Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"The statewide unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) remained constant from July 2000 at 3.5 percent.  Wyoming's unemployment rate in  August 2000 was 0.6 percentage points below the U.S. unemployment rate (4.1%)."

 

	Labor Force				Employed				Unemployed				Unemployment Rates
REGION COUNTY	Aug	Jul	Aug		Aug	Jul	Aug		Aug	Jul	Aug		Aug	Jul	Aug
	2000	2000	1999		2000	2000	1999		2000	2000	1999		2000	2000	1999
__________	___(p)	___(r)	___(b)		___(p)	___(r)	___(b)		___(p)	___(r)	___(b)		_(p)	_(r)	_(b)
Northwest	47,642	48,454	48,301		45,473	46,173	45,816		2,169	2,281	2,485		4.6	4.7	5.1
	______	______	______		______	______	______		______	______	______
Big Horn	5,846	5,880	5,643		5,551	5,553	5,326		295	327	317		5.0	5.6	5.6
Fremont	17,607	17,686	18,008		16,528	16,621	16,792		1,079	1,065	1,216		6.1	6.0	6.8
Hot Springs	2,442	2,518	2,409		2,378	2,438	2,319		64	80	90		2.6	3.2	3.7
Park	17,059	17,586	17,467		16,546	17,018	16,888		513	568	579		3.0	3.2	3.3
Washakie	4,688	4,784	4,774		4,470	4,543	4,491		218	241	283		4.7	5.0	5.9
Northeast	45,234	45,659	44,650		43,856	44,255	42,949		1,378	1,404	1,701		3.0	3.1	3.8
	______	______	______		______	______	______		______	______	______
Campbell	20,831	20,905	20,218		20,194	20,289	19,359		637	616	859		3.1	2.9	4.2
Crook	3,042	3,114	3,084		2,948	2,996	2,984		94	118	100		3.1	3.8	3.2
Johnson	4,153	4,220	4,143		4,069	4,125	4,027		84	95	116		2.0	2.3	2.8
Sheridan	13,905	14,086	13,860		13,459	13,636	13,366		446	450	494		3.2	3.2	3.6
Weston	3,303	3,334	3,345		3,186	3,209	3,213		117	125	132		3.5	3.7	3.9
Southwest	56,446	57,161	55,723		54,383	55,126	53,442		2,063	2,035	2,281		3.7	3.6	4.1
	_______	______	______		______	______	______		______	______	______
Lincoln	7,013	7,093	6,824		6,745	6,800	6,520		268	293	304		3.8	4.1	4.5
Sublette	3,374	3,387	3,362		3,297	3,312	3,272		77	75	90		2.3	2.2	2.7
Sweetwater	20,215	20,391	20,262		19,208	19,455	19,184		1,007	936	1,078		5.0	4.6	5.3
Teton	15,087	15,448	14,293		14,956	15,330	14,137		131	118	156		0.9	0.8	1.1
Uinta	10,757	10,842	10,982		10,177	10,229	10,329		580	613	653		5.4	5.7	5.9
Southeast	68,980	70,026	67,822		67,311	68,276	65,844		1,669	1,750	1,978		2.4	2.5	2.9
	_______	______	______		_______	_______	______		______	______	______
Albany	16,945	17,092	17,050		16,719	16,833	16,765		226	259	285		1.3	1.5	1.7
Goshen	6,257	6,314	6,326		6,066	6,125	6,115		191	189	211		3.1	3.0	3.3
Laramie	39,859	40,643	38,556		38,785	39,516	37,296		1,074	1,127	1,260		2.7	2.8	3.3
Niobrara	1,327	1,331	1,348		1,300	1,299	1,314		27	32	34		2.0	2.4	2.5
Platte	4,592	4,646	4,542		4,441	4,503	4,354		151	143	188		3.3	3.1	4.1
Central	48,730	49,085	48,421		46,781	47,170	46,210		1,949	1,915	2,211		4.0	3.9	4.6
	_______	______	_______		_______	_______	_______		_______	_______	_______
Carbon	8,480	8,533	8,574		8,197	8,240	8,257		283	293	317		3.3	3.4	3.7
Converse	6,778	6,729	6,758		6,515	6,452	6,481		263	277	277		3.9	4.1	4.1
Natrona	33,472	33,823	33,089		32,069	32,478	31,472		1,403	1,345	1,617		4.2	4.0	4.9
	_______	______	_______		_______	_______	______		_______	_______	______
Statewide	267,035	270,386	264,918		257,807	261,001	254,261		9,228	9,385	10,657		3.5	3.5	4.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted...........................................................................................													4.3	4.0	4.8
U.S....................................................................................................................................													4.1	4.2	4.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted...................................................................................................													4.1	4.0	4.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 09/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.

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