Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 11

Laramie County’s unemployment rate increased from 3.9 percent in August to 4.4 percent in September, making it the highest rate in the state.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep	Sep	Aug	Sep
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	48,387	49,129	48,120	46,668	47,406	46,293	1,719	1,723	1,827	3.6	3.5	3.8

Big Horn	5,977	5,880	5,809	5,739	5,645	5,588	238	235	221	4.0	4.0	3.8
Fremont	18,849	18,517	18,461	18,031	17,686	17,581	818	831	880	4.3	4.5	4.8
Hot Springs	2,187	2,217	2,167	2,142	2,171	2,110	45	46	57	2.1	2.1	2.6
Park	16,849	17,949	17,116	16,368	17,477	16,583	481	472	533	2.9	2.6	3.1
Washakie	4,525	4,566	4,567	4,388	4,427	4,431	137	139	136	3.0	3.0	3.0


NORTHEAST	48,722	49,228	47,812	47,432	47,984	46,216	1,290	1,244	1,596	2.6	2.5	3.3

Campbell	23,085	23,544	22,580	22,417	22,861	21,784	668	683	796	2.9	2.9	3.5
Crook	3,172	3,188	3,077	3,069	3,098	2,983	103	90	94	3.2	2.8	3.1
Johnson	4,291	4,381	4,277	4,235	4,335	4,178	56	46	99	1.3	1.0	2.3
Sheridan	14,929	14,952	14,698	14,549	14,593	14,190	380	359	508	2.5	2.4	3.5
Weston	3,245	3,163	3,180	3,162	3,097	3,081	83	66	99	2.6	2.1	3.1


SOUTHWEST	57,694	58,902	58,085	56,002	57,326	55,932	1,692	1,576	2,153	2.9	2.7	3.7

Lincoln	7,925	7,914	8,150	7,649	7,641	7,800	276	273	350	3.5	3.4	4.3
Sublette	4,210	4,317	4,171	4,136	4,239	4,059	74	78	112	1.8	1.8	2.7
Sweetwater	21,089	20,829	20,917	20,482	20,277	20,166	607	552	751	2.9	2.7	3.6
Teton	12,828	14,365	13,096	12,547	14,108	12,759	281	257	337	2.2	1.8	2.6
Uinta	11,642	11,477	11,751	11,188	11,061	11,148	454	416	603	3.9	3.6	5.1


SOUTHEAST	74,669	74,658	74,989	72,012	72,235	72,544	2,657	2,423	2,445	3.6	3.2	3.3

Albany	18,995	18,497	19,250	18,671	18,182	18,895	324	315	355	1.7	1.7	1.8
Goshen	6,174	6,190	6,103	5,969	6,003	5,907	205	187	196	3.3	3.0	3.2
Laramie	43,802	44,291	43,971	41,876	42,565	42,265	1,926	1,726	1,706	4.4	3.9	3.9
Niobrara	1,229	1,255	1,196	1,209	1,235	1,174	20	20	22	1.6	1.6	1.8
Platte	4,469	4,425	4,469	4,287	4,250	4,303	182	175	166	4.1	4.0	3.7


CENTRAL	51,159	51,641	51,298	49,370	49,995	49,106	1,789	1,646	2,192	3.5	3.2	4.3

Carbon	8,133	8,156	8,296	7,877	7,913	7,934	256	243	362	3.1	3.0	4.4
Converse	6,551	6,651	6,567	6,317	6,410	6,324	234	241	243	3.6	3.6	3.7
Natrona	36,475	36,834	36,435	35,176	35,672	34,848	1,299	1,162	1,587	3.6	3.2	4.4


STATEWIDE	280,632	283,557	280,305	271,484	274,945	270,092	9,148	8,612	10,213	3.3	3.0	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.9	3.7	4.3
U.S.....................................................................................................................................................										5.1	5.4	5.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.4	5.4	6.1

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 10/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.