Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	45,542	44,889	45,625	2,757	3,220	2,959	6.1	7.2	6.5
Big Horn	5,522	5,320	5,450	342	394	332	6.2	7.4	6.1
Fremont	17,905	17,926	18,222	1,385	1,565	1,524	7.7	8.7	8.4
Hot Springs	2,702	2,642	2,476	103	124	96	3.8	4.7	3.9
Park	14,668	14,334	14,607	645	824	692	4.4	5.7	4.7
Washakie	4,745	4,667	4,870	282	313	315	5.9	6.7	6.5
NORTHEAST	42,747	42,350	42,515	2,421	2,588	2,149	5.7	6.1	5.1
Campbell	18,784	18,626	18,534	1,076	1,091	862	5.7	5.9	4.7
Crook	3,020	2,983	3,091	157	178	156	5.2	6.0	5.0
Johnson	3,765	3,751	3,620	185	216	156	4.9	5.8	4.3
Sheridan	13,812	13,656	13,840	764	881	784	5.5	6.5	5.7
Weston	3,366	3,334	3,430	239	222	191	7.1	6.7	5.6
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	50,069	50,245	51,368	2,956	2,786	3,660	5.9	5.5	7.1
Lincoln	6,471	6,419	6,401	452	480	559	7.0	7.5	8.7
Sublette	2,858	2,815	2,919	97	120	148	3.4	4.3	5.1
Sweetwater	20,902	20,884	21,679	1,248	1,284	1,498	6.0	6.1	6.9
Teton	9,320	9,647	9,410	475	264	523	5.1	2.7	5.6
Uinta	10,518	10,480	10,959	684	638	932	6.5	6.1	8.5
SOUTHEAST	69,268	69,056	69,043	2,367	2,469	2,374	3.4	3.6	3.4
Albany	17,603	17,482	17,254	394	407	339	2.2	2.3	2.0
Goshen	6,515	6,340	6,718	336	344	339	5.2	5.4	5.0
Laramie	39,619	39,663	39,469	1,448	1,483	1,479	3.7	3.7	3.7
Niobrara	1,273	1,301	1,286	19	27	39	1.5	2.1	3.0
Platte	4,258	4,270	4,316	170	208	178	4.0	4.9	4.1
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)	Apr 97 (p)	Mar 97 (r)	Apr 96 (b)
CENTRAL	48,648	48,615	48,183	2,755	3,006	3,146	5.7	6.2	6.5
Carbon	8,218	8,225	8,609	402	497	527	4.9	6.0	6.1
Converse	6,749	6,670	6,602	415	451	339	6.1	6.8	5.1
Natrona	33,681	33,720	32,972	1,938	2,058	2,280	5.8	6.1	6.9
STATEWIDE	256,274	255,152	256,733	13,256	14,068	14,288	5.2	5.5	5.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.9	4.5	5.3
U.S.							4.8	5.5	5.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.9	5.2	5.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 05/97.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1996 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.0 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.4 and 5.6 percent.