1980 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,076 37,045 37,623 38,298 39,305 40,950 38,948 39,412 40,570 39,947 39,660 39,801 39,053
EMPLOYMENT 35,877 35,917 36,537 37,218 38,244 39,389 37,534 38,234 39,315 38,680 38,261 38,456 37,805
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,199 1,128 1,086 1,080 1,061 1,561 1,414 1,178 1,255 1,267 1,399 1,345 1,248
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.8 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.2
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,591 26,567 26,979 27,462 28,182 29,380 27,941 28,264 29,096 28,650 28,450 28,549 28,009
EMPLOYMENT 25,686 25,715 26,159 26,646 27,381 28,201 26,873 27,374 28,148 27,693 27,393 27,533 27,067
UNEMPLOYMENT 905 852 820 816 801 1,179 1,068 890 948 957 1,057 1,016 942
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 4.0 3.8 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.4
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,939 12,973 12,584 12,855 13,357 13,399 13,379 13,178 13,839 13,881 13,655 13,513 13,296
EMPLOYMENT 12,289 12,323 11,936 12,195 12,744 12,674 12,698 12,647 13,290 13,225 12,949 12,865 12,653
UNEMPLOYMENT 650 650 648 660 613 725 681 531 549 656 706 648 643
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.6 5.4 5.1 4.0 4.0 4.7 5.2 4.8 4.8
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,875 4,945 4,926 5,195 5,323 5,624 5,451 5,401 5,806 5,745 5,544 5,233 5,339
EMPLOYMENT 4,713 4,807 4,748 5,043 5,150 5,426 5,269 5,282 5,584 5,604 5,301 5,047 5,165
UNEMPLOYMENT 162 138 178 152 173 198 182 119 222 141 243 186 175
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 2.8 3.6 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.3 2.2 3.8 2.5 4.4 3.6 3.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,120 13,266 13,302 13,621 14,014 14,924 14,811 14,903 15,151 15,306 15,397 15,345 14,430
EMPLOYMENT 12,713 12,846 12,816 13,214 13,554 14,274 14,319 14,470 14,816 14,826 14,758 14,781 13,949
UNEMPLOYMENT 407 420 486 407 460 650 492 433 335 480 639 564 481
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.0 3.3 4.4 3.3 2.9 2.2 3.1 4.2 3.7 3.3
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,040 10,012 10,075 10,456 10,785 11,529 11,333 11,508 11,410 11,545 11,324 10,962 10,915
EMPLOYMENT 9,673 9,679 9,798 10,092 10,525 11,192 11,063 11,309 11,208 11,192 10,985 10,557 10,606
UNEMPLOYMENT 367 333 277 364 260 337 270 199 202 353 339 405 309
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.3 2.7 3.5 2.4 2.9 2.4 1.7 1.8 3.1 3.0 3.7 2.8
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,098 7,097 7,193 7,536 7,709 8,104 8,400 8,208 8,077 8,046 8,023 8,008 7,792
EMPLOYMENT 6,858 6,857 7,004 7,313 7,467 7,897 8,009 7,933 7,850 7,705 7,674 7,650 7,518
UNEMPLOYMENT 240 240 189 223 242 207 391 275 227 341 349 358 274
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.0 3.1 2.6 4.7 3.4 2.8 4.2 4.3 4.5 3.5
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,090 2,166 2,144 2,281 2,373 2,694 2,350 2,410 2,560 2,420 2,381 2,354 2,352
EMPLOYMENT 2,045 2,115 2,081 2,217 2,302 2,578 2,259 2,320 2,461 2,347 2,316 2,266 2,276
UNEMPLOYMENT 45 51 63 64 71 116 91 90 99 73 65 88 76
UNEMPL. RATE 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.8 3.0 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.0 2.7 3.7 3.2
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,288 17,454 17,687 17,847 18,265 18,388 17,914 18,101 18,190 18,758 18,311 17,734 17,995
EMPLOYMENT 16,635 16,794 17,035 17,172 17,526 17,543 17,251 17,498 17,510 17,923 17,357 16,858 17,259
UNEMPLOYMENT 653 660 652 675 739 845 663 603 680 835 954 876 736
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.6 3.7 3.3 3.7 4.5 5.2 4.9 4.1
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,430 5,645 5,632 5,764 6,062 6,466 6,119 6,292 6,397 6,671 6,366 6,362 6,101
EMPLOYMENT 5,145 5,312 5,366 5,567 5,828 6,185 5,839 6,035 5,960 6,252 5,940 5,940 5,781
UNEMPLOYMENT 285 333 266 197 234 281 280 257 437 419 426 422 320
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.9 4.7 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.1 6.8 6.3 6.7 6.6 5.2
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,450 2,496 2,539 2,688 2,800 2,924 2,959 2,786 2,914 2,677 2,598 2,646 2,706
EMPLOYMENT 2,396 2,441 2,478 2,629 2,735 2,839 2,853 2,718 2,813 2,614 2,528 2,566 2,634
UNEMPLOYMENT 54 55 61 59 65 85 106 68 101 63 70 80 72
UNEMPL. RATE 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.9 3.6 2.4 3.5 2.4 2.7 3.0 2.7
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,064 3,107 3,134 3,294 3,536 3,897 3,845 3,887 3,957 3,794 3,770 3,634 3,577
EMPLOYMENT 2,923 2,978 3,020 3,193 3,417 3,790 3,712 3,798 3,860 3,688 3,600 3,497 3,456
UNEMPLOYMENT 141 129 114 101 119 107 133 89 97 106 170 137 120
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.1 3.4 2.7 3.5 2.3 2.5 2.8 4.5 3.8 3.4
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 29,939 30,027 30,434 30,744 31,225 32,150 31,998 31,698 31,981 32,090 31,712 31,554 31,296
EMPLOYMENT 28,788 28,787 29,277 29,648 30,118 30,760 30,799 30,546 30,949 30,804 30,408 30,201 30,090
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,151 1,240 1,157 1,096 1,107 1,390 1,199 1,152 1,032 1,286 1,304 1,353 1,206
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.5 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.2 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,508 4,615 4,764 4,857 5,010 5,445 5,263 5,325 5,573 5,722 5,662 5,377 5,177
EMPLOYMENT 4,085 4,163 4,307 4,499 4,741 5,194 5,037 5,124 5,349 5,459 5,358 5,075 4,866
UNEMPLOYMENT 423 452 457 358 269 251 226 201 224 263 304 302 311
UNEMPL. RATE 9.4 9.8 9.6 7.4 5.4 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.6 5.4 5.6 6.0
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,069 1,094 1,093 1,250 1,334 1,389 1,302 1,331 1,420 1,400 1,340 1,299 1,277
EMPLOYMENT 1,033 1,042 1,037 1,223 1,281 1,348 1,250 1,298 1,384 1,370 1,303 1,256 1,235
UNEMPLOYMENT 36 52 56 27 53 41 52 33 36 30 37 43 41
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 4.8 5.1 2.2 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.8 3.3 3.2
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,710 9,729 10,001 10,555 11,333 14,081 14,659 14,947 13,525 11,352 10,701 10,461 11,755
EMPLOYMENT 9,356 9,352 9,637 10,104 10,987 13,539 14,188 14,499 13,078 10,972 10,306 10,098 11,343
UNEMPLOYMENT 354 377 364 451 346 542 471 448 447 380 395 363 412
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.9 3.6 4.3 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.5
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,895 5,963 5,873 5,913 6,146 6,419 5,724 5,982 5,858 5,727 5,497 5,361 5,863
EMPLOYMENT 5,617 5,659 5,595 5,696 5,879 6,059 5,400 5,337 5,453 5,320 5,058 4,858 5,494
UNEMPLOYMENT 278 304 278 217 267 360 324 645 405 407 439 503 369
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 5.1 4.7 3.7 4.3 5.6 5.7 10.8 6.9 7.1 8.0 9.4 6.3
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,580 10,557 10,788 10,834 11,055 11,288 11,010 11,130 11,328 11,228 10,983 10,913 10,975
EMPLOYMENT 10,018 10,008 10,228 10,316 10,540 10,726 10,477 10,679 10,904 10,676 10,339 10,224 10,428
UNEMPLOYMENT 562 549 560 518 515 562 533 451 424 552 644 689 547
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.1 3.7 4.9 5.9 6.3 5.0
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,919 1,924 2,005 2,025 2,109 2,394 2,401 2,488 2,592 2,567 2,453 2,396 2,273
EMPLOYMENT 1,877 1,868 1,955 1,974 2,060 2,314 2,343 2,432 2,531 2,482 2,359 2,346 2,212
UNEMPLOYMENT 42 56 50 51 49 80 58 56 61 85 94 50 61
UNEMPL. RATE 2.2 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.3 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 3.3 3.8 2.1 2.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,148 19,372 19,831 20,314 20,775 22,020 21,602 21,768 22,597 22,134 22,133 21,692 21,116
EMPLOYMENT 18,390 18,624 19,097 19,581 20,166 21,093 20,845 20,991 21,886 21,328 21,124 20,847 20,331
UNEMPLOYMENT 758 748 734 733 609 927 757 777 711 806 1,009 845 785
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.6 2.9 4.2 3.5 3.6 3.1 3.6 4.6 3.9 3.7
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,226 5,275 5,421 5,223 5,602 7,931 8,526 8,586 7,482 5,708 5,411 5,644 6,336
EMPLOYMENT 4,818 4,794 4,904 4,814 5,254 7,616 8,291 8,333 7,314 5,412 5,019 5,268 5,986
UNEMPLOYMENT 408 481 517 409 348 315 235 253 168 296 392 376 350
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 9.1 9.5 7.8 6.2 4.0 2.8 2.9 2.2 5.2 7.2 6.7 5.5
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,318 5,380 5,530 5,827 6,119 6,374 6,421 6,635 6,914 6,980 7,298 7,203 6,333
EMPLOYMENT 5,115 5,235 5,346 5,661 5,961 6,139 6,199 6,442 6,766 6,783 6,908 6,998 6,129
UNEMPLOYMENT 203 145 184 166 158 235 222 193 148 197 390 205 204
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 2.7 3.3 2.8 2.6 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.1 2.8 5.3 2.8 3.2
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,619 4,542 4,502 4,612 4,796 4,920 5,048 4,952 4,843 5,066 4,885 4,854 4,803
EMPLOYMENT 4,384 4,363 4,295 4,471 4,669 4,781 4,875 4,824 4,737 4,894 4,695 4,705 4,641
UNEMPLOYMENT 235 179 207 141 127 139 173 128 106 172 190 149 162
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 3.9 4.6 3.1 2.6 2.8 3.4 2.6 2.2 3.4 3.9 3.1 3.4
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,103 3,085 3,054 3,080 3,164 3,170 3,257 3,349 3,541 3,477 3,343 3,286 3,242
EMPLOYMENT 2,979 2,973 2,951 2,978 3,090 3,069 3,167 3,258 3,457 3,369 3,233 3,186 3,143
UNEMPLOYMENT 124 112 103 102 74 101 90 91 84 108 110 100 100
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.1

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