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


Wyoming unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) have been fairly constant in the past three months: 3.8 percent in June, 3.9 percent in July and 4.0 percent in August. This consistency is typical of the summer months.


LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b) Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b) Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b)
NORTHWEST 47,152 47,643 46,331 2,281 2,227 2,216 4.8 4.7 4.8
Big Horn 4,994 5,055 4,953 228 230 238 4.6 4.5 4.8
Fremont 17,492 17,251 17,231 1,149 1,133 1,127 6.6 6.6 6.5
Hot Springs 2,254 2,244 2,383 97 94 82 4.3 4.2 3.4
Park 17,445 18,005 16,946 526 493 480 3.0 2.7 2.8
Washakie 4,967 5,088 4,818 281 277 289 5.7 5.4 6.0
NORTHEAST 42,247 42,361 42,143 1,490 1,462 1,562 3.5 3.5 3.7
Campbell 18,234 18,168 18,381 705 683 771 3.9 3.8 4.2
Crook 3,174 3,251 3,096 110 121 96 3.5 3.7 3.1
Johnson 3,761 3,728 3,805 102 96 104 2.7 2.6 2.7
Sheridan 13,731 13,858 13,557 440 431 480 3.2 3.1 3.5
Weston 3,347 3,356 3,304 133 131 111 4.0 3.9 3.4
REGION-or-County Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b) Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b) Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST 56,100 56,300 55,020 2,437 2,535 2,170 4.3 4.5 3.9
Lincoln 6,578 6,637 6,346 307 337 338 4.7 5.1 5.3
Sublette 3,201 3,189 3,294 77 78 69 2.4 2.4 2.1
Sweetwater 21,157 21,063 21,465 1,167 1,209 1,025 5.5 5.7 4.8
Teton 13,770 14,031 13,033 166 189 120 1.2 1.3 0.9
Uinta 11,394 11,380 10,882 720 722 618 6.3 6.3 5.7
SOUTHEAST 67,780 68,549 67,544 1,814 1,824 2,058 2.7 2.7 3.0
Albany 16,892 16,838 16,422 276 254 336 1.6 1.5 2.0
Goshen 6,050 6,191 6,190 272 283 262 4.5 4.6 4.2
Laramie 39,418 40,028 39,544 1,105 1,116 1,280 2.8 2.8 3.2
Niobrara 1,314 1,305 1,268 20 21 22 1.5 1.6 1.7
Platte 4,106 4,187 4,120 141 150 158 3.4 3.6 3.8
REGION-or-County Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b) Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b) Aug 96 (p) Jul 96 (r) Aug 95 (b)
CENTRAL 47,397 47,319 48,311 2,340 2,294 2,187 4.9 4.8 4.5
Carbon 8,414 8,395 8,632 292 310 338 3.5 3.7 3.9
Converse 6,449 6,427 6,418 309 291 262 4.8 4.5 4.1
Natrona 32,534 32,497 33,261 1,739 1,693 1,587 5.3 5.2 4.8
STATEWIDE 260,674 262,173 259,352 10,360 10,342 10,194 4.0 3.9 3.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.7 4.5 4.7
U.S. 5.1 5.6 5.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 5.1 5.4 5.6


Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 09/96.


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


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.


 
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