Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Hot Springs County's unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.3 percent, while unemployment increased slightly in Weston, Albany, and Sublette counties."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jul	Jun	Jul	Jul	Jun	Jul	Jul	Jun	Jul	Jul	Jun	Jul
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	49,091	49,112	48,438	47,261	47,064	46,379	1,830	2,048	2,059	3.7	4.2	4.3

Big Horn	5,709	5,904	5,697	5,514	5,692	5,434	195	212	263	3.4	3.6	4.6
Fremont	18,569	18,775	18,360	17,650	17,703	17,388	919	1,072	972	4.9	5.7	5.3
Hot Springs	2,307	2,370	2,448	2,254	2,316	2,366	53	54	82	2.3	2.3	3.3
Park	18,007	17,589	17,267	17,474	17,033	16,733	533	556	534	3.0	3.2	3.1
Washakie	4,499	4,474	4,666	4,369	4,320	4,458	130	154	208	2.9	3.4	4.5


NORTHEAST	48,497	49,117	48,014	46,945	47,367	46,682	1,552	1,750	1,332	3.2	3.6	2.8

Campbell	22,949	22,962	23,156	22,167	22,040	22,451	782	922	705	3.4	4.0	3.0
Crook	3,094	3,214	3,053	2,999	3,108	2,978	95	106	75	3.1	3.3	2.5
Johnson	4,313	4,408	4,229	4,222	4,294	4,152	91	114	77	2.1	2.6	1.8
Sheridan	14,809	15,137	14,314	14,324	14,625	13,925	485	512	389	3.3	3.4	2.7
Weston	3,332	3,396	3,262	3,233	3,300	3,176	99	96	86	3.0	2.8	2.6


SOUTHWEST	58,151	56,808	56,435	56,123	54,479	54,262	2,028	2,329	2,173	3.5	4.1	3.9

Lincoln	7,165	7,063	7,044	6,838	6,680	6,738	327	383	306	4.6	5.4	4.3
Sublette	3,865	3,798	3,802	3,777	3,715	3,727	88	83	75	2.3	2.2	2.0
Sweetwater	20,089	20,282	19,340	19,299	19,414	18,402	790	868	938	3.9	4.3	4.9
Teton	15,195	13,664	15,063	14,923	13,316	14,827	272	348	236	1.8	2.5	1.6
Uinta	11,837	12,001	11,186	11,286	11,354	10,568	551	647	618	4.7	5.4	5.5


SOUTHEAST	75,056	75,078	73,128	72,745	72,624	70,935	2,311	2,454	2,193	3.1	3.3	3.0

Albany	18,508	18,873	18,031	18,179	18,546	17,711	329	327	320	1.8	1.7	1.8
Goshen	6,172	6,344	6,121	5,964	6,107	5,907	208	237	214	3.4	3.7	3.5
Laramie	44,673	43,996	43,288	43,101	42,331	41,841	1,572	1,665	1,447	3.5	3.8	3.3
Niobrara	1,198	1,203	1,229	1,175	1,174	1,192	23	29	37	1.9	2.4	3.0
Platte	4,505	4,662	4,459	4,326	4,466	4,284	179	196	175	4.0	4.2	3.9


CENTRAL	51,428	52,007	49,986	49,324	49,711	48,101	2,104	2,296	1,885	4.1	4.4	3.8

Carbon	8,306	8,551	8,400	7,985	8,168	8,133	321	383	267	3.9	4.5	3.2
Converse	6,429	6,415	6,313	6,168	6,115	6,087	261	300	226	4.1	4.7	3.6
Natrona	36,693	37,041	35,273	35,171	35,428	33,881	1,522	1,613	1,392	4.1	4.4	3.9


STATEWIDE	282,220	282,122	276,003	272,396	271,245	266,358	9,824	10,877	9,645	3.5	3.9	3.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.1	4.2	4.1
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.3	6.5	5.9
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.2	6.4	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 8/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.