Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and decreased from March to April. The lowest unemployment rates were found in Albany (2.6%), Sublette (3.2%), and Niobrara (3.5%) counties. Big Horn County posted the highest unemployment rate (7.9%), followed by Teton (7.8%), Lincoln (6.6%), and Johnson (6.3%) counties.
Labor Force |
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Unemployed |
Unemployment Rates |
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NORTHWEST | 43,813 | 43,585 | 43,545 | 41,339 | 40,686 | 42,021 | 2,474 | 2,899 | 1,524 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
Big Horn | 4,976 | 4,938 | 4,908 | 4,585 | 4,493 | 4,716 | 391 | 445 | 192 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
Fremont | 18,468 | 18,537 | 18,258 | 17,352 | 17,252 | 17,600 | 1,116 | 1,285 | 658 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
Hot Springs | 2,343 | 2,316 | 2,444 | 2,232 | 2,190 | 2,365 | 111 | 126 | 79 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.2 |
Park | 13,819 | 13,593 | 13,700 | 13,156 | 12,790 | 13,237 | 663 | 803 | 463 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 3.4 |
Washakie | 4,207 | 4,201 | 4,235 | 4,014 | 3,961 | 4,103 | 193 | 240 | 132 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 3.1 |
NORTHEAST | 54,497 | 54,205 | 53,838 | 52,009 | 51,539 | 52,534 | 2,488 | 2,666 | 1,304 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
Campbell | 27,620 | 27,535 | 27,030 | 26,557 | 26,423 | 26,521 | 1,063 | 1,112 | 509 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 1.9 |
Crook | 3,441 | 3,410 | 3,526 | 3,279 | 3,231 | 3,415 | 162 | 179 | 111 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 |
Johnson | 4,090 | 4,023 | 4,001 | 3,831 | 3,775 | 3,864 | 259 | 248 | 137 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 3.4 |
Sheridan | 16,161 | 16,033 | 16,014 | 15,306 | 15,077 | 15,565 | 855 | 956 | 449 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 2.8 |
Weston | 3,185 | 3,204 | 3,267 | 3,036 | 3,033 | 3,169 | 149 | 171 | 98 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
SOUTHWEST | 63,973 | 64,237 | 63,424 | 60,545 | 60,910 | 61,821 | 3,428 | 3,327 | 1,603 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 2.5 |
Lincoln | 8,042 | 8,060 | 8,271 | 7,515 | 7,430 | 8,012 | 527 | 630 | 259 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 3.1 |
Sublette | 7,105 | 7,058 | 6,676 | 6,881 | 6,819 | 6,587 | 224 | 239 | 89 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
Sweetwater | 24,403 | 24,296 | 23,922 | 23,305 | 23,155 | 23,403 | 1,098 | 1,141 | 519 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 2.2 |
Teton | 13,225 | 13,727 | 13,233 | 12,197 | 13,032 | 12,805 | 1,028 | 695 | 428 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 3.2 |
Uinta | 11,198 | 11,096 | 11,322 | 10,647 | 10,474 | 11,014 | 551 | 622 | 308 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 |
SOUTHEAST | 71,543 | 72,109 | 73,337 | 68,807 | 68,623 | 71,101 | 2,736 | 3,486 | 2,236 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
Albany | 19,163 | 19,353 | 19,049 | 18,667 | 18,712 | 18,637 | 496 | 641 | 412 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
Goshen | 6,025 | 5,968 | 6,214 | 5,795 | 5,680 | 6,005 | 230 | 288 | 209 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.4 |
Laramie | 41,247 | 41,667 | 42,668 | 39,428 | 39,385 | 41,233 | 1,819 | 2,282 | 1,435 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.4 |
Niobrara | 1,220 | 1,232 | 1,250 | 1,177 | 1,174 | 1,207 | 43 | 58 | 43 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
Platte | 3,888 | 3,889 | 4,156 | 3,740 | 3,672 | 4,019 | 148 | 217 | 137 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 3.3 |
CENTRAL | 54,712 | 54,828 | 55,764 | 52,144 | 51,949 | 54,321 | 2,568 | 2,879 | 1,443 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 2.6 |
Carbon | 7,688 | 7,692 | 8,161 | 7,273 | 7,176 | 7,920 | 415 | 516 | 241 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 3.0 |
Converse | 7,204 | 7,187 | 7,342 | 6,886 | 6,827 | 7,176 | 318 | 360 | 166 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 |
Natrona | 39,820 | 39,949 | 40,261 | 37,985 | 37,946 | 39,225 | 1,835 | 2,003 | 1,036 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 2.6 |
STATEWIDE | 288,538 | 288,962 | 289,908 | 274,846 | 273,706 | 281,797 | 13,692 | 15,256 | 8,111 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 2.8 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.9 | |||||||||
U.S. | 8.6 | 9.0 | 4.8 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 8.9 | 8.5 | 5.0 | |||||||||
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2009. Run Date 05/2009. | ||||||||||||
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. | ||||||||||||
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised (b) Benchmarked. |
Last modified on by Phil Ellsworth.