Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Apr	Mar	Apr	Apr	Mar	Apr	Apr	Mar	Apr	Apr	Mar	Apr
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,401	46,283	46,087	44,124	43,374	43,300	2,277	2,909	2,787	4.9	6.3	6.0

Big Horn	5,803	5,784	5,790	5,574	5,456	5,465	229	328	325	3.9	5.7	5.6
Fremont	18,919	19,016	18,719	17,761	17,560	17,499	1,158	1,456	1,220	6.1	7.7	6.5
Hot Springs	2,309	2,258	2,389	2,239	2,175	2,265	70	83	124	3.0	3.7	5.2
Park	14,860	14,749	14,682	14,230	13,936	13,839	630	813	843	4.2	5.5	5.7
Washakie	4,510	4,476	4,507	4,320	4,247	4,232	190	229	275	4.2	5.1	6.1


NORTHEAST	48,390	48,153	47,412	46,450	45,898	45,458	1,940	2,255	1,954	4.0	4.7	4.1

Campbell	23,248	23,283	22,878	22,326	22,290	22,029	922	993	849	4.0	4.3	3.7
Crook	2,983	2,898	2,830	2,841	2,737	2,679	142	161	151	4.8	5.6	5.3
Johnson	4,016	3,937	3,859	3,890	3,772	3,735	126	165	124	3.1	4.2	3.2
Sheridan	14,743	14,672	14,557	14,130	13,895	13,878	613	777	679	4.2	5.3	4.7
Weston	3,400	3,363	3,288	3,263	3,204	3,137	137	159	151	4.0	4.7	4.6


SOUTHWEST	54,038	53,961	52,349	51,256	51,265	49,522	2,782	2,696	2,827	5.1	5.0	5.4

Lincoln	6,831	6,661	6,540	6,384	6,149	6,099	447	512	441	6.5	7.7	6.7
Sublette	3,405	3,359	3,337	3,318	3,264	3,221	87	95	116	2.6	2.8	3.5
Sweetwater	20,211	20,183	19,972	19,361	19,290	18,996	850	893	976	4.2	4.4	4.9
Teton	12,080	12,227	11,204	11,334	11,734	10,580	746	493	624	6.2	4.0	5.6
Uinta	11,511	11,531	11,296	10,859	10,828	10,626	652	703	670	5.7	6.1	5.9


SOUTHEAST	74,959	74,649	74,515	72,638	71,982	71,994	2,321	2,667	2,521	3.1	3.6	3.4

Albany	19,645	19,714	19,955	19,311	19,346	19,510	334	368	445	1.7	1.9	2.2
Goshen	6,363	6,163	6,234	6,149	5,892	5,998	214	271	236	3.4	4.4	3.8
Laramie	43,201	43,199	42,670	41,662	41,442	41,066	1,539	1,757	1,604	3.6	4.1	3.8
Niobrara	1,202	1,157	1,141	1,156	1,100	1,095	46	57	46	3.8	4.9	4.0
Platte	4,548	4,416	4,515	4,360	4,202	4,325	188	214	190	4.1	4.8	4.2


CENTRAL	50,383	50,585	49,542	48,077	47,969	47,110	2,306	2,616	2,432	4.6	5.2	4.9

Carbon	8,007	7,978	7,920	7,560	7,436	7,492	447	542	428	5.6	6.8	5.4
Converse	6,298	6,266	6,155	5,991	5,894	5,878	307	372	277	4.9	5.9	4.5
Natrona	36,078	36,341	35,467	34,526	34,639	33,740	1,552	1,702	1,727	4.3	4.7	4.9


STATEWIDE	274,177	273,634	269,905	262,548	260,490	257,385	11,629	13,144	12,520	4.2	4.8	4.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	4.1	4.4
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.8	6.2	5.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.0	5.8	5.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 5/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.