1978 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,650 11,702 11,878 12,310 12,788 13,284 12,897 13,165 13,659 13,126 13,122 12,901 12,707
EMPLOYMENT 11,253 11,323 11,470 11,898 12,395 12,823 12,517 12,813 13,218 12,758 12,630 12,466 12,297
UNEMPLOYMENT 397 379 408 412 393 461 380 352 441 368 492 435 410
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.5 2.9 2.7 3.2 2.8 3.7 3.4 3.2
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,378 4,458 4,638 4,991 5,194 5,653 5,452 5,393 5,561 5,299 5,076 4,973 5,086
EMPLOYMENT 4,219 4,301 4,436 4,788 5,002 5,418 5,261 5,223 5,424 5,178 4,922 4,829 4,917
UNEMPLOYMENT 159 157 202 203 192 235 191 170 137 121 154 144 172
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.5 4.4 4.1 3.7 4.2 3.5 3.2 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.9 3.4
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,005 11,022 11,139 11,587 11,889 12,647 12,802 12,556 12,802 12,765 12,811 12,441 12,122
EMPLOYMENT 10,456 10,630 10,825 11,242 11,562 12,201 12,302 12,269 12,376 12,475 12,251 11,988 11,715
UNEMPLOYMENT 549 392 314 345 327 446 500 287 426 290 560 453 407
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 3.6 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.5 3.9 2.3 3.3 2.3 4.4 3.6 3.4
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,858 7,909 8,185 8,725 9,159 9,934 9,692 10,016 9,945 9,304 9,226 9,231 9,099
EMPLOYMENT 7,583 7,682 7,943 8,511 8,979 9,735 9,502 9,828 9,541 9,166 8,974 8,899 8,862
UNEMPLOYMENT 275 227 242 214 180 199 190 188 404 138 252 332 237
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 4.1 1.5 2.7 3.6 2.6
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,363 5,433 5,502 5,830 5,952 6,205 6,197 6,346 6,502 6,251 6,379 6,134 6,008
EMPLOYMENT 5,146 5,254 5,374 5,694 5,802 6,074 6,060 6,178 6,266 6,078 6,145 5,967 5,837
UNEMPLOYMENT 217 179 128 136 150 131 137 168 236 173 234 167 171
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 3.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.6 3.6 2.8 3.7 2.7 2.8
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,003 2,120 2,118 2,396 2,485 2,794 2,727 2,735 2,866 2,883 2,591 2,472 2,516
EMPLOYMENT 1,924 2,035 2,049 2,349 2,435 2,721 2,683 2,670 2,652 2,620 2,494 2,417 2,421
UNEMPLOYMENT 79 85 69 47 50 73 44 65 214 263 97 55 95
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 4.0 3.3 2.0 2.0 2.6 1.6 2.4 7.5 9.1 3.7 2.2 3.8
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,873 14,954 15,274 16,216 16,608 17,353 16,924 17,066 17,409 16,760 17,208 16,519 16,430
EMPLOYMENT 14,178 14,231 14,659 15,589 15,948 16,601 16,402 16,424 16,753 16,149 15,935 15,821 15,724
UNEMPLOYMENT 695 723 615 627 660 752 522 642 656 611 1,273 698 706
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 4.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.3 3.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 7.4 4.2 4.3
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,288 5,246 5,314 5,615 5,794 6,390 6,060 6,098 6,120 6,146 6,140 5,989 5,850
EMPLOYMENT 5,064 4,920 5,024 5,408 5,622 6,212 5,894 5,954 5,999 6,031 5,919 5,832 5,657
UNEMPLOYMENT 224 326 290 207 172 178 166 144 121 115 221 157 193
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 6.2 5.5 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.9 3.6 2.6 3.3
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,070 2,091 2,176 2,336 2,450 2,331 2,400 2,467 2,541 2,337 2,310 2,286 2,316
EMPLOYMENT 2,023 2,043 2,125 2,300 2,409 2,288 2,368 2,387 2,459 2,287 2,252 2,214 2,263
UNEMPLOYMENT 47 48 51 36 41 43 32 80 82 50 58 72 53
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.3 3.2 3.2 2.1 2.5 3.1 2.3
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,687 2,683 2,763 3,082 3,306 3,698 3,626 3,623 3,606 3,401 3,248 3,122 3,237
EMPLOYMENT 2,570 2,543 2,637 3,007 3,212 3,632 3,522 3,566 3,563 3,339 3,140 3,038 3,147
UNEMPLOYMENT 117 140 126 75 94 66 104 57 43 62 108 84 90
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 5.2 4.6 2.4 2.8 1.8 2.9 1.6 1.2 1.8 3.3 2.7 2.8
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,823 26,905 27,148 28,218 28,570 30,011 29,673 29,409 29,750 29,382 29,496 29,345 28,728
EMPLOYMENT 25,717 25,889 26,332 27,350 27,752 28,851 28,649 28,539 28,807 28,487 28,422 28,337 27,761
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,106 1,016 816 868 818 1,160 1,024 870 943 895 1,074 1,008 967
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.8 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.6 3.4 3.4
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,100 4,125 4,142 4,269 4,432 4,990 4,720 4,752 4,979 4,580 4,431 4,628 4,512
EMPLOYMENT 3,779 3,806 3,831 3,995 4,183 4,734 4,480 4,530 4,727 4,389 4,187 4,348 4,249
UNEMPLOYMENT 321 319 311 274 249 256 240 222 252 191 244 280 263
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.7 7.5 6.4 5.6 5.1 5.1 4.7 5.1 4.2 5.5 6.1 5.8
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,995 32,061 32,784 34,210 34,725 35,310 35,607 35,686 36,240 37,541 37,843 37,951 35,163
EMPLOYMENT 31,038 31,258 31,966 33,413 33,906 34,460 34,481 34,775 35,386 36,504 36,766 36,924 34,240
UNEMPLOYMENT 957 803 818 797 819 850 1,126 911 854 1,037 1,077 1,027 923
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,275 1,342 1,408 1,437 1,489 1,610 1,561 1,594 1,634 1,378 1,272 1,231 1,436
EMPLOYMENT 1,201 1,253 1,323 1,381 1,458 1,571 1,538 1,558 1,570 1,260 1,223 1,186 1,377
UNEMPLOYMENT 74 89 85 56 31 39 23 36 64 118 49 45 59
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 6.6 6.0 3.9 2.1 2.4 1.5 2.3 3.9 8.6 3.9 3.7 4.1
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,040 9,179 9,377 10,109 11,228 14,356 14,715 14,553 12,625 11,034 10,604 10,299 11,427
EMPLOYMENT 8,636 8,770 9,014 9,781 10,963 13,957 14,280 14,253 14,267 10,760 10,188 9,892 11,063
UNEMPLOYMENT 404 409 363 328 265 399 435 300 358 274 416 407 363
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.5 3.9 3.2 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.1 2.8 2.5 3.9 4.0 3.2
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,750 3,759 3,969 4,618 4,977 5,157 4,989 5,193 5,430 5,330 5,289 5,094 4,796
EMPLOYMENT 3,610 3,634 3,870 4,503 4,835 5,022 4,851 5,051 5,301 5,199 5,098 4,929 4,659
UNEMPLOYMENT 140 125 99 115 142 135 138 142 129 131 191 165 138
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.5 3.6 3.2 2.9
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,892 9,010 9,229 9,939 10,124 10,536 10,548 10,697 10,671 10,376 10,406 10,150 10,048
EMPLOYMENT 8,497 8,571 8,824 9,578 9,802 10,218 10,281 10,410 10,450 10,151 9,949 9,748 9,707
UNEMPLOYMENT 395 439 405 361 322 318 267 287 221 225 457 402 342
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 4.9 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.1 2.2 4.4 4.0 3.4
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,634 1,709 1,866 2,006 2,063 2,309 2,230 2,273 2,222 2,159 2,053 1,996 2,043
EMPLOYMENT 1,582 1,659 1,756 1,956 2,004 2,236 2,178 2,211 2,156 2,109 1,992 1,947 1,982
UNEMPLOYMENT 52 50 110 50 59 73 52 62 66 50 61 49 61
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 2.9 5.9 2.5 2.9 3.2 2.3 2.7 3.0 2.3 3.0 2.5 3.0
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,676 16,771 17,031 17,595 18,010 18,626 18,364 18,914 18,964 18,380 18,985 18,467 18,065
EMPLOYMENT 15,932 16,077 16,464 17,052 17,459 17,909 17,684 18,287 18,334 17,852 18,229 17,862 17,428
UNEMPLOYMENT 744 694 567 543 551 717 680 627 630 528 756 605 637
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.3 2.9 4.0 3.3 3.5
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,342 4,341 4,366 4,609 5,102 7,588 8,003 7,971 6,751 5,314 4,953 5,387 5,727
EMPLOYMENT 3,968 3,948 4,000 4,207 4,781 7,342 7,773 7,744 6,459 4,999 4,529 4,972 5,394
UNEMPLOYMENT 374 393 366 402 321 246 230 227 292 315 424 415 334
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 9.1 8.4 8.7 6.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 4.3 5.9 8.6 7.7 5.8
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,793 3,892 3,979 4,307 4,346 4,598 4,632 4,734 4,666 4,419 4,425 4,400 4,349
EMPLOYMENT 3,667 3,749 3,849 4,138 4,191 4,443 4,491 4,581 4,486 4,328 4,270 4,280 4,206
UNEMPLOYMENT 126 143 130 169 155 155 141 153 180 91 155 120 143
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.9 2.1 3.5 2.7 3.3
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,897 3,926 3,945 4,163 4,386 4,935 4,761 4,687 4,751 4,787 4,656 4,561 4,455
EMPLOYMENT 3,754 3,760 3,783 4,032 4,275 4,739 4,596 4,579 4,582 4,649 4,492 4,447 4,307
UNEMPLOYMENT 143 166 162 131 111 196 165 108 169 138 164 114 147
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.2 4.1 3.1 2.5 4.0 3.5 2.3 3.6 2.9 3.5 2.5 3.3
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,458 2,513 2,585 2,720 2,839 3,026 3,091 3,065 3,046 3,093 3,034 3,065 2,878
EMPLOYMENT 2,354 2,387 2,495 2,634 2,765 2,946 2,987 2,994 2,977 3,018 2,957 2,949 2,789
UNEMPLOYMENT 104 126 90 86 74 80 104 71 69 75 77 116 90
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 5.0 3.5 3.2 2.6 2.6 3.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.8 3.1

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