1974-1989 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES--ANNUAL AVERAGES
ALBANY COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 10,743 11,516 12,744 13,615 12,707 12,933 13,296 13,294 13,617 15,132 16,191 15,489 15,795 15,895 15,800 15,996
EMPLOYMENT 10,419 11,072 12,308 13,152 12,297 12,461 12,653 12,721 12,944 14,264 15,505 14,770 14,940 15,147 15,213 15,408
UNEMPLOYMENT 324 444 436 463 410 472 643 573 673 868 686 719 856 748 587 588
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.6 4.8 4.3 4.9 5.7 4.2 4.6 5.4 4.7 3.8 3.7
BIG HORN COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 4,466 4,707 5,038 5,266 5,086 5,181 5,339 5,434 5,948 5,636 5,087 4,883 4,879 4,766 5,072 5,173
EMPLOYMENT 4,295 4,480 4,810 5,046 4,917 5,041 5,165 5,255 5,528 5,113 4,758 4,434 4,258 4,234 4,681 4,810
UNEMPLOYMENT 171 227 228 220 172 140 175 179 421 523 330 449 621 533 391 364
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.4 2.7 3.3 3.3 7.1 9.3 6.5 9.2 12.7 11.2 7.7 7.0
CAMPBELL COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 5,119 6,653 7,916 10,103 12,122 13,556 14,430 18,097 20,043 19,833 18,002 18,592 17,377 15,789 15,585 15,568
EMPLOYMENT 4,980 6,461 7,648 9,793 11,715 13,200 13,949 17,523 19,128 18,403 16,990 17,280 15,610 14,288 14,503 14,366
UNEMPLOYMENT 139 192 268 310 407 355 481 573 915 1,429 1,012 1,312 1,767 1,501 1,082 1,202
UNEMPL. RATE 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 3.4 2.6 3.3 3.2 4.6 7.2 5.6 7.1 10.2 9.5 6.9 7.7
CARBON COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 6,468 6,913 7,278 8,031 9,099 10,157 10,915 10,822 10,381 10,493 9,428 8,666 8,464 8,082 7,888 7,960
EMPLOYMENT 6,282 6,647 7,033 7,788 8,862 9,974 10,606 10,364 9,534 9,302 8,694 7,915 7,569 7,283 7,301 7,415
UNEMPLOYMENT 186 266 245 243 237 183 309 458 847 1,191 734 751 895 799 587 546
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.6 1.8 2.8 4.2 8.2 11.4 7.8 8.7 10.6 9.9 7.4 6.9
CONVERSE COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 3,183 3,942 4,516 5,334 6,008 6,811 7,792 8,019 7,514 7,371 6,644 6,503 6,485 5,783 5,680 5,279
EMPLOYMENT 3,096 3,826 4,411 5,186 5,837 6,668 7,518 7,710 7,055 6,716 6,196 5,908 5,741 5,194 5,256 4,845
UNEMPLOYMENT 87 116 105 148 171 143 274 309 459 655 447 595 743 589 424 433
UNEMPL. RATE 2.7 2.9 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.1 3.5 3.9 6.1 8.9 6.7 9.1 11.5 10.2 7.5 8.2
CROOK COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 1,860 2,045 2,268 2,407 2,516 2,419 2,352 2,469 2,622 2,873 2,829 2,950 3,024 3,160 3,129 2,927
EMPLOYMENT 1,799 1,983 2,205 2,334 2,421 2,359 2,276 2,388 2,498 2,686 2,676 2,757 2,776 2,921 2,934 2,734
UNEMPLOYMENT 61 62 63 73 95 60 76 81 124 187 153 193 249 239 195 194
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.8 2.5 3.2 3.3 4.7 6.5 5.4 6.5 8.2 7.6 6.2 6.6
FREMONT COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 11,205 12,074 13,247 14,652 16,430 17,306 17,995 17,892 17,868 19,132 17,934 16,617 16,420 15,788 16,349 16,476
EMPLOYMENT 10,711 11,381 12,597 14,023 15,724 16,752 17,259 16,926 16,430 17,062 16,052 14,872 14,474 14,129 15,030 15,090
UNEMPLOYMENT 493 693 650 629 706 554 736 966 1,437 2,070 1,882 1,745 1,946 1,659 1,319 1,387
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.3 3.2 4.1 5.4 8.0 10.8 10.5 10.5 11.9 10.5 8.1 8.4
GOSHEN COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 4,964 5,315 5,799 5,894 5,850 5,940 6,101 6,116 6,189 6,945 6,195 6,093 6,199 6,224 6,290 6,259
EMPLOYMENT 4,820 5,090 5,583 5,669 5,657 5,774 5,781 5,823 5,887 6,561 5,895 5,736 5,806 5,785 5,905 5,968
UNEMPLOYMENT 144 225 216 225 193 167 320 293 302 385 300 357 393 439 385 291
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.3 2.8 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.5 4.8 5.9 6.3 7.1 6.1 4.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 1,968 2,250 2,192 2,134 2,316 2,460 2,706 2,611 2,684 2,926 3,128 3,074 3,048 3,048 2,935 2,889
EMPLOYMENT 1,921 2,185 2,123 2,077 2,263 2,424 2,634 2,544 2,555 2,750 2,990 2,896 2,794 2,816 2,783 2,757
UNEMPLOYMENT 47 65 69 57 53 36 72 67 129 176 138 178 254 232 152 132
UNEMPL. RATE 2.4 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.3 1.5 2.7 2.6 4.8 6.0 4.4 5.8 8.3 7.6 5.2 4.6
JOHNSON COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 2,575 2,973 2,986 2,878 3,237 3,288 3,577 3,704 3,849 4,104 3,672 3,442 3,493 3,495 3,624 3,645
EMPLOYMENT 2,499 2,874 2,889 2,795 3,147 3,216 3,456 3,546 3,629 3,802 3,480 3,216 3,174 3,178 3,424 3,440
UNEMPLOYMENT 76 99 97 83 90 72 120 158 221 303 192 226 319 316 200 205
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.2 3.4 4.3 5.7 7.4 5.2 6.6 9.1 9.0 5.5 5.6
LARAMIE COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 23,358 24,064 24,990 25,964 28,728 30,216 31,296 32,870 33,833 34,918 35,063 34,016 35,845 36,531 36,239 37,124
EMPLOYMENT 22,578 22,966 23,985 24,943 27,761 29,379 30,090 31,390 32,144 32,569 33,259 31,900 33,544 34,150 34,340 35,047
UNEMPLOYMENT 780 1,098 1,005 1,021 967 837 1,206 1,480 1,688 2,348 1,805 2,116 2,301 2,381 1,899 2,076
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.8 3.9 4.5 5.0 6.7 5.1 6.2 6.4 6.5 5.1 5.6
LINCOLN COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 3,860 4,005 4,414 4,818 4,512 4,886 5,177 5,643 5,701 6,160 6,775 9,742 10,123 6,603 6,068 5,790
EMPLOYMENT 3,680 3,749 4,142 4,505 4,249 4,650 4,866 5,322 5,087 5,399 6,169 9,067 9,238 5,816 5,558 5,308
UNEMPLOYMENT 180 256 272 313 263 235 311 322 614 761 606 675 885 786 510 482
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 6.4 6.2 6.5 5.8 4.8 6.0 5.7 10.8 12.4 8.9 6.9 8.7 11.9 8.4 8.3
NATRONA COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 23,257 26,200 27,685 30,591 35,163 37,617 39,053 42,353 42,763 40,769 38,196 35,668 33,977 31,960 30,939 31,055
EMPLOYMENT 22,528 25,264 26,847 29,785 34,240 36,796 37,805 41,008 40,151 36,640 35,721 32,869 30,132 28,675 28,897 28,910
UNEMPLOYMENT 729 936 838 806 923 821 1,248 1,345 2,612 4,129 2,474 2,799 3,845 3,286 2,042 2,146
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 3.6 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.2 3.2 3.2 6.1 10.1 6.5 7.8 11.3 10.3 6.6 6.9
NIOBRARA COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 1,144 1,290 1,430 1,455 1,436 1,290 1,277 1,373 1,397 1,635 1,642 1,690 1,672 1,881 1,542 1,496
EMPLOYMENT 1,112 1,252 1,375 1,410 1,377 1,258 1,235 1,334 1,317 1,517 1,558 1,532 1,517 1,737 1,453 1,435
UNEMPLOYMENT 32 38 55 45 59 32 41 40 80 117 84 158 155 144 89 61
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 2.9 3.8 3.1 4.1 2.5 3.2 2.9 5.7 7.2 5.1 9.3 9.3 7.7 5.8 4.1
PARK COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 8,962 9,794 10,322 11,122 11,427 11,565 11,755 12,541 13,186 14,326 14,310 13,381 13,484 13,081 13,485 13,566
EMPLOYMENT 8,666 9,404 9,924 10,753 11,063 11,284 11,343 12,165 12,585 13,525 13,614 12,494 12,223 12,107 12,744 12,804
UNEMPLOYMENT 297 390 398 369 363 281 412 376 601 801 697 887 1,261 973 741 762
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.4 3.5 3.0 4.6 5.6 4.9 6.6 9.4 7.4 5.5 5.6
PLATTE COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 3,018 3,159 3,372 3,766 4,796 5,771 5,863 4,809 4,202 4,254 3,837 3,667 4,244 4,382 4,526 4,375
EMPLOYMENT 2,939 3,067 3,246 3,650 4,659 5,614 5,494 4,448 3,904 3,870 3,559 3,354 3,869 3,985 4,224 4,093
UNEMPLOYMENT 79 92 126 116 138 156 369 361 298 384 278 313 375 397 302 282
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.9 3.7 3.1 2.9 2.7 6.3 7.5 7.1 9.0 7.2 8.5 8.8 9.1 6.7 6.4
SHERIDAN COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 7,595 8,112 8,803 9,516 10,048 10,747 10,975 11,421 12,173 13,381 13,902 12,999 12,849 12,394 12,617 12,845
EMPLOYMENT 7,286 7,760 8,443 9,159 9,707 10,459 10,428 10,812 11,354 12,333 12,888 11,970 11,837 11,412 11,915 12,162
UNEMPLOYMENT 309 352 360 357 342 288 547 609 819 1,049 1,014 1,029 1,011 982 702 684
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.7 5.0 5.3 6.7 7.8 7.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 5.9 5.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 1,861 2,016 2,082 2,183 2,043 2,162 2,273 2,368 2,486 2,622 2,711 3,756 4,110 2,942 2,732 2,861
EMPLOYMENT 1,813 1,950 2,019 2,123 1,982 2,111 2,212 2,314 2,392 2,419 2,567 3,578 3,801 2,583 2,536 2,703
UNEMPLOYMENT 48 66 63 60 61 51 61 54 94 202 143 178 309 360 196 158
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 3.3 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.3 3.8 7.7 5.3 4.7 7.5 12.2 7.2 5.5
SWEETWATER COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 14,233 14,497 15,436 16,347 18,065 19,323 21,116 23,597 23,668 22,487 20,383 20,456 21,405 19,582 19,268 19,072
EMPLOYMENT 13,837 13,920 14,759 15,710 17,428 18,840 20,331 22,722 22,361 20,263 19,082 19,040 19,324 17,399 17,749 17,882
UNEMPLOYMENT 397 577 677 637 637 483 785 875 1,307 2,223 1,301 1,417 2,081 2,183 1,519 1,390
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 4.0 4.4 3.9 3.5 2.5 3.7 3.7 5.5 9.9 6.4 6.9 9.7 11.1 7.9 7.3
TETON COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 4,104 4,506 4,886 5,397 5,727 6,269 6,336 6,794 7,248 7,887 8,624 8,713 9,386 10,119 10,399 11,060
EMPLOYMENT 3,798 4,114 4,485 4,973 5,394 5,984 5,986 6,394 6,816 7,299 8,089 8,229 8,882 9,653 10,040 10,772
UNEMPLOYMENT 306 392 401 424 334 285 350 401 432 588 534 483 504 466 359 289
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 8.7 8.2 7.9 5.8 4.5 5.5 5.9 6.0 7.5 6.2 5.5 5.4 4.6 3.5 2.6
UINTA COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 3,278 3,538 3,642 4,088 4,349 5,152 6,333 8,100 9,831 10,903 11,400 11,103 11,244 10,285 9,800 9,720
EMPLOYMENT 3,170 3,399 3,476 3,927 4,206 5,047 6,129 7,885 9,380 9,997 10,688 10,267 9,823 9,043 8,992 8,913
UNEMPLOYMENT 108 139 166 161 143 104 204 215 451 907 712 836 1,421 1,243 808 807
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.9 4.6 3.9 3.3 2.0 3.2 2.7 4.6 8.3 6.2 7.5 12.6 12.1 8.2 8.3
WASHAKIE COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 3,286 3,608 4,125 4,423 4,455 4,754 4,803 5,040 5,111 5,388 5,186 4,968 4,881 4,806 4,599 4,493
EMPLOYMENT 3,165 3,458 3,978 4,290 4,307 4,607 4,641 4,880 4,839 4,985 4,928 4,631 4,403 4,351 4,301 4,205
UNEMPLOYMENT 121 150 147 134 147 146 162 161 272 403 258 337 478 455 298 288
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.2 5.3 7.5 5.0 6.8 9.8 9.5 6.5 6.4
WESTON COUNTY
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
LABOR FORCE 2,565 2,692 2,829 3,015 2,878 3,200 3,242 3,631 3,686 3,826 3,862 3,532 3,596 3,404 3,432 3,371
EMPLOYMENT 2,491 2,586 2,714 2,909 2,789 3,101 3,143 3,528 3,481 3,525 3,641 3,285 3,265 3,114 3,220 3,137
UNEMPLOYMENT 73 106 115 107 90 100 100 104 204 301 221 247 331 289 212 234
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 3.9 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 5.5 7.9 5.7 7.0 9.2 8.5 6.2 6.9

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