"The lowest unemployment rates were found in Albany County (1.6%), Niobrara County (1.6%), and Sublette County (1.9%)."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct
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	47,443	48,057	46,915	45,652	46,124	45,079	1,791	1,933	1,836	3.8	4.0	3.9

Big Horn	6,239	6,124	6,170	6,017	5,896	5,928	222	228	242	3.6	3.7	3.9
Fremont	18,347	18,369	18,256	17,519	17,464	17,350	828	905	906	4.5	4.9	5.0
Hot Springs	2,507	2,476	2,492	2,428	2,398	2,423	79	78	69	3.2	3.2	2.8
Park	15,489	16,341	15,162	14,967	15,823	14,702	522	518	460	3.4	3.2	3.0
Washakie	4,861	4,747	4,835	4,721	4,543	4,676	140	204	159	2.9	4.3	3.3


NORTHEAST	46,281	45,826	45,662	44,921	44,541	44,312	1,360	1,285	1,350	2.9	2.8	3.0

Campbell	20,835	20,580	20,462	20,262	19,979	19,881	573	601	581	2.8	2.9	2.8
Crook	3,339	3,376	3,301	3,247	3,290	3,201	92	86	100	2.8	2.5	3.0
Johnson	4,252	4,243	4,150	4,140	4,171	4,084	112	72	66	2.6	1.7	1.6
Sheridan	14,409	14,263	14,286	13,948	13,836	13,821	461	427	465	3.2	3.0	3.3
Weston	3,446	3,364	3,463	3,324	3,265	3,325	122	99	138	3.5	2.9	4.0


SOUTHWEST	53,008	54,509	52,343	50,997	52,528	50,426	2,011	1,981	1,917	3.8	3.6	3.7

Lincoln	6,862	6,856	6,679	6,523	6,561	6,416	339	295	263	4.9	4.3	3.9
Sublette	3,435	3,488	3,389	3,371	3,424	3,327	64	64	62	1.9	1.8	1.8
Sweetwater	19,701	19,643	19,879	18,901	18,765	18,973	800	878	906	4.1	4.5	4.6
Teton	12,235	13,667	11,706	11,965	13,468	11,547	270	199	159	2.2	1.5	1.4
Uinta	10,775	10,855	10,690	10,237	10,310	10,163	538	545	527	5.0	5.0	4.9


SOUTHEAST	74,869	72,781	73,340	72,905	70,729	71,665	1,964	2,052	1,675	2.6	2.8	2.3

Albany	19,578	18,275	19,219	19,260	17,926	18,946	318	349	273	1.6	1.9	1.4
Goshen	7,063	6,740	6,991	6,897	6,557	6,849	166	183	142	2.4	2.7	2.0
Laramie	41,855	41,357	40,793	40,525	40,012	39,723	1,330	1,345	1,070	3.2	3.3	2.6
Niobrara	1,398	1,405	1,396	1,375	1,378	1,363	23	27	33	1.6	1.9	2.4
Platte	4,975	5,004	4,941	4,848	4,856	4,784	127	148	157	2.6	3.0	3.2


CENTRAL	50,189	49,373	49,595	48,472	47,631	47,768	1,717	1,742	1,827	3.4	3.5	3.7

Carbon	8,430	8,456	8,454	8,094	8,134	8,169	336	322	285	4.0	3.8	3.4
Converse	7,191	7,119	7,164	6,980	6,885	6,903	211	234	261	2.9	3.3	3.6
Natrona	34,568	33,798	33,977	33,398	32,612	32,696	1,170	1,186	1,281	3.4	3.5	3.8


STATEWIDE	271,790	270,542	267,856	262,946	261,550	259,249	8,844	8,992	8,607	3.3	3.3	3.2

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.8	4.0	3.8
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.0	4.7	3.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.4	4.9	3.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/01. Run Date 11/01.
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.