"September unemployment rates were quite low in Wyoming counties. Uinta County's unemployment rate (5.1%) was the highest in the state and the only rate above 5.0 percent."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep
County	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	48,024	48,913	47,547	46,082	46,887	45,591	1,942	2,026	1,956	4.0	4.1	4.1

Big Horn	6,120	6,001	6,060	5,890	5,762	5,788	230	239	272	3.8	4.0	4.5
Fremont	18,355	18,098	18,274	17,448	17,153	17,332	907	945	942	4.9	5.2	5.2
Hot Springs	2,475	2,471	2,444	2,396	2,388	2,394	79	83	50	3.2	3.4	2.0
Park	16,329	17,600	16,073	15,809	17,036	15,586	520	564	487	3.2	3.2	3.0
Washakie	4,745	4,743	4,696	4,539	4,548	4,491	206	195	205	4.3	4.1	4.4


NORTHEAST	45,785	46,366	45,301	44,502	45,101	43,988	1,283	1,265	1,313	2.8	2.7	2.9

Campbell	20,562	21,074	20,280	19,961	20,495	19,683	601	579	597	2.9	2.7	2.9
Crook	3,371	3,359	3,309	3,287	3,281	3,224	84	78	85	2.5	2.3	2.6
Johnson	4,241	4,337	4,177	4,168	4,262	4,105	73	75	72	1.7	1.7	1.7
Sheridan	14,249	14,289	14,139	13,824	13,868	13,727	425	421	412	3.0	2.9	2.9
Weston	3,362	3,307	3,396	3,262	3,195	3,249	100	112	147	3.0	3.4	4.3


SOUTHWEST	54,462	55,602	54,208	52,480	53,706	52,315	1,982	1,896	1,893	3.6	3.4	3.5

Lincoln	6,847	6,761	6,846	6,555	6,483	6,566	292	278	280	4.3	4.1	4.1
Sublette	3,486	3,563	3,436	3,421	3,498	3,369	65	65	67	1.9	1.8	1.9
Sweetwater	19,625	19,330	19,786	18,748	18,494	18,949	877	836	837	4.5	4.3	4.2
Teton	13,654	15,166	13,275	13,456	14,979	13,138	198	187	137	1.5	1.2	1.0
Uinta	10,850	10,782	10,865	10,300	10,252	10,293	550	530	572	5.1	4.9	5.3


SOUTHEAST	73,009	73,175	71,473	70,970	71,051	69,842	2,039	2,124	1,631	2.8	2.9	2.3

Albany	18,257	17,452	18,116	17,910	17,125	17,876	347	327	240	1.9	1.9	1.3
Goshen	6,732	6,722	6,616	6,551	6,514	6,459	181	208	157	2.7	3.1	2.4
Laramie	41,619	42,681	40,456	40,281	41,281	39,399	1,338	1,400	1,057	3.2	3.3	2.6
Niobrara	1,403	1,405	1,369	1,376	1,369	1,344	27	36	25	1.9	2.6	1.8
Platte	4,998	4,915	4,916	4,852	4,762	4,764	146	153	152	2.9	3.1	3.1


CENTRAL	49,229	50,126	49,019	47,509	48,360	47,157	1,720	1,766	1,862	3.5	3.5	3.8

Carbon	8,436	8,543	8,498	8,127	8,260	8,213	309	283	285	3.7	3.3	3.4
Converse	7,109	7,229	7,043	6,879	6,995	6,796	230	234	247	3.2	3.2	3.5
Natrona	33,684	34,354	33,478	32,503	33,105	32,148	1,181	1,249	1,330	3.5	3.6	4.0


STATEWIDE	270,508	274,179	267,557	261,541	265,103	258,895	8,967	9,076	8,662	3.3	3.3	3.2

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	3.8	4.0
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										4.7	4.9	3.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										4.9	4.9	3.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/01. Run Date 10/01.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2000 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.