Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

From July to August, Natrona County posted the largest increase in unemployment rate of all counties, from 6.7% to 7.2%.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Aug Jul Aug   Aug Jul Aug   Aug Jul Aug   Aug Jul Aug
  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 46,812 47,094 47,482   43,705 44,045 44,220   3,107 3,049 3,262   6.6 6.5 6.9
Big Horn 5,007 5,007 5,141   4,651 4,649 4,721   356 358 420   7.1 7.1 8.2
Fremont 18,843 18,794 19,295   17,396 17,391 17,717   1,447 1,403 1,578   7.7 7.5 8.2
Hot Springs 2,538 2,553 2,531   2,408 2,425 2,382   130 128 149   5.1 5.0 5.9
Park 16,145 16,413 16,153   15,234 15,512 15,325   911 901 828   5.6 5.5 5.1
Washakie 4,279 4,327 4,362   4,016 4,068 4,075   263 259 287   6.1 6.0 6.6
                               
NORTHEAST 54,321 54,455 55,344   51,085 51,241 51,873   3,236 3,214 3,471   6.0 5.9 6.3
Campbell 27,587 27,654 28,185   26,112 26,207 26,530   1,475 1,447 1,655   5.3 5.2 5.9
Crook 3,523 3,523 3,570   3,346 3,353 3,368   177 170 202   5.0 4.8 5.7
Johnson 3,974 3,986 4,148   3,682 3,695 3,834   292 291 314   7.3 7.3 7.6
Sheridan 15,999 16,057 16,237   14,892 14,938 15,143   1,107 1,119 1,094   6.9 7.0 6.7
Weston 3,238 3,235 3,204   3,053 3,048 2,998   185 187 206   5.7 5.8 6.4
                               
SOUTHWEST 65,177 64,853 66,422   61,204 60,920 62,076   3,973 3,933 4,346   6.1 6.1 6.5
Lincoln 8,275 8,273 8,162   7,623 7,601 7,550   652 672 612   7.9 8.1 7.5
Sublette 6,943 6,904 7,225   6,657 6,634 6,856   286 270 369   4.1 3.9 5.1
Sweetwater 23,301 22,961 23,895   21,790 21,485 22,158   1,511 1,476 1,737   6.5 6.4 7.3
Teton 15,301 15,444 15,526   14,517 14,663 14,785   784 781 741   5.1 5.1 4.8
Uinta 11,357 11,271 11,614   10,617 10,537 10,727   740 734 887   6.5 6.5 7.6
                               
SOUTHEAST 72,862 73,350 72,634   68,069 68,694 68,362   4,793 4,656 4,272   6.6 6.3 5.9
Albany 17,874 18,044 17,944   16,940 17,111 17,121   934 933 823   5.2 5.2 4.6
Goshen 6,263 6,239 6,024   5,869 5,862 5,692   394 377 332   6.3 6.0 5.5
Laramie 43,301 43,671 43,465   40,195 40,663 40,644   3,106 3,008 2,821   7.2 6.9 6.5
Niobrara 1,293 1,279 1,261   1,224 1,213 1,200   69 66 61   5.3 5.2 4.8
Platte 4,131 4,117 3,940   3,841 3,845 3,705   290 272 235   7.0 6.6 6.0
                               
CENTRAL 55,821 56,031 55,969   51,981 52,391 51,881   3,840 3,640 4,088   6.9 6.5 7.3
Carbon 7,997 8,005 8,046   7,472 7,487 7,463   525 518 583   6.6 6.5 7.2
Converse 7,566 7,508 7,433   7,146 7,104 6,971   420 404 462   5.6 5.4 6.2
Natrona 40,258 40,518 40,490   37,363 37,800 37,447   2,895 2,718 3,043   7.2 6.7 7.5
                             
STATEWIDE 294,996 295,786 297,848   276,048 277,292 278,410   18,948 18,494 19,438   6.4 6.3 6.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.8 6.7 7.1
U.S. 9.5 9.7 9.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.6 9.5 9.7
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 09/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.  (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.