Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Unemployment rates fell significantly in Weston, Lincoln, and Crook counties."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug
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	48,601	48,995	47,559	46,897	47,162	45,627	1,704	1,833	1,932	3.5	3.7	4.1

Big Horn	5,723	5,697	5,689	5,543	5,502	5,420	180	195	269	3.1	3.4	4.7
Fremont	18,573	18,535	18,183	17,688	17,613	17,295	885	922	888	4.8	5.0	4.9
Hot Springs	2,279	2,301	2,387	2,230	2,250	2,314	49	51	73	2.2	2.2	3.1
Park	17,557	17,971	16,788	17,097	17,437	16,270	460	534	518	2.6	3.0	3.1
Washakie	4,469	4,491	4,512	4,339	4,360	4,328	130	131	184	2.9	2.9	4.1


NORTHEAST	48,219	48,405	47,686	46,731	46,846	46,295	1,488	1,559	1,391	3.1	3.2	2.9

Campbell	22,892	22,902	22,988	22,107	22,120	22,231	785	782	757	3.4	3.4	3.3
Crook	3,063	3,090	3,035	2,984	2,993	2,967	79	97	68	2.6	3.1	2.2
Johnson	4,285	4,305	4,169	4,191	4,213	4,094	94	92	75	2.2	2.1	1.8
Sheridan	14,696	14,783	14,233	14,247	14,294	13,825	449	489	408	3.1	3.3	2.9
Weston	3,283	3,325	3,261	3,202	3,226	3,178	81	99	83	2.5	3.0	2.5


SOUTHWEST	57,751	58,040	56,822	55,844	56,005	54,838	1,907	2,035	1,984	3.3	3.5	3.5

Lincoln	7,215	7,155	7,088	6,920	6,824	6,774	295	331	314	4.1	4.6	4.4
Sublette	3,872	3,861	3,815	3,784	3,769	3,734	88	92	81	2.3	2.4	2.1
Sweetwater	20,014	20,047	19,728	19,317	19,258	18,922	697	789	806	3.5	3.9	4.1
Teton	14,838	15,166	14,585	14,526	14,891	14,350	312	275	235	2.1	1.8	1.6
Uinta	11,812	11,811	11,606	11,297	11,263	11,058	515	548	548	4.4	4.6	4.7


SOUTHEAST	73,610	75,174	71,444	71,345	72,894	69,389	2,265	2,280	2,055	3.1	3.0	2.9

Albany	17,953	18,463	17,467	17,639	18,141	17,178	314	322	289	1.7	1.7	1.7
Goshen	6,138	6,138	6,062	5,939	5,951	5,857	199	187	205	3.2	3.0	3.4
Laramie	43,848	44,883	42,200	42,290	43,312	40,848	1,558	1,571	1,352	3.6	3.5	3.2
Niobrara	1,205	1,196	1,245	1,184	1,173	1,211	21	23	34	1.7	1.9	2.7
Platte	4,466	4,494	4,470	4,293	4,317	4,295	173	177	175	3.9	3.9	3.9


CENTRAL	51,090	51,664	49,488	49,036	49,554	47,615	2,054	2,110	1,873	4.0	4.1	3.8

Carbon	8,301	8,295	8,230	8,008	7,968	7,980	293	327	250	3.5	3.9	3.0
Converse	6,508	6,410	6,205	6,271	6,155	5,974	237	255	231	3.6	4.0	3.7
Natrona	36,281	36,959	35,053	34,757	35,431	33,661	1,524	1,528	1,392	4.2	4.1	4.0


STATEWIDE	279,273	282,278	273,000	269,854	272,462	263,763	9,419	9,816	9,237	3.4	3.5	3.4

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.1	4.1	4.1
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.0	6.3	5.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.1	6.2	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 9/03.
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.