Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

The highest unemployment rates were found in Lincoln (8.1%), Fremont (7.5%), and Johnson (7.3%) counties.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Jul Jun Jul   Jul Jun Jul   Jul Jun Jul   Jul Jun Jul
  County 2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 47,100 46,912 47,582   44,045 43,745 44,344   3,055 3,167 3,238   6.5 6.8 6.8
                             
Big Horn 5,006 5,105 5,018   4,649 4,743 4,589   357 362 429   7.1 7.1 8.5
Fremont 18,799 18,837 19,071   17,391 17,356 17,526   1,408 1,481 1,545   7.5 7.9 8.1
Hot Springs 2,554 2,586 2,563   2,425 2,454 2,410   129 132 153   5.1 5.1 6.0
Park 16,414 16,088 16,508   15,512 15,167 15,673   902 921 835   5.5 5.7 5.1
Washakie 4,327 4,296 4,422   4,068 4,025 4,146   259 271 276   6.0 6.3 6.2
                               
                             
NORTHEAST 54,452 55,081 55,860   51,240 51,669 52,514   3,212 3,412 3,346   5.9 6.2 6.0
                             
Campbell 27,653 27,939 28,301   26,208 26,391 26,707   1,445 1,548 1,594   5.2 5.5 5.6
Crook 3,522 3,621 3,618   3,353 3,414 3,420   169 207 198   4.8 5.7 5.5
Johnson 3,987 4,023 4,242   3,695 3,721 3,939   292 302 303   7.3 7.5 7.1
Sheridan 16,055 16,253 16,414   14,936 15,096 15,378   1,119 1,157 1,036   7.0 7.1 6.3
Weston 3,235 3,245 3,285   3,048 3,047 3,070   187 198 215   5.8 6.1 6.5
                               
                             
SOUTHWEST 64,858 64,490 66,468   60,920 60,351 62,112   3,938 4,139 4,356   6.1 6.4 6.6
                             
Lincoln 8,275 8,390 8,286   7,601 7,697 7,646   674 693 640   8.1 8.3 7.7
Sublette 6,905 6,811 7,202   6,634 6,509 6,826   271 302 376   3.9 4.4 5.2
Sweetwater 22,962 23,045 23,642   21,485 21,539 21,919   1,477 1,506 1,723   6.4 6.5 7.3
Teton 15,445 15,097 15,756   14,663 14,223 15,002   782 874 754   5.1 5.8 4.8
Uinta 11,271 11,147 11,582   10,537 10,383 10,719   734 764 863   6.5 6.9 7.5
                               
                             
SOUTHEAST 73,409 73,070 73,713   68,742 68,267 69,407   4,667 4,803 4,306   6.4 6.6 5.8
                             
Albany 18,047 18,082 18,463   17,112 17,100 17,612   935 982 851   5.2 5.4 4.6
Goshen 6,241 6,342 6,040   5,863 5,945 5,694   378 397 346   6.1 6.3 5.7
Laramie 43,725 43,126 43,958   40,709 40,043 41,153   3,016 3,083 2,805   6.9 7.1 6.4
Niobrara 1,280 1,298 1,273   1,213 1,229 1,207   67 69 66   5.2 5.3 5.2
Platte 4,116 4,222 3,979   3,845 3,950 3,741   271 272 238   6.6 6.4 6.0
                               
                             
CENTRAL 56,109 55,721 56,604   52,464 52,012 52,698   3,645 3,709 3,906   6.5 6.7 6.9
                             
Carbon 8,008 8,093 8,098   7,488 7,565 7,520   520 528 578   6.5 6.5 7.1
Converse 7,509 7,507 7,463   7,106 7,080 7,030   403 427 433   5.4 5.7 5.8
Natrona 40,592 40,121 41,043   37,870 37,367 38,148   2,722 2,754 2,895   6.7 6.9 7.1
                               
                             
STATEWIDE 295,101 291,337 300,129   275,957 271,484 280,963   19,144 19,853 19,166   6.3 6.5 6.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.7 6.8 6.8
U.S. 9.7 9.6 9.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. 9.5 9.5 9.4
     
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 08/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.