Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep
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	47,629	48,428	46,855	45,923	46,728	44,785	1,706	1,700	2,070	3.6	3.5	4.4

Big Horn	5,840	5,702	5,739	5,633	5,523	5,483	207	179	256	3.5	3.1	4.5
Fremont	18,763	18,507	18,383	17,934	17,624	17,386	829	883	997	4.4	4.8	5.4
Hot Springs	2,260	2,271	2,280	2,205	2,222	2,195	55	49	85	2.4	2.2	3.7
Park	16,357	17,495	16,075	15,868	17,036	15,540	489	459	535	3.0	2.6	3.3
Washakie	4,409	4,453	4,378	4,283	4,323	4,181	126	130	197	2.9	2.9	4.5


NORTHEAST	47,625	48,245	46,922	46,141	46,754	45,523	1,484	1,491	1,399	3.1	3.1	3.0

Campbell	22,510	23,004	22,291	21,770	22,219	21,566	740	785	725	3.3	3.4	3.3
Crook	3,036	3,052	3,015	2,951	2,973	2,935	85	79	80	2.8	2.6	2.7
Johnson	4,153	4,270	4,090	4,061	4,176	4,001	92	94	89	2.2	2.2	2.2
Sheridan	14,598	14,648	14,224	14,125	14,196	13,813	473	452	411	3.2	3.1	2.9
Weston	3,328	3,271	3,302	3,234	3,190	3,208	94	81	94	2.8	2.5	2.8


SOUTHWEST	56,610	58,291	55,124	54,632	56,378	53,115	1,978	1,913	2,009	3.5	3.3	3.6

Lincoln	6,887	7,191	6,784	6,579	6,895	6,416	308	296	368	4.5	4.1	5.4
Sublette	3,766	3,858	3,671	3,665	3,771	3,582	101	87	89	2.7	2.3	2.4
Sweetwater	20,521	20,341	19,666	19,825	19,641	18,900	696	700	766	3.4	3.4	3.9
Teton	13,547	15,131	13,330	13,235	14,815	13,111	312	316	219	2.3	2.1	1.6
Uinta	11,889	11,770	11,673	11,328	11,256	11,106	561	514	567	4.7	4.4	4.9


SOUTHEAST	73,985	73,496	72,053	71,722	71,216	69,875	2,263	2,280	2,178	3.1	3.1	3.0

Albany	18,963	17,894	18,265	18,639	17,576	17,970	324	318	295	1.7	1.8	1.6
Goshen	6,059	6,120	6,048	5,887	5,917	5,865	172	203	183	2.8	3.3	3.0
Laramie	43,321	43,828	42,129	41,729	42,265	40,639	1,592	1,563	1,490	3.7	3.6	3.5
Niobrara	1,171	1,201	1,207	1,150	1,180	1,173	21	21	34	1.8	1.7	2.8
Platte	4,471	4,453	4,404	4,317	4,278	4,228	154	175	176	3.4	3.9	4.0


CENTRAL	50,136	50,946	48,923	48,110	48,892	46,978	2,026	2,054	1,945	4.0	4.0	4.0

Carbon	8,202	8,273	8,025	7,869	7,979	7,787	333	294	238	4.1	3.6	3.0
Converse	6,356	6,485	6,340	6,133	6,248	6,089	223	237	251	3.5	3.7	4.0
Natrona	35,578	36,188	34,558	34,108	34,665	33,102	1,470	1,523	1,456	4.1	4.2	4.2


STATEWIDE	275,986	279,404	269,877	266,528	269,967	260,276	9,458	9,437	9,601	3.4	3.4	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	4.1	4.2
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.8	6.0	5.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.1	6.1	5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 10/03.
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.