Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

Teton County posted the highest unemployment rate (12.8%), followed by Lincoln (9.5%) and Johnson (7.8%) counties.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Apr Mar Apr   Apr Mar Apr   Apr Mar Apr   Apr Mar Apr
  County 2011 2011 2010   2011 2011 2010   2011 2011 2010   2011 2011 2010
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 44,811 44,773 45,014   41,898 41,326 41,538   2,913 3,447 3,476   6.5 7.7 7.7
Big Horn 4,963 4,898 5,002   4,622 4,479 4,603   341 419 399   6.9 8.6 8.0
Fremont 18,959 19,083 19,095   17,634 17,545 17,516   1,325 1,538 1,579   7.0 8.1 8.3
Hot Springs 2,527 2,499 2,541   2,398 2,359 2,411   129 140 130   5.1 5.6 5.1
Park 14,138 14,075 14,042   13,255 13,018 12,974   883 1,057 1,068   6.2 7.5 7.6
Washakie 4,224 4,218 4,334   3,989 3,925 4,034   235 293 300   5.6 6.9 6.9
                               
NORTHEAST 53,355 53,535 54,680   50,330 50,108 50,814   3,025 3,427 3,866   5.7 6.4 7.1
Campbell 27,273 27,372 27,730   26,049 26,015 25,961   1,224 1,357 1,769   4.5 5.0 6.4
Crook 3,360 3,310 3,503   3,170 3,113 3,287   190 197 216   5.7 6.0 6.2
Johnson 3,762 3,767 3,890   3,468 3,420 3,541   294 347 349   7.8 9.2 9.0
Sheridan 15,752 15,847 16,244   14,615 14,532 14,924   1,137 1,315 1,320   7.2 8.3 8.1
Weston 3,208 3,239 3,313   3,028 3,028 3,101   180 211 212   5.6 6.5 6.4
                               
SOUTHWEST 62,744 63,054 62,590   58,295 59,027 57,183   4,449 4,027 5,407   7.1 6.4 8.6
Lincoln 7,944 7,954 8,040   7,187 7,145 7,160   757 809 880   9.5 10.2 10.9
Sublette 6,968 7,163 7,003   6,715 6,883 6,647   253 280 356   3.6 3.9 5.1
Sweetwater 24,092 24,234 24,092   22,897 22,889 22,402   1,195 1,345 1,690   5.0 5.6 7.0
Teton 12,562 12,469 12,458   10,950 11,585 10,806   1,612 884 1,652   12.8 7.1 13.3
Uinta 11,178 11,234 10,997   10,546 10,525 10,168   632 709 829   5.7 6.3 7.5
                               
SOUTHEAST 74,348 74,774 75,061   70,083 69,902 70,076   4,265 4,872 4,985   5.7 6.5 6.6
Albany 19,596 19,735 19,756   18,761 18,759 18,754   835 976 1,002   4.3 4.9 5.1
Goshen 6,308 6,194 6,396   5,943 5,808 6,001   365 386 395   5.8 6.2 6.2
Laramie 43,163 43,679 43,237   40,372 40,484 39,974   2,791 3,195 3,263   6.5 7.3 7.5
Niobrara 1,214 1,198 1,272   1,162 1,138 1,208   52 60 64   4.3 5.0 5.0
Platte 4,067 3,968 4,400   3,845 3,713 4,139   222 255 261   5.5 6.4 5.9
                               
CENTRAL 55,151 55,554 56,521   51,888 51,834 52,505   3,263 3,720 4,016   5.9 6.7 7.1
Carbon 7,381 7,381 7,893   6,875 6,803 7,284   506 578 609   6.9 7.8 7.7
Converse 7,301 7,339 7,580   6,950 6,947 7,130   351 392 450   4.8 5.3 5.9
Natrona 40,469 40,834 41,048   38,063 38,084 38,091   2,406 2,750 2,957   5.9 6.7 7.2
                             
STATEWIDE 290,411 291,690 293,868   272,493 272,197 272,118   17,918 19,493 21,750   6.2 6.7 7.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.0 6.2 7.2
U.S 8.7 9.2 9.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.0 8.8 9.8
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2011.  Run Date 05/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.