1983 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,117 14,230 14,601 14,571 15,209 15,257 15,314 15,379 16,068 15,771 15,696 15,366 15,132
EMPLOYMENT 13,030 13,254 13,524 13,623 14,358 14,390 14,447 14,609 15,245 15,152 14,993 14,543 14,264
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,087 976 1,077 948 850 868 867 771 823 619 703 822 868
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 6.9 7.4 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.1 3.9 4.5 5.4 5.7
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,329 5,392 5,482 5,634 5,889 6,290 5,739 5,630 5,771 5,673 5,577 5,223 5,636
EMPLOYMENT 4,652 4,603 4,752 4,982 5,259 5,685 5,215 5,215 5,441 5,366 5,273 4,913 5,113
UNEMPLOYMENT 677 789 731 652 630 606 524 415 331 307 304 311 523
UNEMPL. RATE 12.7 14.6 13.3 11.6 10.7 9.6 9.1 7.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.9 9.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,001 19,371 19,416 19,639 19,952 20,776 20,474 20,369 20,374 19,492 19,634 19,495 19,833
EMPLOYMENT 17,555 17,698 17,660 17,811 18,339 19,035 18,964 19,101 19,118 18,445 18,655 18,459 18,403
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,446 1,673 1,755 1,828 1,613 1,741 1,510 1,268 1,256 1,047 979 1,035 1,429
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 8.6 9.0 9.3 8.1 8.4 7.4 6.2 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.3 7.2
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,812 9,817 9,929 10,395 10,631 11,326 11,044 11,024 11,278 10,524 10,196 9,945 10,493
EMPLOYMENT 8,633 8,605 8,640 8,807 9,262 9,855 9,754 9,914 10,220 9,646 9,303 8,990 9,302
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,179 1,212 1,289 1,588 1,369 1,471 1,290 1,109 1,058 878 892 954 1,191
UNEMPL. RATE 12.0 12.3 13.0 15.3 12.9 13.0 11.7 10.1 9.4 8.3 8.8 9.6 11.4
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,083 7,108 7,137 7,381 7,431 7,735 7,562 7,675 7,776 7,382 7,094 7,085 7,371
EMPLOYMENT 6,351 6,310 6,314 6,528 6,714 7,001 6,925 7,090 7,295 6,916 6,625 6,518 6,716
UNEMPLOYMENT 732 798 823 852 716 733 636 585 481 465 470 566 655
UNEMPL. RATE 10.3 11.2 11.5 11.5 9.6 9.5 8.4 7.6 6.2 6.3 6.6 8.0 8.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,549 2,630 2,707 2,764 2,782 3,240 2,999 3,018 3,132 2,983 2,921 2,750 2,873
EMPLOYMENT 2,342 2,402 2,469 2,504 2,583 3,076 2,846 2,863 2,964 2,835 2,765 2,587 2,686
UNEMPLOYMENT 207 229 238 260 199 164 153 155 168 148 156 163 187
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 8.7 8.8 9.4 7.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.9 6.5
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,965 18,343 18,710 18,976 19,323 19,699 19,125 19,180 19,732 20,298 19,345 18,894 19,132
EMPLOYMENT 16,034 16,271 16,484 16,733 17,219 17,605 17,185 17,575 18,180 17,946 17,012 16,502 17,062
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,931 2,073 2,226 2,243 2,104 2,094 1,940 1,605 1,552 2,352 2,333 2,391 2,070
UNEMPL. RATE 10.7 11.3 11.9 11.8 10.9 10.6 10.1 8.4 7.9 11.6 12.1 12.7 10.8
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,287 6,410 6,651 6,885 7,170 7,460 7,071 7,002 7,076 7,396 7,067 6,869 6,945
EMPLOYMENT 5,877 5,941 6,165 6,484 6,751 7,052 6,682 6,643 6,823 7,135 6,702 6,472 6,561
UNEMPLOYMENT 410 469 486 401 419 407 389 359 252 261 365 397 385
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 7.3 7.3 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.1 3.6 3.5 5.2 5.8 5.5
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,801 2,867 2,859 2,862 2,975 3,108 2,955 2,905 3,040 2,959 2,919 2,859 2,926
EMPLOYMENT 2,560 2,591 2,650 2,668 2,773 2,892 2,786 2,771 2,888 2,847 2,818 2,753 2,750
UNEMPLOYMENT 242 276 209 194 201 216 168 133 152 113 102 106 176
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 9.6 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.9 5.7 4.6 5.0 3.8 3.5 3.7 6.0
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,910 3,921 3,973 4,057 4,167 4,570 4,194 4,195 4,164 4,119 3,999 3,982 4,104
EMPLOYMENT 3,503 3,508 3,562 3,677 3,827 4,267 3,970 4,007 3,979 3,905 3,763 3,650 3,802
UNEMPLOYMENT 407 413 411 380 340 303 224 187 185 214 235 333 303
UNEMPL. RATE 10.4 10.5 10.3 9.4 8.2 6.6 5.3 4.5 4.4 5.2 5.9 8.4 7.4
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 32,615 32,838 33,263 34,008 34,751 36,053 35,908 35,325 36,176 36,021 35,891 36,164 34,918
EMPLOYMENT 30,221 30,370 30,840 31,564 32,484 33,707 33,634 33,134 33,881 33,913 33,608 33,477 32,569
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,394 2,468 2,423 2,444 2,266 2,346 2,274 2,191 2,294 2,108 2,283 2,687 2,348
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.3 5.9 6.4 7.4 6.7
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,585 5,724 5,898 6,064 6,116 6,530 6,478 6,523 6,852 6,148 6,040 5,966 6,160
EMPLOYMENT 4,631 4,629 4,916 5,003 5,260 5,769 5,768 5,963 6,333 5,666 5,495 5,358 5,399
UNEMPLOYMENT 954 1,095 982 1,062 856 760 710 560 519 482 545 608 761
UNEMPL. RATE 17.1 19.1 16.7 17.5 14.0 11.6 11.0 8.6 7.6 7.8 9.0 10.2 12.4
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 41,481 40,670 40,967 40,774 41,140 42,044 40,292 40,689 41,235 40,074 40,018 39,846 40,769
EMPLOYMENT 36,735 36,128 36,142 35,871 36,629 37,285 35,760 36,699 37,362 37,023 37,136 36,910 36,640
UNEMPLOYMENT 4,746 4,542 4,825 4,903 4,511 4,759 4,532 3,990 3,873 3,050 2,882 2,935 4,129
UNEMPL. RATE 11.4 11.2 11.8 12.0 11.0 11.3 11.2 9.8 9.4 7.6 7.2 7.4 10.1
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,375 1,379 1,463 1,573 1,638 1,852 1,745 1,737 1,885 1,755 1,683 1,531 1,635
EMPLOYMENT 1,252 1,279 1,332 1,428 1,506 1,666 1,598 1,625 1,777 1,669 1,619 1,458 1,517
UNEMPLOYMENT 123 101 131 145 133 185 146 112 108 85 64 73 117
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 7.3 9.0 9.2 8.1 10.0 8.4 6.5 5.7 4.9 3.8 4.8 7.2
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,773 12,066 12,261 12,586 13,449 16,769 17,597 17,844 16,555 14,547 13,307 13,159 14,326
EMPLOYMENT 10,726 10,899 11,353 11,662 12,586 15,891 16,889 17,197 15,940 13,950 12,662 12,546 13,525
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,046 1,167 908 924 863 878 708 646 616 597 645 613 801
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 9.7 7.4 7.3 6.4 5.2 4.0 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.8 4.7 5.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,773 3,922 4,121 4,165 4,450 4,403 4,283 4,399 4,620 4,398 4,270 4,238 4,254
EMPLOYMENT 3,367 3,536 3,718 3,781 4,109 4,036 3,927 3,978 4,250 4,055 3,881 3,797 3,870
UNEMPLOYMENT 406 387 403 384 341 368 356 421 371 344 389 441 384
UNEMPL. RATE 10.8 9.9 9.8 9.2 7.7 8.4 8.3 9.6 8.0 7.8 9.1 10.4 9.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,312 12,596 12,921 13,261 13,633 14,309 13,651 13,875 13,915 13,506 13,332 13,260 13,381
EMPLOYMENT 11,094 11,348 11,755 12,185 12,703 13,337 12,764 12,956 12,966 12,557 12,287 12,040 12,333
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,218 1,249 1,166 1,076 930 972 888 919 950 949 1,045 1,220 1,049
UNEMPL. RATE 9.9 9.9 9.0 8.1 6.8 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.8 9.2 7.8
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,287 2,416 2,501 2,591 2,697 2,905 2,676 2,774 2,812 2,723 2,559 2,518 2,622
EMPLOYMENT 2,113 2,179 2,225 2,288 2,444 2,641 2,509 2,556 2,653 2,587 2,446 2,393 2,419
UNEMPLOYMENT 174 237 276 303 253 265 167 219 160 136 113 126 202
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 9.8 11.0 11.7 9.4 9.1 6.3 7.9 5.7 5.0 4.4 5.0 7.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 22,585 22,580 22,664 22,716 23,121 23,558 22,426 22,229 22,668 21,913 21,855 21,529 22,487
EMPLOYMENT 20,451 20,219 20,321 20,140 20,666 20,961 20,039 19,770 20,590 20,054 20,071 19,880 20,263
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,134 2,361 2,343 2,575 2,455 2,597 2,387 2,458 2,078 1,859 1,784 1,649 2,223
UNEMPL. RATE 9.5 10.5 10.3 11.3 10.6 11.0 10.6 11.1 9.2 8.5 8.2 7.7 9.9
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,760 6,738 6,904 6,553 6,846 9,896 10,476 10,510 9,241 7,339 6,535 6,845 7,887
EMPLOYMENT 6,059 5,938 6,095 5,671 6,108 9,429 10,110 10,173 8,928 6,936 5,902 6,240 7,299
UNEMPLOYMENT 701 800 809 882 738 467 366 337 313 402 633 605 588
UNEMPL. RATE 10.4 11.9 11.7 13.5 10.8 4.7 3.5 3.2 3.4 5.5 9.7 8.8 7.5
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,293 10,114 10,257 10,537 10,598 11,176 10,881 11,033 11,234 11,742 11,648 11,329 10,903
EMPLOYMENT 9,625 9,312 9,265 9,081 9,298 9,950 9,870 10,098 10,434 11,149 11,086 10,792 9,997
UNEMPLOYMENT 668 802 992 1,456 1,299 1,226 1,011 934 800 593 562 537 907
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 7.9 9.7 13.8 12.3 11.0 9.3 8.5 7.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 8.3
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,001 5,134 5,081 5,222 5,506 5,648 5,679 5,569 5,544 5,658 5,349 5,262 5,388
EMPLOYMENT 4,615 4,617 4,601 4,746 5,010 5,194 5,266 5,178 5,272 5,381 5,033 4,902 4,985
UNEMPLOYMENT 386 517 479 477 496 455 413 391 272 278 316 359 403
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 10.1 9.4 9.1 9.0 8.1 7.3 7.0 4.9 4.9 5.9 6.8 7.5
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,690 3,644 3,750 3,826 3,822 3,806 3,898 3,940 4,046 3,945 3,801 3,744 3,826
EMPLOYMENT 3,364 3,318 3,318 3,424 3,487 3,531 3,621 3,703 3,777 3,695 3,557 3,504 3,525
UNEMPLOYMENT 326 327 432 402 335 275 277 238 269 250 244 240 301
UNEMPL. RATE 8.8 9.0 11.5 10.5 8.8 7.2 7.1 6.0 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.4 7.9

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