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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	46,086	45,530	45,726	2,491	2,759	2,408	5.4	6.1	5.3
Big Horn	5,495	5,520	5,374	274	342	264	5.0	6.2	4.9
Fremont	17,897	17,901	17,975	1,287	1,386	1,234	7.2	7.7	6.9
Hot Springs	2,767	2,701	2,535	91	103	80	3.3	3.8	3.2
Park	15,156	14,664	14,987	554	646	552	3.7	4.4	3.7
Washakie	4,771	4,744	4,855	285	282	278	6.0	5.9	5.7
NORTHEAST	42,567	42,730	42,466	1,875	2,417	1,801	4.4	5.7	4.2
Campbell	18,590	18,774	18,550	846	1,072	808	4.6	5.7	4.4
Crook	3,114	3,019	3,156	120	157	137	3.9	5.2	4.3
Johnson	3,906	3,764	3,722	146	185	120	3.7	4.9	3.2
Sheridan	13,682	13,808	13,702	589	764	586	4.3	5.5	4.3
Weston	3,275	3,365	3,336	174	239	150	5.3	7.1	4.5
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	50,465	50,055	51,719	2,470	2,957	2,970	4.9	5.9	5.7
Lincoln	6,572	6,469	6,395	380	452	401	5.8	7.0	6.3
Sublette	3,049	2,857	3,028	83	97	93	2.7	3.4	3.1
Sweetwater	20,360	20,896	21,242	1,120	1,248	1,350	5.5	6.0	6.4
Teton	9,874	9,318	10,104	261	476	369	2.6	5.1	3.7
Uinta	10,610	10,515	10,950	626	684	757	5.9	6.5	6.9
SOUTHEAST	68,074	69,246	68,187	1,890	2,371	2,019	2.8	3.4	3.0
Albany	17,171	17,596	16,992	304	394	306	1.8	2.2	1.8
Goshen	6,306	6,513	6,472	254	336	308	4.0	5.2	4.8
Laramie	38,797	39,605	38,945	1,191	1,450	1,255	3.1	3.7	3.2
Niobrara	1,316	1,273	1,291	13	19	21	1.0	1.5	1.6
Platte	4,484	4,259	4,487	128	172	129	2.9	4.0	2.9
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)	May 97 (p)	Apr 97 (r)	May 96 (b)
CENTRAL	47,878	48,633	47,491	2,398	2,753	2,672	5.0	5.7	5.6
Carbon	8,187	8,216	8,505	320	402	396	3.9	4.9	4.7
Converse	6,630	6,749	6,457	352	417	287	5.3	6.2	4.4
Natrona	33,061	33,668	32,529	1,726	1,934	1,989	5.2	5.7	6.1
STATEWIDE	255,070	256,197	255,588	11,124	13,257	11,868	4.4	5.2	4.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.8	4.9	5.0
U.S.							4.7	4.8	5.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.8	4.9	5.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 06/97.


(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.