Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Albany County posted the lowest unemployment rate (4.3%), followed by Sublette (4.7%) and Niobrara (5.2%) counties.

Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment Rates
REGION
Oct
Sept
Oct
Oct
Sept
Oct
Oct
Sept
Oct
Oct
Sept
Oct
  County
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
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(r)
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(r)
(b)
NORTHWEST 44,035 44,761 44,354 40,847 41,844 42,982 3,188 2,917 1,372 7.2 6.5 3.1
Big Horn 4,774 4,804 5,045 4,383 4,405 4,886 391 399 159 8.2 8.3 3.2
Fremont 18,719 18,777 18,297 17,246 17,400 17,680 1,473 1,377 617 7.9 7.3 3.4
Hot Springs 2,370 2,375 2,404 2,212 2,239 2,331 158 136 73 6.7 5.7 3.0
Park 13,819 14,504 14,183 12,911 13,747 13,773 908 757 410 6.6 5.2 2.9
Washakie 4,353 4,301 4,425 4,095 4,053 4,312 258 248 113 5.9 5.8 2.6
NORTHEAST 55,140 54,764 54,286 51,504 51,477 53,051 3,636 3,287 1,235 6.6 6.0 2.3
Campbell 28,686 28,221 27,402 26,924 26,625 26,909 1,762 1,596 493 6.1 5.7 1.8
Crook 3,388 3,430 3,454 3,186 3,262 3,356 202 168 98 6.0 4.9 2.8
Johnson 3,804 3,896 4,112 3,518 3,626 3,981 286 270 131 7.5 6.9 3.2
Sheridan 16,084 16,033 16,087 14,905 14,967 15,676 1,179 1,066 411 7.3 6.6 2.6
Weston 3,178 3,184 3,231 2,971 2,997 3,129 207 187 102 6.5 5.9 3.2
SOUTHWEST 62,909 64,274 65,308 58,315 60,084 63,741 4,594 4,190 1,567 7.3 6.5 2.4
Lincoln 8,123 8,270 8,077 7,493 7,712 7,829 630 558 248 7.8 6.7 3.1
Sublette 6,752 6,868 7,162 6,435 6,540 7,053 317 328 109 4.7 4.8 1.5
Sweetwater 23,838 23,613 24,339 22,088 21,883 23,808 1,750 1,730 531 7.3 7.3 2.2
Teton 13,051 14,281 13,907 11,994 13,540 13,538 1,057 741 369 8.1 5.2 2.7
Uinta 11,145 11,242 11,823 10,305 10,409 11,513 840 833 310 7.5 7.4 2.6
SOUTHEAST 74,148 73,291 73,497 69,574 69,344 71,255 4,574 3,947 2,242 6.2 5.4 3.1
Albany 20,245 20,013 19,833 19,379 19,310 19,391 866 703 442 4.3 3.5 2.2
Goshen 6,184 5,983 6,165 5,851 5,671 5,984 333 312 181 5.4 5.2 2.9
Laramie 42,565 42,022 42,439 39,509 39,390 41,001 3,056 2,632 1,438 7.2 6.3 3.4
Niobrara 1,208 1,237 1,229 1,145 1,182 1,187 63 55 42 5.2 4.4 3.4
Platte 3,946 4,036 3,831 3,690 3,791 3,692 256 245 139 6.5 6.1 3.6
CENTRAL 55,919 55,426 56,476 51,866 51,539 55,007 4,053 3,887 1,469 7.2 7.0 2.6
Carbon 7,650 7,723 8,159 7,104 7,186 7,898 546 537 261 7.1 7.0 3.2
Converse 7,387 7,349 7,407 6,940 6,921 7,220 447 428 187 6.1 5.8 2.5
Natrona 40,882 40,354 40,910 37,822 37,432 39,889 3,060 2,922 1,021 7.5 7.2 2.5
STATEWIDE 292,154 292,513 293,921 272,108 274,285 286,036 20,046 18,228 7,885 6.9 6.2 2.7
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 7.4 6.8 3.2
U.S. 9.5 9.5 6.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 10.2 9.8 6.5
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2009.  Run Date 11/2009.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.