© Copyright 2000 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"Because of a large decline in unemployment, the labor force fell from June 1999 to June 2000 in over half of Wyoming's counties."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County June 2000 (p) May 2000 (r) June 1999 (b) June 2000 (p) May 2000 (r) June 1999 (b) June 2000 (p) May 2000 (r) June 1999 (b) June 2000 (p) May 2000 (r) June 1999 (b)
Northwest 48,387 46,614 48,588 46,074 44,357 45,571 2,313 2,257 3,017 4.8 4.8 6.2
Big Horn 5,911 5,811 5,828 5,588 5,495 5,442 323 316 386 5.5 5.4 6.6
Fremont 17,932 17,941 18,083 16,838 16,911 16,668 1,094 1,030 1,415 6.1 5.7 7.8
Hot Springs 2,495 2,444 2,578 2,414 2,361 2,431 81 83 147 3.2 3.4 5.7
Park 17,427 15,593 17,426 16,857 15,059 16,716 570 534 710 3.3 3.4 4.1
Washakie 4,622 4,825 4,673 4,377 4,531 4,314 245 294 359 5.3 6.1 7.7
Northeast 45,217 43,926 45,333 43,744 42,413 43,207 1,473 1,513 2,126 3.3 3.4 4.7
Campbell 20,161 19,644 20,163 19,513 19,015 19,110 648 629 1,053 3.2 3.2 5.2
Crook 3,264 3,102 3,271 3,142 2,982 3,135 122 120 136 3.7 3.9 4.2
Johnson 4,239 3,944 4,235 4,139 3,833 4,109 100 111 126 2.4 2.8 3.0
Sheridan 14,278 13,890 14,225 13,804 13,372 13,591 474 518 634 3.3 3.7 4.5
Weston 3,275 3,346 3,439 3,146 3,211 3,262 129 135 177 3.9 4.0 5.1
Southwest 55,404 51,611 55,460 53,319 49,561 52,547 2,085 2,050 2,913 3.8 4.0 5.3
Lincoln 6,793 6,498 6,811 6,483 6,200 6,394 310 298 417 4.6 4.6 6.1
Sublette 3,337 3,088 3,373 3,256 3,014 3,244 81 74 129 2.4 2.4 3.8
Sweetwater 20,555 20,321 20,910 19,612 19,469 19,543 943 852 1,367 4.6 4.2 6.5
Teton 13,811 11,175 13,218 13,676 10,909 13,021 135 266 197 1.0 2.4 1.5
Uinta 10,908 10,529 11,148 10,292 9,969 10,345 616 560 803 5.6 5.3 7.2
Southeast 69,755 69,566 69,895 68,030 67,953 67,771 1,725 1,613 2,124 2.5 2.3 3.0
Albany 17,001 17,195 17,136 16,726 16,931 16,820 275 264 316 1.6 1.5 1.8
Goshen 6,442 6,392 6,586 6,285 6,235 6,354 157 157 232 2.4 2.5 3.5
Laramie 40,267 39,908 40,017 39,138 38,871 38,658 1,129 1,037 1,359 2.8 2.6 3.4
Niobrara 1,343 1,342 1,375 1,308 1,316 1,342 35 26 33 2.6 1.9 2.4
Platte 4,702 4,729 4,781 4,573 4,600 4,597 129 129 184 2.7 2.7 3.8
Central 49,164 48,661 49,122 47,226 46,648 46,449 1,938 2,013 2,673 3.9 4.1 5.4
Carbon 8,649 8,203 8,785 8,350 7,870 8,388 299 333 397 3.5 4.1 4.5
Converse 6,552 6,472 6,625 6,277 6,208 6,314 275 264 311 4.2 4.1 4.7
Natrona 33,963 33,986 33,712 32,599 32,570 31,747 1,364 1,416 1,965 4.0 4.2 5.8
Statewide 267,927 260,378 268,397 258,393 250,934 255,545 9,534 9,444 12,852 3.6 3.6 4.8
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 3.8 3.8 5.0
U.S. 4.2 3.9 4.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.0 4.1 4.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 06/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.


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