Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Teton County posted the highest unemployment rate (12.3%) followed by Lincoln (10.5), Johnson (8.5%), and Fremont (8.0%) counties.

Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment Rates
REGION
Apr
Mar
Apr
Apr
Mar
Apr
Apr
Mar
Apr
Apr
Mar
Apr
  County
2010
2010
2009
2010
2010
2009
2010
2010
2009
2010
2010
2009
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
NORTHWEST 44,834 44,832 44,206 41,473 41,051 41,311 3,361 3,781 2,895 7.5 8.4 6.5
Big Horn 4,987 4,996 4,921 4,603 4,550 4,466 384 446 455 7.7 8.9 9.2
Fremont 18,995 19,014 18,751 17,471 17,314 17,454 1,524 1,700 1,297 8.0 8.9 6.9
Hot Springs 2,444 2,436 2,451 2,316 2,290 2,321 128 146 130 5.2 6.0 5.3
Park 14,128 14,097 13,818 13,094 12,948 13,032 1,034 1,149 786 7.3 8.2 5.7
Washakie 4,280 4,289 4,265 3,989 3,949 4,038 291 340 227 6.8 7.9 5.3
NORTHEAST 54,824 55,289 54,886 51,103 51,079 51,953 3,721 4,210 2,933 6.8 7.6 5.3
Campbell 28,010 28,435 28,038 26,321 26,523 26,781 1,689 1,912 1,257 6.0 6.7 4.5
Crook 3,479 3,483 3,488 3,270 3,251 3,296 209 232 192 6.0 6.7 5.5
Johnson 3,966 3,961 3,938 3,628 3,579 3,633 338 382 305 8.5 9.6 7.7
Sheridan 16,188 16,203 16,171 14,913 14,764 15,170 1,275 1,439 1,001 7.9 8.9 6.2
Weston 3,181 3,207 3,251 2,971 2,962 3,073 210 245 178 6.6 7.6 5.5
SOUTHWEST 61,929 61,665 63,487 56,705 56,752 59,486 5,224 4,913 4,001 8.4 8.0 6.3
Lincoln 8,117 8,111 8,371 7,261 7,231 7,756 856 880 615 10.5 10.8 7.3
Sublette 7,078 7,095 7,039 6,744 6,722 6,769 334 373 270 4.7 5.3 3.8
Sweetwater 22,882 22,895 24,191 21,254 21,112 22,916 1,628 1,783 1,275 7.1 7.8 5.3
Teton 12,888 12,606 12,579 11,299 11,618 11,386 1,589 988 1,193 12.3 7.8 9.5
Uinta 10,964 10,958 11,307 10,147 10,069 10,659 817 889 648 7.5 8.1 5.7
SOUTHEAST 74,839 74,506 73,556 70,049 69,161 70,288 4,790 5,345 3,268 6.4 7.2 4.4
Albany 20,229 20,051 19,596 19,284 19,005 18,996 945 1,046 600 4.7 5.2 3.1
Goshen 6,252 6,215 6,215 5,879 5,818 5,942 373 397 273 6.0 6.4 4.4
Laramie 43,057 42,928 42,225 39,911 39,436 40,061 3,146 3,492 2,164 7.3 8.1 5.1
Niobrara 1,268 1,261 1,271 1,204 1,183 1,218 64 78 53 5.0 6.2 4.2
Platte 4,033 4,051 4,249 3,771 3,719 4,071 262 332 178 6.5 8.2 4.2
CENTRAL 54,514 54,477 55,686 50,645 50,266 52,665 3,869 4,211 3,021 7.1 7.7 5.4
Carbon 7,484 7,462 7,673 6,907 6,833 7,189 577 629 484 7.7 8.4 6.3
Converse 7,406 7,418 7,480 6,971 6,940 7,104 435 478 376 5.9 6.4 5.0
Natrona 39,624 39,597 40,533 36,767 36,493 38,372 2,857 3,104 2,161 7.2 7.8 5.3
STATEWIDE 290,938 290,767 291,823 269,974 268,308 275,704 20,964 22,459 16,119 7.2 7.7 5.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 7.1 7.3 5.6
U.S. 9.5 10.2 8.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.9 9.7 8.9
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 5/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.  (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.