1984 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,762 15,792 15,885 16,204 16,531 16,256 16,035 16,195 16,753 16,525 16,330 16,022 16,191
EMPLOYMENT 14,796 14,962 15,012 15,206 15,827 15,643 15,485 15,694 16,280 16,083 15,776 15,295 15,505
UNEMPLOYMENT 966 830 873 998 704 613 550 501 473 442 554 727 686
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.3 5.5 6.2 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.7 3.4 4.5 4.2
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,794 4,929 5,039 5,127 5,260 5,404 5,277 5,253 5,168 5,005 4,947 4,840 5,087
EMPLOYMENT 4,457 4,573 4,597 4,750 4,891 5,069 4,969 4,982 4,915 4,753 4,644 4,490 4,758
UNEMPLOYMENT 338 356 442 377 369 335 308 271 253 253 303 351 330
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 7.2 8.8 7.3 7.0 6.2 5.8 5.2 4.9 5.1 6.1 7.2 6.5
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,303 17,312 17,452 17,770 18,289 18,515 18,251 18,487 18,286 18,416 18,096 17,843 18,002
EMPLOYMENT 16,205 16,247 16,208 16,652 16,967 17,442 17,468 17,675 17,500 17,466 17,154 16,892 16,990
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,098 1,065 1,244 1,118 1,323 1,073 783 812 786 950 941 950 1,012
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 6.2 7.1 6.3 7.2 5.8 4.3 4.4 4.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.6
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,330 9,286 9,103 9,043 9,404 9,940 10,063 9,934 9,669 9,302 9,176 8,888 9,428
EMPLOYMENT 8,352 8,200 8,139 8,019 8,588 9,207 9,430 9,526 9,260 8,781 8,588 8,234 8,694
UNEMPLOYMENT 978 1,086 964 1,024 815 733 633 407 409 521 589 653 734
UNEMPL. RATE 10.5 11.7 10.6 11.3 8.7 7.4 6.3 4.1 4.2 5.6 6.4 7.4 7.8
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,450 6,522 6,409 6,368 6,575 6,758 6,965 6,949 6,783 6,578 6,741 6,624 6,644
EMPLOYMENT 5,870 6,012 5,919 5,901 6,081 6,364 6,510 6,587 6,430 6,233 6,323 6,121 6,196
UNEMPLOYMENT 579 511 489 467 494 394 455 361 353 345 418 503 447
UNEMPL. RATE 9.0 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.5 5.8 6.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 6.2 7.6 6.7
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,621 2,531 2,574 2,696 2,887 3,239 2,984 3,001 3,042 2,857 2,813 2,700 2,829
EMPLOYMENT 2,425 2,365 2,410 2,513 2,702 3,110 2,890 2,886 2,935 2,733 2,634 2,512 2,676
UNEMPLOYMENT 197 166 164 184 184 129 95 115 107 124 179 187 153
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 6.6 6.4 6.8 6.4 4.0 3.2 3.8 3.5 4.3 6.4 6.9 5.4
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,242 18,307 18,483 18,198 18,547 18,494 17,626 17,705 17,958 17,461 16,996 17,193 17,934
EMPLOYMENT 15,549 15,847 15,674 16,067 16,342 16,679 16,006 16,316 16,636 16,164 15,746 15,598 16,052
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,693 2,460 2,810 2,131 2,205 1,815 1,620 1,390 1,321 1,297 1,249 1,595 1,882
UNEMPL. RATE 14.8 13.4 15.2 11.7 11.9 9.8 9.2 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.4 9.3 10.5
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,743 5,777 5,937 5,993 6,287 6,606 6,280 6,288 6,306 6,463 6,315 6,345 6,195
EMPLOYMENT 5,352 5,463 5,611 5,758 6,069 6,355 5,976 5,961 5,995 6,193 5,998 6,005 5,895
UNEMPLOYMENT 391 314 326 235 218 251 304 327 311 270 317 340 300
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 5.4 5.5 3.9 3.5 3.8 4.8 5.2 4.9 4.2 5.0 5.4 4.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,024 3,084 3,119 3,135 3,178 3,309 3,189 3,214 3,119 3,082 3,054 3,034 3,128
EMPLOYMENT 2,911 2,958 2,939 2,994 3,025 3,122 3,059 3,097 3,004 2,967 2,918 2,888 2,990
UNEMPLOYMENT 113 126 181 141 153 187 130 117 115 115 136 146 138
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.1 5.8 4.5 4.8 5.6 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.4
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,453 3,459 3,547 3,556 3,652 4,019 3,903 3,882 3,896 3,654 3,561 3,483 3,672
EMPLOYMENT 3,111 3,174 3,223 3,323 3,465 3,836 3,772 3,778 3,803 3,514 3,418 3,345 3,480
UNEMPLOYMENT 342 285 324 233 186 183 132 104 93 139 144 138 192
UNEMPL. RATE 9.9 8.2 9.1 6.6 5.1 4.6 3.4 2.7 2.4 3.8 4.0 4.0 5.2
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 34,319 34,548 33,937 34,811 35,357 36,445 35,971 35,465 34,947 35,412 34,879 34,670 35,063
EMPLOYMENT 31,729 32,058 32,037 32,893 33,761 34,967 34,445 34,101 33,474 33,712 33,151 32,778 33,259
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,590 2,490 1,900 1,918 1,596 1,478 1,526 1,365 1,473 1,700 1,728 1,891 1,805
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 7.2 5.6 5.5 4.5 4.1 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.1
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,917 5,907 6,248 6,234 6,362 6,964 6,811 7,232 7,565 7,298 7,328 7,432 6,775
EMPLOYMENT 5,238 5,203 5,464 5,387 5,648 6,281 6,249 6,885 7,256 6,915 6,756 6,744 6,169
UNEMPLOYMENT 679 704 783 847 714 683 562 347 309 384 572 688 606
UNEMPL. RATE 11.5 11.9 12.5 13.6 11.2 9.8 8.3 4.8 4.1 5.3 7.8 9.3 8.9
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 38,119 37,817 37,852 37,549 38,495 39,990 38,318 38,439 38,634 37,869 37,479 37,786 38,196
EMPLOYMENT 35,382 35,050 35,178 34,836 35,798 37,272 35,865 36,265 36,570 35,806 35,288 35,343 35,721
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,737 2,767 2,675 2,712 2,698 2,717 2,452 2,174 2,063 2,062 2,191 2,443 2,474
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.8 6.5 6.5
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,363 1,419 1,427 1,566 1,674 1,782 1,850 1,845 1,790 1,721 1,662 1,610 1,642
EMPLOYMENT 1,310 1,347 1,361 1,509 1,614 1,711 1,730 1,773 1,711 1,606 1,563 1,466 1,558
UNEMPLOYMENT 53 72 66 57 61 71 120 72 79 115 99 144 84
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 5.1 4.6 3.6 3.6 4.0 6.5 3.9 4.4 6.7 5.9 9.0 5.1
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,426 12,464 12,607 12,934 14,480 17,297 17,195 17,380 15,810 13,682 12,797 12,650 14,310
EMPLOYMENT 11,712 11,719 11,834 12,164 13,798 16,550 16,556 16,776 15,241 13,114 12,037 11,865 13,614
UNEMPLOYMENT 714 745 773 770 682 747 639 605 570 569 760 786 697
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 4.2 5.9 6.2 4.9
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,635 3,738 3,717 3,793 3,972 4,141 3,713 3,819 4,066 3,865 3,843 3,746 3,837
EMPLOYMENT 3,233 3,385 3,473 3,531 3,746 3,892 3,470 3,528 3,795 3,627 3,569 3,463 3,559
UNEMPLOYMENT 403 352 243 262 227 248 244 291 271 237 274 283 278
UNEMPL. RATE 11.1 9.4 6.6 6.9 5.7 6.0 6.6 7.6 6.7 6.1 7.1 7.5 7.2
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,735 13,714 13,804 13,825 14,163 14,277 13,744 14,073 14,172 14,004 13,652 13,661 13,902
EMPLOYMENT 12,369 12,530 12,573 12,805 13,218 13,383 12,970 13,202 13,322 13,041 12,706 12,542 12,888
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,366 1,184 1,231 1,020 945 894 774 871 850 963 946 1,119 1,014
UNEMPL. RATE 9.9 8.6 8.9 7.4 6.7 6.3 5.6 6.2 6.0 6.9 6.9 8.2 7.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,394 2,493 2,465 2,582 2,691 2,825 2,812 2,801 2,931 2,890 2,886 2,759 2,711
EMPLOYMENT 2,291 2,285 2,261 2,356 2,484 2,649 2,663 2,705 2,851 2,829 2,769 2,665 2,567
UNEMPLOYMENT 103 208 204 227 207 175 149 96 80 60 117 93 143
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 8.3 8.3 8.8 7.7 6.2 5.3 3.4 2.7 2.1 4.0 3.4 5.3
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,826 19,675 19,587 20,140 20,429 21,142 21,079 20,913 20,579 20,515 20,512 20,201 20,383
EMPLOYMENT 18,234 18,175 18,203 18,673 19,171 19,944 19,664 19,727 19,451 19,309 19,390 19,048 19,082
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,592 1,500 1,385 1,467 1,258 1,198 1,415 1,186 1,128 1,206 1,122 1,152 1,301
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 7.6 7.1 7.3 6.2 5.7 6.7 5.7 5.5 5.9 5.5 5.7 6.4
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,358 7,483 7,307 7,094 7,364 11,111 11,777 11,770 9,821 7,848 7,036 7,515 8,624
EMPLOYMENT 6,771 6,760 6,690 6,427 6,584 10,762 11,480 11,528 9,546 7,420 6,242 6,859 8,089
UNEMPLOYMENT 587 723 616 667 779 349 296 242 275 428 794 656 534
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 9.7 8.4 9.4 10.6 3.1 2.5 2.1 2.8 5.5 11.3 8.7 6.2
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,103 11,131 10,963 11,127 11,276 11,604 11,217 11,592 12,082 11,904 11,488 11,309 11,400
EMPLOYMENT 10,532 10,414 10,147 10,223 10,356 10,845 10,488 10,979 11,449 11,224 10,914 10,687 10,688
UNEMPLOYMENT 571 717 816 905 920 759 729 613 633 680 574 622 712
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 6.4 7.4 8.1 8.2 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.7 5.0 5.5 6.2
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,925 4,890 4,950 4,976 5,106 5,417 5,462 5,452 5,422 5,424 5,166 5,040 5,186
EMPLOYMENT 4,531 4,582 4,621 4,711 4,839 5,175 5,295 5,206 5,225 5,190 4,951 4,813 4,928
UNEMPLOYMENT 395 307 329 265 267 242 167 246 197 234 215 227 258
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 6.3 6.6 5.3 5.2 4.5 3.1 4.5 3.6 4.3 4.2 4.5 5.0
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,828 3,737 3,733 3,843 3,944 3,957 3,877 3,922 3,959 3,942 3,767 3,835 3,862
EMPLOYMENT 3,558 3,493 3,436 3,513 3,702 3,682 3,736 3,765 3,818 3,783 3,567 3,639 3,641
UNEMPLOYMENT 269 244 297 331 243 275 141 157 141 159 200 196 221
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 6.5 8.0 8.6 6.2 6.9 3.6 4.0 3.6 4.0 5.3 5.1 5.7

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