Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 12

The lowest unemployment rates were found in Sublette (1.5%), Albany (1.6%), and Johnson (1.7%) counties.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct	Oct	Sep	Oct
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	47,995	48,378	48,057	46,256	46,651	46,069	1,739	1,727	1,988	3.6	3.6	4.1

Big Horn	6,107	5,973	6,002	5,881	5,733	5,797	226	240	205	3.7	4.0	3.4
Fremont	18,912	18,848	19,126	18,078	18,027	18,097	834	821	1,029	4.4	4.4	5.4
Hot Springs	2,207	2,185	2,286	2,157	2,140	2,226	50	45	60	2.3	2.1	2.6
Park	16,070	16,846	15,931	15,589	16,364	15,380	481	482	551	3.0	2.9	3.5
Washakie	4,699	4,526	4,712	4,551	4,387	4,569	148	139	143	3.1	3.1	3.0


NORTHEAST	48,982	48,711	48,590	47,621	47,410	47,040	1,361	1,301	1,550	2.8	2.7	3.2

Campbell	23,335	23,085	23,111	22,658	22,414	22,322	677	671	789	2.9	2.9	3.4
Crook	3,163	3,173	3,030	3,049	3,068	2,927	114	105	103	3.6	3.3	3.4
Johnson	4,283	4,293	4,168	4,212	4,235	4,083	71	58	85	1.7	1.4	2.0
Sheridan	14,935	14,919	15,006	14,534	14,535	14,533	401	384	473	2.7	2.6	3.2
Weston	3,266	3,241	3,275	3,168	3,158	3,175	98	83	100	3.0	2.6	3.1


SOUTHWEST	56,546	57,680	56,385	54,730	55,987	54,099	1,816	1,693	2,286	3.2	2.9	4.1

Lincoln	7,900	7,924	7,642	7,615	7,648	7,321	285	276	321	3.6	3.5	4.2
Sublette	4,183	4,210	3,961	4,119	4,136	3,851	64	74	110	1.5	1.8	2.8
Sweetwater	21,292	21,082	21,085	20,654	20,479	20,309	638	603	776	3.0	2.9	3.7
Teton	11,645	12,830	11,967	11,244	12,545	11,464	401	285	503	3.4	2.2	4.2
Uinta	11,526	11,634	11,730	11,098	11,179	11,154	428	455	576	3.7	3.9	4.9


SOUTHEAST	76,364	74,588	76,469	73,622	71,933	74,067	2,742	2,655	2,402	3.6	3.6	3.1

Albany	19,875	18,980	20,087	19,551	18,653	19,761	324	327	326	1.6	1.7	1.6
Goshen	6,558	6,171	6,406	6,362	5,965	6,233	196	206	173	3.0	3.3	2.7
Laramie	44,231	43,744	44,398	42,214	41,824	42,685	2,017	1,920	1,713	4.6	4.4	3.9
Niobrara	1,243	1,229	1,198	1,218	1,209	1,163	25	20	35	2.0	1.6	2.9
Platte	4,457	4,464	4,380	4,277	4,282	4,225	180	182	155	4.0	4.1	3.5


CENTRAL	51,740	51,150	52,421	49,955	49,360	50,084	1,785	1,790	2,337	3.4	3.5	4.5

Carbon	8,060	8,112	8,295	7,793	7,856	7,914	267	256	381	3.3	3.2	4.6
Converse	6,638	6,546	6,638	6,401	6,313	6,378	237	233	260	3.6	3.6	3.9
Natrona	37,042	36,492	37,488	35,761	35,191	35,792	1,281	1,301	1,696	3.5	3.6	4.5


STATEWIDE	281,626	280,507	281,924	272,185	271,341	271,359	9,441	9,166	10,565	3.4	3.3	3.7

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.8	3.9	4.3
U.S.....................................................................................................................................................										5.1	5.1	5.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.5	5.4	6.0

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 11/04.
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.