975
Employment 16,664 16,243 16,607
Unemployment 320 347 368
Unemployment Rate 1.9 2.1 2.2
BIG HORN COUNTY
Labor Force 5,371 5,493 5,819
Employment 5,048 5,174 5,452
Unemployment 323 319 367
Unemployment Rate 6.0 5.8 6.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY
Labor Force 18,571 18,534 19,174
Employment 17,695 17,555 18,246
Unemployment 876 979 928
Unemployment Rate 4.7 5.3 4.8
CARBON COUNTY
Labor Force 8,525 8,207 8,368
Employment 8,075 7,786 7,921
Unemployment 450 421 447
Unemployment Rate 5.3 5.1 5.3
CONVERSE COUNTY
Labor Force 6,521 6,505 6,563
Employment 6,170 6,102 6,217
Unemployment 351 403 346
Unemployment Rate 5.4 6.2 5.3
CROOK COUNTY
Labor Force 3,055 2,948 2,999
Employment 2,916 2,806 2,839
Unemployment 139 142 160
Unemployment Rate 4.5 4.8 5.3
FREMONT COUNTY
Labor Force 17,804 17,272 17,561
Employment 16,425 15,829 16,172
Unemployment 1,379 1,443 1,389
Unemployment Rate 7.7 8.4 7.9
GOSHEN COUNTY
Labor Force 6,454 6,321 6,440
Employment 6,128 6,004 6,138
Unemployment 326 317 302
Unemployment Rate 5.1 5.0 4.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY
Labor Force 2,530 2,384 2,419
Employment 2,424 2,278 2,309
Unemployment 106 106 110
Unemployment Rate 4.2 4.4 4.5
JOHNSON COUNTY
Labor Force 3,747 3,682 3,744
Employment 3,604 3,512 3,590
Unemployment 143 170 154
Unemployment Rate 3.8 4.6 4.1
LARAMIE COUNTY
Labor Force 39,151 38,492 39,337
Employment 37,729 37,001 37,927
Unemployment 1,422 1,491 1,410
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.9 3.6
LINCOLN COUNTY
Labor Force 6,425 6,236 6,245
Employment 5,992 5,831 5,850
Unemployment 433 405 395
Unemployment Rate 6.7 6.5 6.3
NATRONA COUNTY
Labor Force 32,693 32,387 33,168
Employment 30,611 30,460 31,382
Unemployment 2,082 1,927 1,786
Unemployment Rate 6.4 5.9 5.4
NIOBRARA COUNTY
Labor Force 1,293 1,199 1,278
Employment 1,263 1,174 1,242
Unemployment 30 25 36
Unemployment Rate 2.3 2.1 2.8
PARK COUNTY
Labor Force 15,176 14,794 15,115
Employment 14,521 14,092 14,414
Unemployment 655 702 701
Unemployment Rate 4.3 4.7 4.6
PLATTE COUNTY
Labor Force 4,257 4,283 4,499
Employment 4,090 4,100 4,280
Unemployment 167 183 219
Unemployment Rate 3.9 4.3 4.9
SHERIDAN COUNTY
Labor Force 13,607 13,357 13,756
Employment 12,955 12,649 13,049
Unemployment 652 708 707
Unemployment Rate 4.8 5.3 5.1
SUBLETTE COUNTY
Labor Force 3,060 2,945 3,051
Employment 2,949 2,858 2,954
Unemployment 111 87 97
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.0 3.2
SWEETWATER COUNTY
Labor Force 21,126 20,568 21,367
Employment 19,796 19,349 20,223
Unemployment 1,330 1,219 1,144
Unemployment Rate 6.3 5.9 5.4
TETON COUNTY
Labor Force 10,621 10,565 10,921
Employment 10,324 10,292 10,691
Unemployment 297 273 230
Unemployment Rate 2.8 2.6 2.1
UINTA COUNTY
Labor Force 11,033 10,551 10,917
Employment 10,217 9,898 10,301
Unemployment 816 653 616
Unemployment Rate 7.4 6.2 5.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY
Labor Force 4,870 4,758 4,917
Employment 4,597 4,492 4,628
Unemployment 273 266 289
Unemployment Rate 5.6 5.6 5.9
WESTON COUNTY
Labor Force 3,327 3,214 3,336
Employment 3,152 3,035 3,176
Unemployment 175 179 160
Unemployment Rate 5.3 5.6 4.8


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