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Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties


The statewide unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, of 4.0 percent for October 1998 is at the same level as October 1997. However, it is still below the U.S. rate of 4.2 percent.


Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Oct 98 (p) Sep 98 (r) Oct 97 (b) Oct 98 (p) Sep 98 (r) Oct 97 (b) Oct 98 (p) Sep 98 (r) Oct 97 (b) Oct 98 (p) Sep 98 (r) Oct 97 (b)
NORTHWEST 45,332 45,594 44,967 42,988 43,472 42,756 2,344 2,122 2,211 5.2 4.7 4.9
Big Horn 6,139 5,824 5,754 5,849 5,533 5,521 290 291 233 4.7 5.0 4.0
Fremont 16,578 16,373 16,936 15,441 15,400 15,770 1,137 973 1,166 6.9 5.9 6.9
Hot Springs 2,648 2,448 2,685 2,568 2,363 2,596 80 85 89 3.0 3.5 3.3
Park 15,314 16,402 14,860 14,716 15,925 14,337 598 477 523 3.9 2.9 3.5
Washakie 4,653 4,547 4,732 4,414 4,251 4,532 239 296 200 5.1 6.5 4.2
NORTHEAST 43,402 42,600 42,462 41,649 41,067 40,748 1,753 1,533 1,714 4.0 3.6 4.0
Campbell 19,256 18,756 18,611 18,441 18,003 17,799 815 753 812 4.2 4.0 4.4
Crook 2,960 3,003 2,975 2,840 2,893 2,859 120 110 116.0 4.1 3.7 3.9
Johnson 4,113 4,097 4,004 4,007 3,994 3,878 106 103 126 2.6 2.5 3.1
Sheridan 14,057 13,714 13,750 13,462 13,255 13,214 595 459 536 4.2 3.3 3.9
Weston 3,016 3,030 3,122 2,899 2,922 2,998 117 108 124 3.9 3.6 4.0
SOUTHWEST 51,897 53,625 50,710 49,780 51,701 48,701 2,117 1,924 2,009 4.1 3.6 4.0
Lincoln 6,863 6,917 6,661 6,544 6,588 6,355 319 329 306 4.6 4.8 4.6
Sublette 3,387 3,352 3,256 3,305 3,264 3,195 82 88 61 2.4 2.6 1.9
Sweetwater 20,652 20,549 20,252 19,643 19,679 19,331 1,009 870 921 4.9 4.2 4.5
Teton 10,660 12,394 10,180 10,479 12,276 9,988 181 118 192 1.7 1.0 1.9
Uinta 10,335 10,413 10,361 9,809 9,894 9,832 526 519 529 5.1 5.0 5.1
SOUTHEAST 69,687 67,988 67,687 67,867 66,267 65,824 1,820 1,721 1,863 2.6 2.5 2.8
Albany 17,711 16,985 17,386 17,445 16,729 17,131 266 256 255 1.5 1.5 1.5
Goshen 6,993 6,536 6,767 6,794 6,330 6,527 199 206 240 2.8 3.2 3.5
Laramie 39,598 39,053 38,118 38,443 37,982 36,917 1,155 1,071 1,201 2.9 2.7 3.2
Niobrara 1,160 1,160 1,233 1,125 1,140 1,210 35 20 23 3.0 1.7 1.9
Platte 4,225 4,254 4,183 4,060 4,086 4,039 165 168 144 3.9 3.9 3.4
CENTRAL 49,134 48,507 47,311 46,799 46,433 45,073 2,335 2,074 2,238 4.8 4.3 4.7
Carbon 8,244 8,296 8,270 7,896 7,955 7,926 348 341 344 4.2 4.1 4.2
Converse 6,921 6,850 6,679 6,626 6,582 6,363 295 268 316 4.3 3.9 4.7
Natrona 33,969 33,361 32,362 32,277 31,896 30,784 1,692 1,465 1,578 5.0 4.4 4.9
STATEWIDE 259,452 258,314 253,136 249,085 248,940 243,101 10,367 9,374 10,035 4.0 3.6 4.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.8 4.6 4.8
U.S. 4.2 4.4 4.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.6 4.6 4.8


Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 11/98.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.

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