Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Albany County had the lowest unemployment rate in October (1.5%); it was followed by Johnson County (1.8%) and Goshen County (2.3%)."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct
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	47,272	47,707	46,261	45,494	46,005	44,232	1,778	1,702	2,029	3.8	3.6	4.4

Big Horn	5,924	5,849	5,804	5,740	5,643	5,578	184	206	226	3.1	3.5	3.9
Fremont	18,955	18,793	18,515	18,029	17,966	17,481	926	827	1,034	4.9	4.4	5.6
Hot Springs	2,281	2,264	2,283	2,227	2,209	2,205	54	55	78	2.4	2.4	3.4
Park	15,523	16,384	15,090	15,037	15,896	14,563	486	488	527	3.1	3.0	3.5
Washakie	4,589	4,417	4,569	4,461	4,291	4,405	128	126	164	2.8	2.9	3.6


NORTHEAST	48,168	47,843	47,100	46,778	46,351	45,597	1,390	1,492	1,503	2.9	3.1	3.2

Campbell	23,098	22,677	22,518	22,392	21,937	21,753	706	740	765	3.1	3.3	3.4
Crook	2,956	3,043	2,938	2,864	2,956	2,860	92	87	78	3.1	2.9	2.7
Johnson	4,077	4,160	4,015	4,003	4,068	3,928	74	92	87	1.8	2.2	2.2
Sheridan	14,699	14,629	14,316	14,271	14,150	13,846	428	479	470	2.9	3.3	3.3
Weston	3,338	3,334	3,313	3,248	3,240	3,210	90	94	103	2.7	2.8	3.1


SOUTHWEST	55,682	56,641	53,489	53,648	54,663	51,410	2,034	1,978	2,079	3.7	3.5	3.9

Lincoln	6,844	6,898	6,718	6,566	6,591	6,366	278	307	352	4.1	4.5	5.2
Sublette	3,687	3,773	3,575	3,591	3,672	3,493	96	101	82	2.6	2.7	2.3
Sweetwater	21,267	20,703	19,882	20,572	20,009	19,081	695	694	801	3.3	3.4	4.0
Teton	12,012	13,357	11,782	11,562	13,043	11,522	450	314	260	3.7	2.4	2.2
Uinta	11,872	11,910	11,532	11,357	11,348	10,948	515	562	584	4.3	4.7	5.1


SOUTHEAST	74,930	73,943	73,635	72,794	71,666	71,449	2,136	2,277	2,186	2.9	3.1	3.0

Albany	19,508	19,000	19,225	19,223	18,672	18,908	285	328	317	1.5	1.7	1.6
Goshen	6,325	6,079	6,353	6,177	5,898	6,182	148	181	171	2.3	3.0	2.7
Laramie	43,537	43,212	42,440	42,004	41,619	40,954	1,533	1,593	1,486	3.5	3.7	3.5
Niobrara	1,157	1,173	1,199	1,126	1,152	1,167	31	21	32	2.7	1.8	2.7
Platte	4,403	4,479	4,418	4,264	4,325	4,238	139	154	180	3.2	3.4	4.1


CENTRAL	51,137	50,256	49,802	49,089	48,232	47,782	2,048	2,024	2,020	4.0	4.0	4.1

Carbon	8,163	8,218	8,018	7,836	7,883	7,744	327	335	274	4.0	4.1	3.4
Converse	6,424	6,366	6,321	6,195	6,144	6,077	229	222	244	3.6	3.5	3.9
Natrona	36,550	35,672	35,463	35,058	34,205	33,961	1,492	1,467	1,502	4.1	4.1	4.2


STATEWIDE	277,189	276,391	270,290	267,804	266,918	260,470	9,385	9,473	9,820	3.4	3.4	3.6

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.9	4.0	4.2
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.8	5.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.0	6.1	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 11/03.
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.