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Table:  Change in Wyoming's Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rates by Region and County, Third Quarter 2002
  Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
             
REGION/
County
Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Percent
2002 2001 Number Percent 2002 2001 Number Percent 2002 2001 Number Percent 2002 2001 Change
                         
NORTHWEST 48,659 48,622 37 0.1 46,755 46,458 297 0.6 1,904 2,165 -260 -12.0 3.9 4.5 -0.5
Big Horn 5,766 5,969 -204 -3.4 5,519 5,709 -190 -3.3 247 260 -14 -5.2 4.3 4.4 -0.1
Fremont 18,799 18,673 127 0.7 17,900 17,648 251 1.4 900 1,024 -125 -12.2 4.8 5.5 -0.7
Hot Springs 2,402 2,547 -144 -5.7 2,327 2,455 -128 -5.2 75 92 -16 -17.8 3.1 3.6 -0.5
Park 17,226 16,871 355 2.1 16,728 16,294 433 2.7 499 577 -78 -13.6 2.9 3.4 -0.5
Washakie 4,465 4,562 -97 -2.1 4,281 4,351 -70 -1.6 184 211 -27 -12.9 4.1 4.6 -0.5
                         
NORTHEAST 47,489 47,416 73 0.2 46,197 46,042 155 0.3 1,292 1,374 -82 -6.0 2.7 2.9 -0.2
Campbell 23,008 22,967 41 0.2 22,321 22,314 7 0.0 687 653 34 5.2 3.0 2.8 0.1
Crook 2,981 3,116 -135 -4.3 2,912 3,032 -120 -4.0 69 84 -15 -17.5 2.3 2.7 -0.4
Johnson 4,198 4,033 165 4.1 4,122 3,955 168 4.2 76 78 -3 -3.4 1.8 1.9 -0.1
Sheridan 14,050 13,987 63 0.5 13,672 13,539 134 1.0 378 449 -71 -15.8 2.7 3.2 -0.5
Weston 3,251 3,313 -62 -1.9 3,169 3,203 -34 -1.1 82 110 -28 -25.2 2.5 3.3 -0.8
                         
SOUTHWEST 56,200 56,690 -491 -0.9 54,273 54,650 -377 -0.7 1,927 2,040 -113 -5.6 3.4 3.6 -0.2
Lincoln 6,741 7,135 -394 -5.5 6,435 6,831 -396 -5.8 306 303 3 0.9 4.5 4.3 0.3
Sublette 3,729 3,642 88 2.4 3,652 3,575 76 2.1 78 66 11 17.1 2.1 1.8 0.3
Sweetwater 19,927 20,140 -213 -1.1 19,138 19,218 -80 -0.4 789 922 -133 -14.4 4.0 4.6 -0.6
Teton 14,571 14,562 8 0.1 14,354 14,370 -16 -0.1 217 193 24 12.6 1.5 1.3 0.2
Uinta 11,232 11,212 20 0.2 10,694 10,655 39 0.4 538 556 -19 -3.4 4.8 5.0 -0.2
                         
SOUTHEAST 72,740 73,027 -288 -0.4 70,734 70,837 -103 -0.1 2,006 2,190 -184 -8.4 2.8 3.0 -0.2
Albany 18,668 18,381 286 1.6 18,384 18,027 358 2.0 283 355 -71 -20.1 1.5 1.9 -0.4
Goshen 6,208 6,306 -98 -1.6 6,018 6,106 -88 -1.4 190 201 -11 -5.3 3.1 3.2 -0.1
Laramie 42,211 42,455 -244 -0.6 40,875 41,003 -128 -0.3 1,336 1,452 -116 -8.0 3.2 3.4 -0.3
Niobrara 1,243 1,314 -70 -5.4 1,211 1,281 -70 -5.5 33 33 0 0.0 2.6 2.5 0.1
Platte 4,410 4,571 -161 -3.5 4,246 4,421 -175 -4.0 164 150 14 9.1 3.7 3.3 0.4
                         
CENTRAL 49,516 50,131 -615 -1.2 47,730 48,253 -523 -1.1 1,786 1,878 -92 -4.9 3.6 3.7 -0.1
Carbon 8,259 8,504 -245 -2.9 8,022 8,197 -175 -2.1 236 306 -70 -22.9 2.9 3.6 -0.7
Converse 6,566 6,629 -63 -1.0 6,340 6,384 -44 -0.7 226 245 -19 -7.9 3.4 3.7 -0.3
Natrona 34,692 34,998 -306 -0.9 33,368 33,671 -304 -0.9 1,324 1,327 -3 -0.2 3.8 3.8 0.0
                         
STATEWIDE 274,602 275,887 -1,284 -0.5 265,687 266,239 -551 -0.2 8,915 9,648 -733 -7.6 3.2 3.5 -0.3


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