© Copyright 2000 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"Albany County had the lowest unemployment rate (1.7%) in April 2000."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Apr 2000 (p) Mar 2000 (r) Apr 1999 (b) Apr 2000 (p) Mar 2000 (r) Apr 1999 (b) Apr 2000 (p) Mar 2000 (r) Apr 1999 (b) Apr 2000 (p) Mar 2000 (r) Apr 1999 (b)
Northwest 46,406 45,922 46,212 43,711 42,836 43,079 2,695 3,086 3,133 5.8 6.7 6.8
Big Horn 5,869 5,822 5,813 5,518 5,387 5,424 351 435 389 6.0 7.5 6.7
Fremont 18,236 18,044 18,402 16,976 16,706 16,962 1,260 1,338 1,440 6.9 7.4 7.8
Hot Springs 2,457 2,426 2,469 2,365 2,315 2,329 92 111 140 3.7 4.6 5.7
Park 14,929 14,685 14,574 14,260 13,891 13,790 669 794 784 4.5 5.4 5.4
Washakie 4,915 4,945 4,954 4,592 4,537 4,574 323 408 380 6.6 8.3 7.7
Northeast 44,137 43,936 43,779 42,346 41,755 41,385 1,791 2,181 2,394 4.1 5.0 5.5
Campbell 19,807 19,931 19,643 19,120 19,054 18,462 687 877 1,181 3.5 4.4 6.0
Crook 3,055 3,011 3,019 2,914 2,811 2,852 141 200 167 4.6 6.6 5.5
Johnson 3,862 3,728 3,914 3,707 3,578 3,777 155 150 137 4.0 4.0 3.5
Sheridan 14,026 13,899 13,789 13,383 13,134 13,098 643 765 691 4.6 5.5 5.0
Weston 3,387 3,367 3,414 3,222 3,178 3,196 165 189 218 4.9 5.6 6.4
Southwest 50,958 51,245 51,416 48,466 48,647 48,286 2,492 2,598 3,130 4.9 5.1 6.1
Lincoln 6,406 6,332 6,433 5,999 5,855 5,975 407 477 458 6.4 7.5 7.1
Sublette 2,932 2,885 2,991 2,850 2,772 2,812 82 113 179 2.8 3.9 6.0
Sweetwater 20,466 20,588 20,914 19,529 19,485 19,650 937 1,103 1,264 4.6 5.4 6.0
Teton 10,658 10,892 10,490 10,230 10,678 10,020 428 214 470 4.0 2.0 4.5
Uinta 10,496 10,548 10,588 9,858 9,857 9,829 638 691 759 6.1 6.6 7.2
Southeast 70,414 70,402 69,956 68,604 68,269 67,810 1,810 2,133 2,146 2.6 3.0 3.1
Albany 17,520 17,580 17,530 17,219 17,207 17,143 301 373 387 1.7 2.1 2.2
Goshen 6,610 6,398 6,650 6,431 6,163 6,434 179 235 216 2.7 3.7 3.2
Laramie 40,269 40,563 39,836 39,118 39,273 38,538 1,151 1,290 1,298 2.9 3.2 3.3
Niobrara 1,355 1,307 1,342 1,324 1,272 1,303 31 35 39 2.3 2.7 2.9
Platte 4,660 4,554 4,598 4,512 4,354 4,392 148 200 206 3.2 4.4 4.5
Central 48,791 48,857 48,899 46,502 46,376 46,144 2,289 2,481 2,755 4.7 5.1 5.6
Carbon 8,221 8,054 8,387 7,797 7,697 7,919 424 357 468 5.2 4.4 5.6
Converse 6,566 6,511 6,542 6,255 6,149 6,224 311 362 318 4.7 5.6 4.9
Natrona 34,004 34,292 33,970 32,450 32,530 32,001 1,554 1,762 1,969 4.6 5.1 5.8
Statewide 260,708 260,361 260,261 249,631 247,884 246,703 11,077 12,477 13,558 4.2 4.8 5.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.0 4.0 4.9
U.S. 3.7 4.3 4.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 3.9 4.1 4.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 05/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.


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