County Unemployment Rates

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 8

As expected during the summer months, county unemployment rates remained low in June.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	49,429	47,614	49,969	47,501	45,576	47,756	1,928	2,038	2,213	3.9	4.3	4.4

Big Horn	5,993	5,892	6,062	5,769	5,675	5,829	224	217	233	3.7	3.7	3.8
Fremont	18,669	18,777	18,853	17,694	17,759	17,700	975	1,018	1,153	5.2	5.4	6.1
Hot Springs	2,328	2,257	2,336	2,270	2,196	2,282	58	61	54	2.5	2.7	2.3
Park	17,847	16,144	17,984	17,325	15,567	17,378	522	577	606	2.9	3.6	3.4
Washakie	4,592	4,544	4,734	4,443	4,379	4,567	149	165	167	3.2	3.6	3.5


NORTHEAST	49,828	48,299	49,236	48,449	46,876	47,351	1,379	1,423	1,885	2.8	2.9	3.8

Campbell	23,501	22,844	23,127	22,788	22,131	22,128	713	713	999	3.0	3.1	4.3
Crook	3,325	3,150	3,260	3,210	3,035	3,147	115	115	113	3.5	3.7	3.5
Johnson	4,484	4,211	4,379	4,411	4,134	4,257	73	77	122	1.6	1.8	2.8
Sheridan	15,342	14,880	15,237	14,951	14,462	14,688	391	418	549	2.5	2.8	3.6
Weston	3,176	3,214	3,233	3,089	3,114	3,131	87	100	102	2.7	3.1	3.2


SOUTHWEST	57,469	55,115	57,238	55,649	53,058	54,729	1,820	2,057	2,509	3.2	3.7	4.4

Lincoln	7,904	7,649	7,906	7,596	7,315	7,486	308	334	420	3.9	4.4	5.3
Sublette	4,182	3,939	4,010	4,101	3,853	3,917	81	86	93	1.9	2.2	2.3
Sweetwater	20,687	20,758	20,494	20,057	20,110	19,556	630	648	938	3.0	3.1	4.6
Teton	13,228	11,592	13,738	12,894	11,082	13,358	334	510	380	2.5	4.4	2.8
Uinta	11,468	11,177	11,090	11,001	10,698	10,412	467	479	678	4.1	4.3	6.1


SOUTHEAST	75,941	75,435	75,621	73,377	72,857	73,048	2,564	2,578	2,573	3.4	3.4	3.4

Albany	19,267	19,624	19,450	18,909	19,260	19,102	358	364	348	1.9	1.9	1.8
Goshen	6,338	6,263	6,237	6,145	6,069	6,011	193	194	226	3.0	3.1	3.6
Laramie	44,457	43,679	44,249	42,663	41,885	42,488	1,794	1,794	1,761	4.0	4.1	4.0
Niobrara	1,260	1,228	1,260	1,242	1,209	1,228	18	19	32	1.4	1.5	2.5
Platte	4,619	4,641	4,425	4,418	4,434	4,219	201	207	206	4.4	4.5	4.7


CENTRAL	51,743	50,624	51,989	49,876	48,751	49,519	1,867	1,873	2,470	3.6	3.7	4.8

Carbon	8,367	7,929	8,455	8,077	7,618	8,046	290	311	409	3.5	3.9	4.8
Converse	6,529	6,415	6,845	6,295	6,185	6,529	234	230	316	3.6	3.6	4.6
Natrona	36,847	36,280	36,689	35,504	34,948	34,944	1,343	1,332	1,745	3.6	3.7	4.8


STATEWIDE	284,408	277,087	284,054	274,850	267,118	272,403	9,558	9,969	11,651	3.4	3.6	4.1

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.6	3.7	4.4
U.S.....................................................................................................................................................										5.8	5.3	6.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.6	6.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 07/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.