Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Crook County experienced a large decreased in unemployment, falling from 5.1 percent to 3.0 percent."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	47,710	46,897	47,046	45,343	44,174	44,650	2,367	2,723	2,396	5.0	5.8	5.1

Big Horn	5,875	5,816	5,916	5,580	5,500	5,661	295	316	255	5.0	5.4	4.3
Fremont	19,019	19,148	18,574	18,004	17,955	17,443	1,015	1,193	1,131	5.3	6.2	6.1
Hot Springs	2,455	2,444	2,439	2,345	2,322	2,340	110	122	99	4.5	5.0	4.1
Park	15,831	15,036	15,526	15,194	14,211	14,846	637	825	680	4.0	5.5	4.4
Washakie	4,530	4,453	4,591	4,220	4,186	4,360	310	267	231	6.8	6.0	5.0


NORTHEAST	46,804	46,927	45,951	45,266	45,030	44,602	1,538	1,897	1,349	3.3	4.0	2.9

Campbell	22,502	22,747	21,674	21,740	21,926	21,112	762	821	562	3.4	3.6	2.6
Crook	2,953	2,842	3,002	2,865	2,697	2,905	88	145	97	3.0	5.1	3.2
Johnson	4,065	3,908	3,885	3,953	3,786	3,788	112	122	97	2.8	3.1	2.5
Sheridan	13,931	14,072	14,103	13,471	13,411	13,621	460	661	482	3.3	4.7	3.4
Weston	3,353	3,358	3,287	3,237	3,210	3,176	116	148	111	3.5	4.4	3.4


SOUTHWEST	53,803	53,068	53,475	51,364	50,315	51,450	2,439	2,753	2,025	4.5	5.2	3.8

Lincoln	6,669	6,544	6,709	6,320	6,114	6,419	349	430	290	5.2	6.6	4.3
Sublette	3,455	3,294	3,294	3,373	3,181	3,226	82	113	68	2.4	3.4	2.1
Sweetwater	20,456	20,661	20,464	19,578	19,707	19,623	878	954	841	4.3	4.6	4.1
Teton	12,078	11,589	12,089	11,615	10,977	11,749	463	612	340	3.8	5.3	2.8
Uinta	11,145	10,980	10,919	10,478	10,336	10,433	667	644	486	6.0	5.9	4.5


SOUTHEAST	72,944	74,046	72,940	70,755	71,597	70,942	2,189	2,449	1,998	3.0	3.3	2.7

Albany	19,352	20,059	19,143	19,003	19,625	18,819	349	434	324	1.8	2.2	1.7
Goshen	6,233	6,262	6,419	6,046	6,031	6,204	187	231	215	3.0	3.7	3.3
Laramie	41,576	42,172	41,469	40,115	40,617	40,161	1,461	1,555	1,308	3.5	3.7	3.2
Niobrara	1,238	1,162	1,240	1,184	1,117	1,212	54	45	28	4.4	3.9	2.3
Platte	4,545	4,391	4,669	4,407	4,207	4,546	138	184	123	3.0	4.2	2.6


CENTRAL	49,543	50,013	49,577	47,378	47,647	47,702	2,165	2,366	1,875	4.4	4.7	3.8

Carbon	8,147	8,031	8,090	7,796	7,614	7,776	351	417	314	4.3	5.2	3.9
Converse	6,430	6,413	6,492	6,204	6,141	6,253	226	272	239	3.5	4.2	3.7
Natrona	34,966	35,569	34,995	33,378	33,892	33,673	1,588	1,677	1,322	4.5	4.7	3.8


STATEWIDE	270,801	270,949	268,988	260,107	258,762	259,344	10,694	12,187	9,644	3.9	4.5	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.3	4.4	3.9
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.5	5.7	4.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.8	6.0	4.4

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 06/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.