"Reflecting a normal seasonal pattern, most county unemployment rates fell from March to April 2002."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Apr	Mar	Apr	Apr	Mar	Apr	Apr	Mar	Apr	Apr	Mar	Apr
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,248	45,730	46,103	43,542	42,739	43,471	2,706	2,991	2,632	5.9	6.5	5.7

Big Horn	5,885	5,818	5,933	5,570	5,430	5,638	315	388	295	5.4	6.7	5.0
Fremont	18,786	18,693	18,434	17,598	17,393	17,124	1,188	1,300	1,310	6.3	7.0	7.1
Hot Springs	2,477	2,443	2,479	2,358	2,296	2,356	119	147	123	4.8	6.0	5.0
Park	14,595	14,308	14,607	13,779	13,454	13,954	816	854	653	5.6	6.0	4.5
Washakie	4,505	4,468	4,650	4,237	4,166	4,399	268	302	251	5.9	6.8	5.4


NORTHEAST	47,702	47,080	45,979	45,798	45,177	44,362	1,904	1,903	1,617	4.0	4.0	3.5

Campbell	23,790	23,683	21,682	22,955	22,870	21,073	835	813	609	3.5	3.4	2.8
Crook	2,907	2,781	2,982	2,760	2,638	2,833	147	143	149	5.1	5.1	5.0
Johnson	3,722	3,579	3,753	3,603	3,460	3,630	119	119	123	3.2	3.3	3.3
Sheridan	13,945	13,757	14,224	13,289	13,076	13,646	656	681	578	4.7	5.0	4.1
Weston	3,338	3,280	3,338	3,191	3,133	3,180	147	147	158	4.4	4.5	4.7


SOUTHWEST	53,050	53,229	52,027	50,327	50,613	49,788	2,723	2,616	2,239	5.1	4.9	4.3

Lincoln	6,805	6,721	6,594	6,375	6,239	6,241	430	482	353	6.3	7.2	5.4
Sublette	3,175	3,081	3,144	3,062	2,983	3,081	113	98	63	3.6	3.2	2.0
Sweetwater	20,393	20,481	20,512	19,449	19,477	19,648	944	1,004	864	4.6	4.9	4.2
Teton	11,833	12,083	11,069	11,232	11,713	10,623	601	370	446	5.1	3.1	4.0
Uinta	10,844	10,863	10,708	10,209	10,201	10,195	635	662	513	5.9	6.1	4.8


SOUTHEAST	73,952	74,173	74,371	71,538	71,588	72,217	2,414	2,585	2,154	3.3	3.5	2.9

Albany	19,796	19,910	19,847	19,370	19,469	19,487	426	441	360	2.2	2.2	1.8
Goshen	6,304	6,008	6,576	6,082	5,773	6,320	222	235	256	3.5	3.9	3.9
Laramie	42,188	42,794	42,227	40,650	41,136	40,891	1,538	1,658	1,336	3.6	3.9	3.2
Niobrara	1,186	1,119	1,246	1,141	1,074	1,204	45	45	42	3.8	4.0	3.4
Platte	4,478	4,342	4,475	4,295	4,136	4,315	183	206	160	4.1	4.7	3.6


CENTRAL	49,906	50,122	49,886	47,553	47,733	47,867	2,353	2,389	2,019	4.7	4.8	4.0

Carbon	7,980	7,860	8,056	7,565	7,435	7,733	415	425	323	5.2	5.4	4.0
Converse	6,339	6,246	6,604	6,069	5,960	6,304	270	286	300	4.3	4.6	4.5
Natrona	35,587	36,016	35,226	33,919	34,338	33,830	1,668	1,678	1,396	4.7	4.7	4.0


STATEWIDE	270,859	270,335	268,366	258,759	257,849	257,707	12,100	12,486	10,659	4.5	4.6	4.0

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.4	3.9	3.9
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.7	6.1	4.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.0	5.7	4.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 05/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.