© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"Wyoming's October unemployment rate of 3.9 percent was slightly higher than the U.S. average of 3.8 percent."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Oct 99 (p) Sep 99 (r) Oct 98 (b) Oct 99 (p) Sep 99 (r) Oct 98 (b) Oct 99 (p) Sep 99 (r) Oct 98 (b) Oct 99 (p) Sep 99 (r) Oct 98 (b)
NORTHWEST 46,461 46,758 46,327 44,243 44,559 43,936 2,218 2,199 2,391 4.8 4.7 5.2
Big Horn 5,865 5,677 5,964 5,595 5,407 5,669 270 270 295 4.6 4.8 4.9
Fremont 17,904 17,821 17,953 16,854 16,778 16,776 1,050 1,043 1,177 5.9 5.9 6.6
Hot Springs 2,465 2,403 2,411 2,358 2,295 2,333 107 108 78 4.3 4.5 3.2
Park 15,136 15,950 14,905 14,562 15,434 14,313 574 516 592 3.8 3.2 4.0
Washakie 5,091 4,907 5,094 4,874 4,645 4,845 217 262 249 4.3 5.3 4.9
NORTHEAST 43,439 42,990 43,684 41,859 41,387 41,879 1,580 1,603 1,805 3.6 3.7 4.1
Campbell 19,409 19,209 19,353 18,640 18,423 18,519 769 786 834 4.0 4.1 4.3
Crook 3,097 3,055 3,097 2,984 2,961 2,971 113 94 126.0 3.6 3.1 4.1
Johnson 3,849 3,841 3,798 3,745 3,747 3,693 104 94 105 2.7 2.4 2.8
Sheridan 13,773 13,600 13,982 13,303 13,109 13,373 470 491 609 3.4 3.6 4.4
Weston 3,311 3,285 3,454 3,187 3,147 3,323 124 138 131 3.7 4.2 3.8
SOUTHWEST 53,042 54,709 52,571 50,682 52,579 50,397 2,360 2,130 2,174 4.4 3.9 4.1
Lincoln 6,632 6,680 6,145 6,300 6,365 5,837 332 315 308 5.0 4.7 5.0
Sublette 3,176 3,199 3,125 3,114 3,133 3,045 62 66 80 2.0 2.1 2.6
Sweetwater 21,051 20,848 21,832 19,941 19,866 20,778 1,110 982 1,054 5.3 4.7 4.8
Teton 11,024 12,735 10,359 10,824 12,594 10,179 200 141 180 1.8 1.1 1.7
Uinta 11,159 11,247 11,110 10,503 10,621 10,558 656 626 552 5.9 5.6 5.0
SOUTHEAST 70,739 69,000 69,703 68,835 67,215 67,821 1,904 1,785 1,882 2.7 2.6 2.7
Albany 17,930 17,636 17,512 17,685 17,404 17,241 245 232 271 1.4 1.3 1.5
Goshen 6,609 6,179 6,697 6,440 6,008 6,491 169 171 206 2.6 2.8 3.1
Laramie 40,377 39,466 39,497 39,070 38,266 38,307 1,307 1,200 1,190 3.2 3.0 3.0
Niobrara 1,370 1,319 1,374 1,331 1,294 1,336 39 25 38 2.8 1.9 2.8
Platte 4,453 4,400 4,623 4,309 4,243 4,446 144 157 177 3.2 3.6 3.8
CENTRAL 49,374 48,772 48,623 47,161 46,705 46,259 2,213 2,067 2,364 4.5 4.2 4.9
Carbon 8,375 8,372 8,545 8,040 8,068 8,191 335 304 354 4.0 3.6 4.1
Converse 6,887 6,756 6,648 6,594 6,486 6,356 293 270 292 4.3 4.0 4.4
Natrona 34,112 33,644 33,430 32,527 32,151 31,712 1,585 1,493 1,718 4.6 4.4 5.1
STATEWIDE 263,054 262,229 260,909 252,778 252,444 250,293 10,276 9,785 10,616 3.9 3.7 4.1
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.6 4.6 4.8
U.S. 3.8 4.1 4.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.1 4.2 4.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 11/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.


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