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

There was an unusually sharp monthly decline in unemployment from April to May 1996. The "not seasonally adjusted" unemployment rate dropped almost one full percent, and the "seasonally adjusted" rate dropped as well, confirming that this was atypical.

LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b) May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b) May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b)
NORTHWEST 46,052 45,729 44,913 2,254 2,763 2,570 4.9 6.0 5.7
Big Horn 5,333 5,309 5,200 244 311 294 4.6 5.9 5.7
Fremont 17,792 18,148 17,392 1,154 1,420 1,266 6.5 7.8 7.3
Hot Springs 2,315 2,308 2,472 73 90 99 3.2 3.9 4.0
Park 15,590 14,994 15,036 521 647 600 3.3 4.3 4.0
Washakie 5,022 4,970 4,813 262 295 311 5.2 5.9 6.5
NORTHEAST 42,466 42,303 42,031 1,681 2,002 2,035 4.0 4.7 4.8
Campbell 18,059 18,086 18,157 743 798 941 4.1 4.4 5.2
Crook 3,277 3,225 3,104 131 147 122 4.0 4.6 3.9
Johnson 3,627 3,536 3,593 113 147 122 3.1 4.2 3.4
Sheridan 14,049 13,994 13,765 551 733 651 3.9 5.2 4.7
Weston 3,454 3,462 3,412 143 177 199 4.1 5.1 5.8
REGION-or-County May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b) May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b) May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST 52,925 51,632 51,949 2,792 3,423 2,795 5.3 6.6 5.4
Lincoln 6,676 6,575 6,426 381 528 489 5.7 8.0 7.6
Sublette 2,942 2,845 2,969 85 137 99 2.9 4.8 3.3
Sweetwater 21,626 21,576 21,838 1,265 1,396 1,112 5.8 6.5 5.1
Teton 10,325 9,357 9,817 347 486 317 3.4 5.2 3.2
Uinta 11,356 11,279 10,899 714 876 778 6.3 7.8 7.1
SOUTHEAST 68,496 69,213 67,227 1,894 2,211 2,181 2.8 3.2 3.2
Albany 17,139 17,281 16,622 287 315 345 1.7 1.8 2.1
Goshen 6,319 6,542 6,274 287 317 276 4.5 4.8 4.4
Laramie 39,344 39,772 38,808 1,181 1,378 1,382 3.0 3.5 3.6
Niobrara 1,358 1,309 1,272 20 36 26 1.5 2.8 2.0
Platte 4,336 4,309 4,251 119 165 152 2.7 3.8 3.6
REGION-or-County May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b) May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b) May 96 (p) Apr 96 (r) May 95 (b)
CENTRAL 47,878 48,466 47,458 2,504 2,931 2,695 5.2 6.0 5.7
Carbon 8,447 8,538 8,613 369 490 501 4.4 5.7 5.8
Converse 6,396 6,390 6,371 268 313 349 4.2 4.9 5.5
Natrona 33,035 33,538 32,474 1,867 2,128 1,845 5.7 6.3 5.7
STATEWIDE 257,816 257,343 253,580 11,125 13,328 12,277 4.3 5.2 4.8
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.6 5.0 5.1
U.S. 5.4 5.4 5.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 5.6 5.4 5.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 06/96.


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


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.


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