Wyoming County Unemployment Rates July 2002

"The decrease in statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment from 4.3 percent in June 2002 to 3.7 percent in July reflects a declining labor force (278,470 to 277,407)."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	July	June	July	July	June	July	July	June	July	July	June	July
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	49,375	49,576	49,342	47,442	47,255	47,002	1,933	2,321	2,340	3.9	4.7	4.7

Big Horn	5,738	5,997	6,023	5,491	5,710	5,729	247	287	294	4.3	4.8	4.9
Fremont	18,772	18,941	18,576	17,856	17,874	17,460	916	1,067	1,116	4.9	5.6	6.0
Hot Springs	2,421	2,537	2,599	2,345	2,423	2,494	76	114	105	3.1	4.5	4.0
Park	17,961	17,586	17,534	17,458	16,971	16,931	503	615	603	2.8	3.5	3.4
Washakie	4,483	4,515	4,610	4,292	4,277	4,388	191	238	222	4.3	5.3	4.8


NORTHEAST	47,545	48,334	47,696	46,295	46,774	46,300	1,250	1,560	1,396	2.6	3.2	2.9

Campbell	23,039	22,942	22,974	22,378	22,162	22,334	661	780	640	2.9	3.4	2.8
Crook	2,997	3,180	3,169	2,926	3,090	3,079	71	90	90	2.4	2.8	2.8
Johnson	4,234	4,370	4,084	4,161	4,256	3,999	73	114	85	1.7	2.6	2.1
Sheridan	14,008	14,440	14,146	13,645	13,982	13,675	363	458	471	2.6	3.2	3.3
Weston	3,267	3,402	3,323	3,185	3,284	3,213	82	118	110	2.5	3.5	3.3


SOUTHWEST	57,336	57,185	57,397	55,304	54,732	55,397	2,032	2,453	2,000	3.5	4.3	3.5

Lincoln	6,708	6,965	7,093	6,425	6,592	6,799	283	373	294	4.2	5.4	4.1
Sublette	3,752	3,726	3,682	3,681	3,640	3,620	71	86	62	1.9	2.3	1.7
Sweetwater	20,164	20,584	20,187	19,281	19,629	19,243	883	955	944	4.4	4.6	4.7
Teton	15,406	14,435	15,278	15,190	14,129	15,101	216	306	177	1.4	2.1	1.2
Uinta	11,306	11,475	11,157	10,727	10,742	10,634	579	733	523	5.1	6.4	4.7


SOUTHEAST	73,400	73,347	73,495	71,365	70,922	71,294	2,035	2,425	2,201	2.8	3.3	3.0

Albany	18,761	19,109	18,459	18,465	18,736	18,108	296	373	351	1.6	2.0	1.9
Goshen	6,186	6,466	6,351	5,985	6,224	6,147	201	242	204	3.2	3.7	3.2
Laramie	42,802	41,851	42,749	41,462	40,264	41,282	1,340	1,587	1,467	3.1	3.8	3.4
Niobrara	1,226	1,285	1,344	1,192	1,238	1,312	34	47	32	2.8	3.7	2.4
Platte	4,425	4,636	4,592	4,261	4,460	4,445	164	176	147	3.7	3.8	3.2


CENTRAL	49,748	50,031	50,430	47,989	47,876	48,480	1,759	2,155	1,950	3.5	4.3	3.9

Carbon	8,294	8,584	8,599	8,049	8,250	8,313	245	334	286	3.0	3.9	3.3
Converse	6,582	6,581	6,636	6,366	6,328	6,372	216	253	264	3.3	3.8	4.0
Natrona	34,872	34,866	35,195	33,574	33,298	33,795	1,298	1,568	1,400	3.7	4.5	4.0


STATEWIDE	277,407	278,470	278,358	268,397	267,559	268,472	9,010	10,911	9,886	3.2	3.9	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.7	4.3	4.0
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.0	6.0	4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.9	5.9	4.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 08/02.
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.