1982 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 43,576 43,613 44,103 43,359 43,610 44,701 41,669 40,918 41,800 41,828 42,411 41,570 42,763
EMPLOYMENT 42,045 42,032 42,359 41,419 41,534 42,199 38,932 37,951 38,594 38,679 38,634 37,435 40,151
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,531 1,581 1,744 1,940 2,076 2,502 2,737 2,967 3,206 3,149 3,777 4,135 2,612
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.5 4.8 5.6 6.6 7.3 7.7 7.5 8.9 9.9 6.1
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,258 31,287 31,644 31,119 31,305 32,103 29,942 29,412 30,054 30,072 30,513 29,926 30,722
EMPLOYMENT 30,102 30,093 30,327 29,654 29,737 30,213 27,874 27,171 27,632 27,693 27,660 26,802 28,746
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,156 1,194 1,317 1,465 1,568 1,890 2,068 2,241 2,422 2,379 2,853 3,124 1,973
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.9 6.9 7.6 8.1 7.9 9.4 10.4 6.4
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,254 13,399 13,551 13,302 13,801 13,709 13,350 13,415 13,997 13,845 13,815 13,963 13,617
EMPLOYMENT 12,606 12,656 12,817 12,593 13,133 13,096 12,768 12,860 13,452 13,202 13,068 13,078 12,944
UNEMPLOYMENT 648 743 734 709 668 613 582 555 545 643 747 885 673
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.6 5.4 6.3 4.9
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,576 5,759 5,864 5,867 6,009 6,449 6,076 5,993 6,241 5,974 5,803 5,765 5,948
EMPLOYMENT 5,374 5,530 5,598 5,520 5,611 6,004 5,540 5,468 5,723 5,493 5,312 5,157 5,528
UNEMPLOYMENT 202 229 266 347 398 445 536 525 518 481 491 608 421
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 4.0 4.5 5.9 6.6 6.9 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.1 8.5 10.5 7.1
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,537 18,847 18,914 20,766 21,354 21,777 21,108 20,623 20,580 20,104 19,346 18,556 20,043
EMPLOYMENT 17,782 18,170 18,184 19,936 20,575 20,847 20,143 19,625 19,616 19,016 18,274 17,370 19,128
UNEMPLOYMENT 755 677 730 830 779 930 965 998 964 1,088 1,072 1,186 915
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.6 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.7 5.4 5.5 6.4 4.6
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,935 9,977 10,075 10,495 10,737 11,130 10,565 10,538 10,468 10,273 10,262 10,123 10,381
EMPLOYMENT 9,443 9,408 9,304 9,424 9,672 10,152 9,628 9,744 9,714 9,576 9,360 8,988 9,534
UNEMPLOYMENT 492 569 771 1,071 1,065 978 937 794 754 697 902 1,135 847
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.7 7.7 10.2 9.9 8.8 8.9 7.5 7.2 6.8 8.8 11.2 8.2
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,486 7,383 7,431 7,716 7,921 8,090 7,599 7,509 7,556 7,237 7,187 7,058 7,514
EMPLOYMENT 7,140 7,022 7,069 7,273 7,428 7,603 7,151 7,039 7,085 6,724 6,647 6,480 7,055
UNEMPLOYMENT 346 361 362 443 493 487 448 470 471 513 540 578 459
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.9 4.9 5.7 6.2 6.0 5.9 6.3 6.2 7.1 7.5 8.2 6.1
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,290 2,386 2,436 2,573 2,617 2,860 2,695 2,693 2,822 2,707 2,675 2,708 2,622
EMPLOYMENT 2,160 2,243 2,280 2,442 2,508 2,749 2,602 2,613 2,728 2,583 2,536 2,529 2,498
UNEMPLOYMENT 130 143 156 131 109 111 93 80 94 124 139 179 124
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 6.0 6.4 5.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.0 3.3 4.6 5.2 6.6 4.7
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,365 17,510 17,598 17,726 18,221 18,444 17,440 17,548 18,318 18,688 17,878 17,676 17,868
EMPLOYMENT 16,205 16,341 16,438 16,590 17,058 16,984 15,480 15,661 17,062 16,798 16,437 16,112 16,430
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,160 1,169 1,160 1,136 1,163 1,460 1,960 1,887 1,256 1,890 1,441 1,564 1,437
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.4 7.9 11.2 10.8 6.9 10.1 8.1 8.8 8.0
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,624 5,869 5,607 6,051 6,311 6,568 6,190 6,271 6,332 6,597 6,451 6,397 6,189
EMPLOYMENT 5,338 5,437 5,282 5,766 6,028 6,237 5,940 6,013 6,055 6,315 6,160 6,067 5,887
UNEMPLOYMENT 286 432 325 285 283 331 250 258 277 282 291 330 302
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 7.4 5.8 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.5 5.2 4.9
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,469 2,500 2,599 2,701 2,795 2,829 2,743 2,622 2,797 2,712 2,701 2,736 2,684
EMPLOYMENT 2,375 2,396 2,490 2,578 2,651 2,669 2,590 2,503 2,655 2,581 2,579 2,592 2,555
UNEMPLOYMENT 94 104 109 123 144 160 153 119 142 131 122 144 129
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.6 5.2 5.7 5.6 4.5 5.1 4.8 4.5 5.3 4.8
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,313 3,397 3,533 3,669 3,785 4,173 3,998 4,079 4,094 4,171 3,992 3,987 3,849
EMPLOYMENT 3,060 3,134 3,286 3,463 3,591 3,979 3,811 3,900 3,882 3,967 3,762 3,710 3,629
UNEMPLOYMENT 253 263 247 206 194 194 187 179 212 204 230 277 221
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 7.7 7.0 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.4 5.2 4.9 5.8 6.9 5.7
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,635 31,606 32,055 32,600 32,989 34,212 36,294 35,928 36,143 34,078 34,083 34,369 33,833
EMPLOYMENT 29,914 29,876 30,429 30,788 31,330 32,554 34,866 34,615 34,796 32,235 32,087 32,243 32,144
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,721 1,730 1,626 1,812 1,659 1,658 1,428 1,313 1,347 1,843 1,996 2,126 1,688
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.6 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 5.4 5.9 6.2 5.0
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,328 5,448 5,364 5,523 5,731 6,179 6,004 6,011 6,070 5,696 5,560 5,500 5,701
EMPLOYMENT 4,687 4,791 4,795 4,936 5,211 5,619 5,423 5,472 5,516 5,039 4,858 4,699 5,087
UNEMPLOYMENT 641 657 569 587 520 560 581 539 554 657 702 801 614
UNEMPL. RATE 12.0 12.1 10.6 10.6 9.1 9.1 9.7 9.0 9.1 11.5 12.6 14.6 10.8
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,140 1,233 1,244 1,400 1,453 1,551 1,413 1,406 1,490 1,558 1,511 1,363 1,397
EMPLOYMENT 1,089 1,159 1,170 1,333 1,358 1,465 1,312 1,304 1,407 1,486 1,419 1,303 1,317
UNEMPLOYMENT 51 74 74 67 95 86 101 102 83 72 92 60 80
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 6.0 5.9 4.8 6.5 5.5 7.1 7.3 5.6 4.6 6.1 4.4 5.7
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,031 11,033 11,249 12,017 13,163 15,789 16,378 16,323 14,441 12,683 12,246 11,884 13,186
EMPLOYMENT 10,587 10,574 10,838 11,510 12,584 15,131 15,729 15,647 13,726 12,006 11,572 11,122 12,585
UNEMPLOYMENT 444 459 411 507 579 658 649 676 715 677 674 762 601
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.1 5.0 5.3 5.5 6.4 4.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,162 4,144 4,036 4,163 4,645 4,617 4,236 4,033 4,210 4,107 3,988 4,081 4,202
EMPLOYMENT 3,840 3,862 3,783 3,897 4,351 4,285 3,920 3,758 3,958 3,816 3,670 3,707 3,904
UNEMPLOYMENT 322 282 253 266 294 332 316 275 252 291 318 374 298
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.3 7.2 7.5 6.8 6.0 7.1 8.0 9.2 7.1
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,145 11,383 11,561 11,800 12,136 12,378 12,087 12,513 12,985 13,109 12,554 12,427 12,173
EMPLOYMENT 10,365 10,527 10,707 11,052 11,470 11,701 11,476 11,771 12,215 12,060 11,591 11,316 11,354
UNEMPLOYMENT 780 856 854 748 666 677 611 742 770 1,049 963 1,111 819
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 7.5 7.4 6.3 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.9 5.9 8.0 7.7 8.9 6.7
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,058 2,178 2,168 2,320 2,509 2,753 2,717 2,686 2,783 2,624 2,573 2,464 2,486
EMPLOYMENT 2,013 2,115 2,114 2,236 2,431 2,648 2,613 2,571 2,652 2,498 2,464 2,349 2,392
UNEMPLOYMENT 45 63 54 84 78 105 104 115 131 126 109 115 94
UNEMPL. RATE 2.2 2.9 2.5 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.7 3.8
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 23,710 23,929 24,349 24,115 24,655 24,628 23,005 23,265 23,499 23,371 22,889 22,604 23,668
EMPLOYMENT 22,613 22,901 23,333 23,044 23,471 23,327 21,659 21,800 22,116 21,940 21,311 20,817 22,361
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,097 1,028 1,016 1,071 1,184 1,301 1,346 1,465 1,383 1,431 1,578 1,787 1,307
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.8 5.3 5.9 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.9 7.9 5.5
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,110 6,070 6,085 5,895 6,271 8,967 9,530 9,732 8,833 6,798 6,323 6,362 7,248
EMPLOYMENT 5,666 5,573 5,610 5,310 5,809 8,690 9,312 9,497 8,548 6,340 5,710 5,730 6,816
UNEMPLOYMENT 444 497 475 585 462 277 218 235 285 458 613 632 432
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 8.2 7.8 9.9 7.4 3.1 2.3 2.4 3.2 6.7 9.7 9.9 6.0
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,991 8,896 8,857 9,179 9,466 9,728 10,016 10,192 10,400 10,689 10,832 10,725 9,831
EMPLOYMENT 8,549 8,623 8,565 8,838 9,116 9,307 9,520 9,719 9,929 10,123 10,216 10,049 9,380
UNEMPLOYMENT 442 273 292 341 350 421 496 473 471 566 616 676 451
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.7 4.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 5.3 5.7 6.3 4.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,934 5,054 4,931 5,000 5,041 5,346 5,395 5,177 5,116 5,184 5,121 5,028 5,111
EMPLOYMENT 4,734 4,771 4,693 4,749 4,798 5,080 5,062 4,873 4,839 4,914 4,829 4,723 4,839
UNEMPLOYMENT 200 283 238 251 243 266 333 304 277 270 292 305 272
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 5.6 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.0 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.7 6.1 5.3
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,576 3,572 3,640 3,663 3,812 3,698 3,677 3,674 3,812 3,718 3,679 3,710 3,686
EMPLOYMENT 3,436 3,434 3,475 3,472 3,614 3,504 3,448 3,461 3,589 3,482 3,406 3,458 3,481
UNEMPLOYMENT 140 138 165 191 198 194 229 213 223 236 273 252 204
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.9 4.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 6.2 5.8 5.8 6.3 7.4 6.8 5.5

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