County Unemployment Rates

"Unemployment rates were lower than September 2001 in a majority of Wyoming counties. Carbon and Sweetwater counties had the largest declines."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	48,145	48,571	47,793	46,192	46,748	45,772	1,953	1,823	2,021	4.1	3.8	4.2

Big Horn	5,880	5,699	5,937	5,637	5,447	5,700	243	252	237	4.1	4.4	4.0
Fremont	19,096	18,578	18,785	18,149	17,738	17,832	947	840	953	5.0	4.5	5.1
Hot Springs	2,395	2,398	2,475	2,313	2,329	2,393	82	69	82	3.4	2.9	3.3
Park	16,339	17,408	16,074	15,845	16,920	15,534	494	488	540	3.0	2.8	3.4
Washakie	4,435	4,488	4,522	4,248	4,314	4,313	187	174	209	4.2	3.9	4.6


NORTHEAST	46,782	48,269	47,121	45,467	46,957	45,750	1,315	1,312	1,371	2.8	2.7	2.9

Campbell	22,468	23,578	22,767	21,783	22,863	22,097	685	715	670	3.0	3.0	2.9
Crook	2,979	2,976	3,115	2,904	2,913	3,030	75	63	85	2.5	2.1	2.7
Johnson	4,103	4,265	3,967	4,021	4,194	3,894	82	71	73	2.0	1.7	1.8
Sheridan	13,936	14,249	13,898	13,551	13,863	13,460	385	386	438	2.8	2.7	3.2
Weston	3,296	3,201	3,374	3,208	3,124	3,269	88	77	105	2.7	2.4	3.1


SOUTHWEST	55,579	55,835	55,550	53,682	53,985	53,455	1,897	1,850	2,095	3.4	3.3	3.8

Lincoln	6,867	6,663	7,042	6,523	6,374	6,728	344	289	314	5.0	4.3	4.5
Sublette	3,664	3,780	3,574	3,580	3,703	3,506	84	77	68	2.3	2.0	1.9
Sweetwater	20,204	19,475	20,246	19,474	18,720	19,316	730	755	930	3.6	3.9	4.6
Teton	13,546	14,789	13,449	13,338	14,567	13,243	208	222	206	1.5	1.5	1.5
Uinta	11,298	11,128	11,239	10,767	10,621	10,662	531	507	577	4.7	4.6	5.1


SOUTHEAST	72,486	72,220	72,530	70,449	70,295	70,394	2,037	1,925	2,136	2.8	2.7	2.9

Albany	19,197	18,099	18,865	18,918	17,829	18,498	279	270	367	1.5	1.5	1.9
Goshen	6,151	6,306	6,259	5,977	6,110	6,075	174	196	184	2.8	3.1	2.9
Laramie	41,436	42,190	41,614	40,052	40,924	40,204	1,384	1,266	1,410	3.3	3.0	3.4
Niobrara	1,230	1,276	1,279	1,198	1,244	1,251	32	32	28	2.6	2.5	2.2
Platte	4,472	4,349	4,513	4,304	4,188	4,366	168	161	147	3.8	3.7	3.3


CENTRAL	48,956	49,844	49,699	47,123	48,080	47,876	1,833	1,764	1,823	3.7	3.5	3.7

Carbon	8,183	8,337	8,412	7,957	8,101	8,076	226	236	336	2.8	2.8	4.0
Converse	6,584	6,551	6,569	6,343	6,329	6,334	241	222	235	3.7	3.4	3.6
Natrona	34,189	34,956	34,718	32,823	33,650	33,466	1,366	1,306	1,252	4.0	3.7	3.6


STATEWIDE	271,947	274,736	272,692	262,913	266,065	263,246	9,034	8,671	9,446	3.3	3.2	3.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.9	3.6	4.1
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.4	5.7	4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.7	5.0

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

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 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.