© Copyright 2002 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
| Table: Change in Wyoming's Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rates by Region and County, First Quarter 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Unemployment Rate | ||||||||||||
| REGION/ County |
First Quarter | Change | First Quarter | Change | First Quarter | Change | First Quarter | ||||||||
| 2002 | 2001 | Number | Percent | 2002 | 2001 | Number | Percent | 2002 | 2001 | Number | Percent | 2002 | 2001 | Change | |
| NORTHWEST | 45,351 | 45,532 | -181 | -0.4 | 42,316 | 42,473 | -158 | -0.4 | 3,036 | 3,059 | -23 | -0.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Big Horn | 5,813 | 5,854 | -41 | -0.7 | 5,423 | 5,475 | -52 | -0.9 | 390 | 379 | 11 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Fremont | 18,477 | 18,321 | 157 | 0.9 | 17,136 | 16,772 | 364 | 2.2 | 1,341 | 1,549 | -207 | -13.4 | 7.3 | 8.5 | -1.2 |
| Hot Springs | 2,403 | 2,347 | 56 | 2.4 | 2,257 | 2,234 | 23 | 1.0 | 146 | 113 | 33 | 28.9 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| Park | 14,159 | 14,424 | -266 | -1.8 | 13,293 | 13,619 | -326 | -2.4 | 866 | 805 | 60 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Washakie | 4,499 | 4,586 | -86 | -1.9 | 4,206 | 4,373 | -167 | -3.8 | 293 | 212 | 81 | 38.0 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 1.9 |
| NORTHEAST | 46,450 | 45,032 | 1,418 | 3.1 | 44,569 | 43,058 | 1,511 | 3.5 | 1,881 | 1,974 | -93 | -4.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Campbell | 23,296 | 21,332 | 1,964 | 9.2 | 22,512 | 20,616 | 1,896 | 9.2 | 785 | 716 | 68 | 9.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Crook | 2,771 | 2,810 | -39 | -1.4 | 2,633 | 2,658 | -25 | -1.0 | 138 | 151 | -13 | -8.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Johnson | 3,554 | 3,630 | -77 | -2.1 | 3,428 | 3,473 | -45 | -1.3 | 126 | 158 | -32 | -20.1 | 3.5 | 4.3 | -0.8 |
| Sheridan | 13,558 | 13,992 | -434 | -3.1 | 12,877 | 13,241 | -365 | -2.8 | 681 | 751 | -69 | -9.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Weston | 3,271 | 3,268 | 3 | 0.1 | 3,120 | 3,070 | 50 | 1.6 | 151 | 198 | -47 | -23.8 | 4.6 | 6.0 | -1.4 |
| SOUTHWEST | 52,699 | 52,339 | 360 | 0.7 | 49,977 | 50,032 | -56 | -0.1 | 2,722 | 2,306 | 416 | 18.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
| Lincoln | 6,702 | 6,311 | 391 | 6.2 | 6,201 | 5,875 | 325 | 5.5 | 501 | 436 | 65 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Sublette | 3,080 | 3,052 | 28 | 0.9 | 2,987 | 2,973 | 15 | 0.5 | 93 | 80 | 13 | 16.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| Sweetwater | 20,149 | 20,524 | -375 | -1.8 | 19,084 | 19,486 | -402 | -2.1 | 1,065 | 1,038 | 27 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| Teton | 11,947 | 11,806 | 141 | 1.2 | 11,575 | 11,604 | -29 | -0.3 | 372 | 201 | 170 | 84.6 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Uinta | 10,821 | 10,645 | 176 | 1.7 | 10,130 | 10,094 | 36 | 0.4 | 691 | 551 | 140 | 25.4 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| SOUTHEAST | 73,450 | 73,383 | 67 | 0.1 | 70,689 | 70,613 | 77 | 0.1 | 2,760 | 2,770 | -10 | -0.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Albany | 19,393 | 19,507 | -114 | -0.6 | 18,956 | 19,050 | -94 | -0.5 | 436 | 457 | -21 | -4.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | -0.1 |
| Goshen | 6,096 | 6,292 | -196 | -3.1 | 5,808 | 5,968 | -160 | -2.7 | 288 | 324 | -36 | -11.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
| Laramie | 42,516 | 42,172 | 344 | 0.8 | 40,753 | 40,486 | 267 | 0.7 | 1,763 | 1,686 | 77 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Niobrara | 1,122 | 1,171 | -49 | -4.2 | 1,080 | 1,107 | -28 | -2.5 | 43 | 64 | -21 | -33.0 | 3.8 | 5.4 | -1.6 |
| Platte | 4,322 | 4,241 | 81 | 1.9 | 4,092 | 4,002 | 90 | 2.3 | 230 | 240 | -9 | -3.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| CENTRAL | 49,780 | 49,676 | 104 | 0.2 | 47,268 | 47,216 | 52 | 0.1 | 2,511 | 2,460 | 51 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| Carbon | 7,888 | 7,944 | -56 | -0.7 | 7,384 | 7,505 | -121 | -1.6 | 504 | 439 | 65 | 14.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Converse | 6,222 | 6,625 | -404 | -6.1 | 5,924 | 6,258 | -334 | -5.3 | 298 | 367 | -69 | -18.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Natrona | 35,670 | 35,107 | 563 | 1.6 | 33,961 | 33,453 | 508 | 1.5 | 1,709 | 1,654 | 55 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| STATEWIDE | 267,729 | 265,963 | 1,766 | 0.7 | 254,818 | 253,394 | 1,425 | 0.6 | 12,911 | 12,569 | 342 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
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