© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"Wyoming's unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent in July, down from 4.5 percent in June 1999 and 4.3 percent in July 1998."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Jul 99 (p) Jun 99 (r) Jul 98 (b) Jul 99 (p) Jun 99 (r) Jul 98 (b) Jul 99 (p) Jun 99 (r) Jul 98 (b) Jul 99 (p) Jun 99 (r) Jul 98 (b)
NORTHWEST 48,362 48,399 47,969 45,717 45,536 45,313 2,645 2,863 2,656 5.5 5.9 5.5
Big Horn 5,548 5,806 5,680 5,198 5,438 5,301 350 368 379 6.3 6.3 6.7
Fremont 17,678 17,845 17,460 16,423 16,506 16,207 1,255 1,339 1,253 7.1 7.5 7.2
Hot Springs 2,486 2,548 2,520 2,369 2,409 2,423 117 139 97 4.7 5.5 3.8
Park 17,626 17,193 17,575 17,017 16,522 16,923 609 671 652 3.5 3.9 3.7
Washakie 5,024 5,007 4,734 4,710 4,661 4,459 314 346 275 6.3 6.9 5.8
NORTHEAST 43,703 44,261 43,662 41,983 42,271 41,849 1,720 1,990 1,813 3.9 4.5 4.2
Campbell 19,728 19,764 19,311 18,871 18,776 18,448 857 988 863 4.3 5.0 4.5
Crook 3,062 3,225 3,157 2,962 3,098 3,023 100 127 134.0 3.3 3.9 4.2
Johnson 3,985 4,085 3,945 3,868 3,967 3,814 117 118 131 2.9 2.9 3.3
Sheridan 13,740 14,010 13,975 13,223 13,414 13,409 517 596 566 3.8 4.3 4.1
Weston 3,188 3,177 3,274 3,059 3,016 3,155 129 161 119 4.0 5.1 3.6
SOUTHWEST 56,264 56,277 55,940 53,920 53,499 53,644 2,344 2,778 2,296 4.2 4.9 4.1
Lincoln 6,498 6,880 6,550 6,177 6,481 6,190 321 399 360 4.9 5.8 5.5
Sublette 3,283 3,308 3,299 3,193 3,188 3,207 90 120 92 2.7 3.6 2.8
Sweetwater 20,792 21,307 21,152 19,680 20,002 20,071 1,112 1,305 1,081 5.3 6.1 5.1
Teton 14,551 13,570 13,650 14,413 13,380 13,519 138 190 131 0.9 1.4 1.0
Uinta 11,140 11,212 11,289 10,457 10,448 10,657 683 764 632 6.1 6.8 5.6
SOUTHEAST 69,900 69,183 68,535 67,946 67,178 66,378 1,954 2,005 2,157 2.8 2.9 3.1
Albany 17,495 17,120 16,589 17,224 16,822 16,259 271 298 330 1.5 1.7 2.0
Goshen 6,217 6,438 6,249 6,005 6,217 5,974 212 221 275 3.4 3.4 4.4
Laramie 40,530 39,768 40,035 39,266 38,484 38,743 1,264 1,284 1,292 3.1 3.2 3.2
Niobrara 1,304 1,327 1,262 1,280 1,296 1,225 24 31 37 1.8 2.3 2.9
Platte 4,354 4,530 4,400 4,171 4,359 4,177 183 171 223 4.2 3.8 5.1
CENTRAL 49,521 49,765 48,949 47,316 47,216 46,538 2,205 2,549 2,411 4.5 5.1 4.9
Carbon 8,429 8,682 8,854 8,112 8,307 8,487 317 375 367 3.8 4.3 4.1
Converse 6,714 6,688 6,834 6,435 6,392 6,479 279 296 355 4.2 4.4 5.2
Natrona 34,378 34,395 33,261 32,769 32,517 31,572 1,609 1,878 1,689 4.7 5.5 5.1
STATEWIDE 267,750 267,886 265,056 256,882 255,700 253,721 10,868 12,186 11,335 4.1 4.5 4.3
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.5 4.9 4.8
U.S. 4.5 4.5 4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.3 4.3 4.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 08/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.


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