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Table: Change in Wyoming's Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rates by Region and County, First Quarter 2003
  Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
             
REGION/
County		 First Quarter Change First Quarter Change First Quarter Change First Quarter Percent
2003 2002 Number % 2003 2002 Number % 2003 2002 Number % 2003 2002 Change
                         
NORTHWEST 45,841 45,808 34 0.1 42,843 42,591 252 0.6 2,998 3,217 -219 -6.8 6.5 7.0 -0.5
Big Horn 5,763 5,749 13 0.2 5,408 5,338 70 1.3 355 411 -56 -13.7 6.2 7.2 -1.0
Fremont 18,754 18,712 42 0.2 17,288 17,290 -2 0.0 1,466 1,422 44 3.1 7.8 7.6 0.2
Hot Springs 2,228 2,367 -139 -5.9 2,130 2,213 -82 -3.7 98 154 -56 -36.6 4.4 6.5 -2.1
Park 14,595 14,474 121 0.8 13,764 13,554 210 1.5 831 919 -89 -9.6 5.7 6.4 -0.7
Washakie 4,502 4,506 -4 -0.1 4,253 4,196 58 1.4 249 310 -62 -19.9 5.5 6.9 -1.4
                         
NORTHEAST 47,620 46,937 683 1.5 45,337 44,939 397 0.9 2,283 1,998 286 14.3 4.8 4.3 0.5
Campbell 23,101 23,048 53 0.2 22,090 22,218 -128 -0.6 1,011 830 181 21.8 4.4 3.6 0.8
Crook 2,849 2,749 100 3.6 2,693 2,603 90 3.4 156 146 10 7.1 5.5 5.3 0.2
Johnson 3,879 3,773 106 2.8 3,702 3,638 64 1.8 178 135 42 31.3 4.6 3.6 1.0
Sheridan 14,444 14,109 335 2.4 13,668 13,384 285 2.1 776 726 50 6.9 5.4 5.1 0.2
Weston 3,347 3,257 89 2.7 3,184 3,096 87 2.8 163 161 2 1.2 4.9 4.9 -0.1
                         
SOUTHWEST 53,590 52,228 1,362 2.6 50,784 49,345 1,439 2.9 2,806 2,883 -77 -2.7 5.2 5.5 -0.3
Lincoln 6,637 6,418 219 3.4 6,108 5,892 216 3.7 529 526 3 0.6 8.0 8.2 -0.2
Sublette 3,337 3,240 97 3.0 3,236 3,140 96 3.0 101 100 1 1.0 3.0 3.1 -0.1
Sweetwater 19,998 20,076 -78 -0.4 19,012 18,949 63 0.3 986 1,127 -141 -12.5 4.9 5.6 -0.7
Teton 12,104 11,352 752 6.6 11,653 10,957 696 6.3 451 394 56 14.3 3.7 3.5 0.2
Uinta 11,515 11,142 372 3.3 10,776 10,407 369 3.5 739 736 3 0.5 6.4 6.6 -0.2
                         
SOUTHEAST 74,225 73,176 1,049 1.4 71,368 70,255 1,113 1.6 2,857 2,921 -64 -2.2 3.8 4.0 -0.1
Albany 19,381 19,649 -267 -1.4 18,979 19,187 -209 -1.1 403 461 -59 -12.7 2.1 2.3 -0.3
Goshen 6,137 6,130 7 0.1 5,835 5,825 10 0.2 302 305 -3 -1.1 4.9 5.0 -0.1
Laramie 43,231 42,047 1,183 2.8 41,372 40,181 1,191 3.0 1,859 1,867 -8 -0.4 4.3 4.4 -0.1
Niobrara 1,135 1,121 14 1.2 1,072 1,076 -4 -0.3 63 45 17 38.2 5.5 4.0 1.5
Platte 4,341 4,229 112 2.7 4,110 3,986 124 3.1 232 243 -11 -4.7 5.3 5.7 -0.4
                         
CENTRAL 50,148 49,482 666 1.3 47,476 46,825 651 1.4 2,672 2,657 15 0.6 5.3 5.4 0.0
Carbon 7,869 7,913 -45 -0.6 7,356 7,380 -24 -0.3 513 534 -21 -3.9 6.5 6.7 -0.2
Converse 6,198 6,125 73 1.2 5,829 5,810 19 0.3 368 315 53 16.9 5.9 5.1 0.8
Natrona 36,081 35,444 638 1.8 34,291 33,635 655 1.9 1,791 1,808 -18 -1.0 5.0 5.1 -0.1
                         
STATEWIDE 271,427 267,630 3,797 1.4 257,809 253,955 3,854 1.5 13,618 13,675 -57 -0.4 5.0 5.1 -0.1


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