Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	48,713	48,431	48,262	2,603	2,598	2,588	5.3	5.4	5.4
Big Horn	5,399	5,656	5,227	288	282	269	5.3	5.0	5.1
Fremont	17,689	17,906	17,726	1,361	1,345	1,314	7.7	7.5	7.4
Hot Springs	2,699	2,865	2,495	99	107	112	3.7	3.7	4.5
Park	17,968	17,117	17,739	574	591	572	3.2	3.5	3.2
Washakie	4,958	4,887	5,075	281	273	321	5.7	5.6	6.3
NORTHEAST	43,426	43,864	43,214	1,786	1,827	1,709	4.1	4.2	4.0
Campbell	19,063	18,943	19,018	874	851	810	4.6	4.5	4.3
Crook	3,165	3,277	3,170	108	112	139	3.4	3.4	4.4
Johnson	4,273	4,276	4,039	138	153	112	3.2	3.6	2.8
Sheridan	13,723	14,049	13,712	528	565	498	3.8	4.0	3.6
Weston	3,202	3,319	3,275	138	146	150	4.3	4.4	4.6
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	53,809	53,623	55,376	2,334	2,420	2,922	4.3	4.5	5.3
Lincoln	6,374	6,922	6,220	332	383	379	5.2	5.5	6.1
Sublette	3,351	3,305	3,306	67	77	92	2.0	2.3	2.8
Sweetwater	19,944	20,391	20,941	1,148	1,171	1,397	5.8	5.7	6.7
Teton	13,243	12,069	13,555	171	168	218	1.3	1.4	1.6
Uinta	10,897	10,936	11,354	616	621	836	5.7	5.7	7.4
SOUTHEAST	68,660	68,384	68,445	2,041	1,936	2,114	3.0	2.8	3.1
Albany	16,791	16,850	16,499	316	286	292	1.9	1.7	1.8
Goshen	6,242	6,356	6,322	263	247	330	4.2	3.9	5.2
Laramie	39,892	39,269	39,993	1,278	1,244	1,292	3.2	3.2	3.2
Niobrara	1,397	1,380	1,335	23	19	25	1.6	1.4	1.9
Platte	4,338	4,529	4,296	161	140	175	3.7	3.1	4.1
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)	July 97 (p)	June 97 (r)	July 96 (b)
CENTRAL	48,722	48,469	48,102	2,535	2,549	2,667	5.2	5.3	5.5
Carbon	8,468	8,707	8,737	321	393	366	3.8	4.5	4.2
Converse	6,748	6,636	6,564	381	374	341	5.6	5.6	5.2
Natrona	33,506	33,126	32,801	1,833	1,782	1,960	5.5	5.4	6.0
STATEWIDE	263,331	262,772	263,395	11,300	11,331	11,998	4.3	4.3	4.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.9	4.9	5.2
U.S.							5.0	5.2	5.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.8	5.0	5.4

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 08/97.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1996 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.0 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.4 and 5.6 percent.