Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Unemployment rates in Uinta (up from 4.7% to 6.4%), Campbell (up from 2.7% to 3.4%), and Natrona (up from 3.9% to 4.5%) counties seem to be affected by recent job losses in Mining."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun
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	49,608	47,778	49,090	47,293	45,415	46,652	2,315	2,363	2,438	4.7	4.9	5.0

Big Horn	6,003	5,883	6,154	5,715	5,589	5,842	288	294	312	4.8	5.0	5.1
Fremont	18,950	19,046	18,572	17,888	18,032	17,437	1,062	1,014	1,135	5.6	5.3	6.1
Hot Springs	2,539	2,459	2,562	2,425	2,349	2,456	114	110	106	4.5	4.5	4.1
Park	17,600	15,854	17,101	16,985	15,218	16,457	615	636	644	3.5	4.0	3.8
Washakie	4,516	4,536	4,701	4,280	4,227	4,460	236	309	241	5.2	6.8	5.1


NORTHEAST	48,367	46,881	48,072	46,809	45,336	46,661	1,558	1,545	1,411	3.2	3.3	2.9

Campbell	22,957	22,538	22,673	22,179	21,773	22,051	778	765	622	3.4	3.4	2.7
Crook	3,180	2,958	3,219	3,092	2,870	3,123	88	88	96	2.8	3.0	3.0
Johnson	4,373	4,073	4,128	4,259	3,959	4,043	114	114	85	2.6	2.8	2.1
Sheridan	14,453	13,954	14,690	13,993	13,492	14,199	460	462	491	3.2	3.3	3.3
Weston	3,404	3,358	3,362	3,286	3,242	3,245	118	116	117	3.5	3.5	3.5


SOUTHWEST	57,211	53,891	56,745	54,775	51,442	54,759	2,436	2,449	1,986	4.3	4.5	3.5

Lincoln	6,969	6,677	6,911	6,597	6,329	6,631	372	348	280	5.3	5.2	4.1
Sublette	3,725	3,463	3,577	3,643	3,379	3,520	82	84	57	2.2	2.4	1.6
Sweetwater	20,596	20,491	20,526	19,644	19,608	19,609	952	883	917	4.6	4.3	4.5
Teton	14,439	12,100	14,334	14,140	11,632	14,132	299	468	202	2.1	3.9	1.4
Uinta	11,482	11,160	11,397	10,751	10,494	10,867	731	666	530	6.4	6.0	4.7


SOUTHEAST	73,332	72,718	73,068	70,918	70,513	70,919	2,414	2,205	2,149	3.3	3.0	2.9

Albany	19,123	19,384	18,793	18,751	19,032	18,442	372	352	351	1.9	1.8	1.9
Goshen	6,468	6,242	6,445	6,229	6,055	6,225	239	187	220	3.7	3.0	3.4
Laramie	41,816	41,298	41,884	40,236	39,826	40,490	1,580	1,472	1,394	3.8	3.6	3.3
Niobrara	1,286	1,240	1,291	1,239	1,186	1,268	47	54	23	3.7	4.4	1.8
Platte	4,639	4,554	4,655	4,463	4,414	4,494	176	140	161	3.8	3.1	3.5


CENTRAL	50,041	49,490	50,478	47,885	47,326	48,521	2,156	2,164	1,957	4.3	4.4	3.9

Carbon	8,588	8,158	8,531	8,257	7,808	8,221	331	350	310	3.9	4.3	3.6
Converse	6,588	6,442	6,567	6,334	6,214	6,310	254	228	257	3.9	3.5	3.9
Natrona	34,865	34,890	35,380	33,294	33,304	33,990	1,571	1,586	1,390	4.5	4.5	3.9


STATEWIDE	278,559	270,757	277,451	267,681	260,032	267,511	10,878	10,725	9,940	3.9	4.0	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.3	4.3	4.0
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.0	5.5	4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.9	5.8	4.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 07/02.
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.