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

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Apr 98 (p)	Mar 98 (r)	Apr 97 (b)	Apr 98 (p)	Mar 98 (r)	Apr 97 (b)	Apr 98 (p)	Mar 98 (r)	Apr 97 (b)	Apr 98 (p)	Mar 98 (r)	Apr 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	44,434	43,845	43,642	41,607	40,713	40,597	2,827	3,132	3,045	6.4	7.1	7.0
Big Horn	5,737	5,655	5,367	5,394	5,260	4,989	343	395	378	6.0	7.0	7.0
Fremont	17,263	17,024	17,463	15,914	15,558	15,931	1,349	1,466	1,532	7.8	8.6	8.8
Hot Springs	2,376	2,344	2,363	2,264	2,221	2,251	112	123	112	4.7	5.2	4.7
Park	14,301	14,110	13,675	13,595	13,322	12,966	706	788	709	4.9	5.6	5.2
Washakie	4,757	4,712	4,774	4,440	4,352	4,460	317	360	314	6.7	7.6	6.6
NORTHEAST	42,183	42,397	41,267	40,289	39,951	38,590	1,894	2,446	2,677	4.5	5.8	6.5
Campbell	18,940	19,232	18,413	18,133	18,185	17,221	807	1,047	1,192	4.3	5.4	6.5
Crook	2,850	2,844	2,823	2,712	2,632	2,652	138	212	171	4.8	7.5	6.1
Johnson	3,702	3,614	3,560	3,560	3,431	3,355	142	183	205	3.8	5.1	5.8
Sheridan	13,570	13,568	13,215	12,918	12,750	12,370	652	818	845	4.8	6.0	6.4
Weston	3,121	3,139	3,256	2,966	2,953	2,992	155	186	264	5.0	5.9	8.1
SOUTHWEST	49,816	50,200	48,952	47,403	47,707	45,676	2,413	2,493	3,276	4.8	5.0	6.7
Lincoln	6,267	6,298	6,090	5,870	5,825	5,593	397	473	497	6.3	7.5	8.2
Sublette	2,876	2,830	2,732	2,783	2,724	2,625	93	106	107	3.2	3.7	3.9
Sweetwater	20,871	20,901	20,599	19,824	19,770	19,212	1,047	1,131	1,387	5.0	5.4	6.7
Teton	9,594	9,876	9,191	9,225	9,669	8,665	369	207	526	3.8	2.1	5.7
Uinta	10,208	10,295	10,340	9,701	9,719	9,581	507	576	759	5.0	5.6	7.3
SOUTHEAST	69,103	68,961	67,247	67,029	66,388	64,622	2,074	2,573	2,625	3.0	3.7	3.9
Albany	17,463	17,631	16,839	17,124	17,184	16,404	339	447	435	1.9	2.5	2.6
Goshen	6,618	6,460	6,331	6,355	6,104	5,960	263	356	371	4.0	5.5	5.9
Laramie	39,549	39,483	38,752	38,338	37,974	37,144	1,211	1,509	1,608	3.1	3.8	4.1
Niobrara	1,141	1,092	1,164	1,102	1,062	1,143	39	30	21	3.4	2.7	1.8
Platte	4,332	4,295	4,161	4,110	4,064	3,971	222	231	190	5.1	5.4	4.6
CENTRAL	48,144	48,567	46,927	45,824	45,860	43,884	2,320	2,707	3,043	4.8	5.6	6.5
Carbon	8,170	8,127	8,084	7,766	7,598	7,639	404	529	445	4.9	6.5	5.5
Converse	6,599	6,652	6,342	6,265	6,268	5,883	334	384	459	5.1	5.8	7.2
Natrona	33,375	33,788	32,501	31,793	31,994	30,362	1,582	1,794	2,139	4.7	5.3	6.6
STATEWIDE	253,679	253,968	248,035	242,152	240,618	233,369	11,527	13,350	14,666	4.5	5.3	5.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.1	4.2	5.5
U.S.										4.1	5.0	4.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.3	4.7	5.0

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 5/98.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

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


NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.