1985 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,488 37,446 37,213 37,165 36,591 35,095 34,448 34,680 34,545 34,896 34,966 35,658 35,668
EMPLOYMENT 34,834 34,417 34,126 34,040 33,618 32,538 31,763 32,009 32,169 32,364 32,332 32,379 32,869
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,654 3,029 3,087 3,125 2,973 2,557 2,685 2,671 2,376 2,532 2,634 3,279 2,799
UNEMPL. RATE 7.1 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.1 7.3 7.8 7.7 6.9 7.3 7.5 9.2 7.8
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,872 26,982 26,908 26,850 26,393 25,033 24,695 24,952 24,778 25,126 24,933 25,811 25,647
EMPLOYMENT 24,867 24,694 24,576 24,489 24,147 23,101 22,667 22,934 22,983 23,213 22,943 23,334 23,533
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,005 2,288 2,332 2,361 2,246 1,932 2,028 2,018 1,795 1,913 1,990 2,477 2,115
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.5 7.7 8.2 8.1 7.2 7.6 8.0 9.6 8.2
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 34,786 34,313 34,294 34,248 33,768 32,637 34,624 34,294 33,490 34,226 34,534 34,795 34,016
EMPLOYMENT 32,375 31,995 32,013 32,209 31,652 30,742 32,708 32,282 31,811 32,383 32,194 32,318 31,900
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,411 2,318 2,281 2,039 2,116 1,895 1,916 2,012 1,679 1,843 2,340 2,477 2,116
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.0 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.0 5.4 6.8 7.1 6.2
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,647 24,419 24,472 24,415 24,050 23,052 24,557 24,385 23,773 24,358 24,354 24,832 24,172
EMPLOYMENT 22,988 22,824 22,902 23,012 22,594 21,748 23,239 23,000 22,618 23,090 22,744 23,128 22,716
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,659 1,595 1,570 1,403 1,456 1,304 1,318 1,385 1,155 1,268 1,610 1,704 1,456
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.7 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.7 4.9 5.2 6.6 6.9 6.0
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,198 15,926 15,852 15,961 15,839 15,128 15,132 15,079 15,657 15,397 15,254 15,329 15,489
EMPLOYMENT 15,361 15,077 15,032 15,147 15,008 14,527 14,530 14,481 15,141 14,764 14,571 14,466 14,770
UNEMPLOYMENT 837 849 820 814 831 601 602 598 516 633 683 863 719
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 4.1 4.5 5.6 4.6
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,895 4,843 4,944 5,061 5,023 4,903 4,882 4,740 4,865 5,061 4,844 4,787 4,883
EMPLOYMENT 4,438 4,321 4,381 4,535 4,549 4,493 4,440 4,372 4,514 4,689 4,438 4,283 4,434
UNEMPLOYMENT 457 522 563 526 474 410 442 368 351 372 406 504 449
UNEMPL. RATE 9.3 10.8 11.4 10.4 9.4 8.4 9.1 7.8 7.2 7.4 8.4 10.5 9.2
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,161 19,233 19,295 19,090 18,780 18,445 18,623 18,581 17,980 18,480 18,234 18,256 18,592
EMPLOYMENT 17,981 17,842 17,785 17,596 17,496 17,263 17,303 17,356 16,802 17,297 16,891 16,817 17,280
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,180 1,391 1,510 1,494 1,284 1,182 1,320 1,225 1,178 1,183 1,343 1,439 1,312
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 7.2 7.8 7.8 6.8 6.4 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.4 7.4 7.9 7.1
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,892 8,867 8,773 8,784 8,724 8,599 8,981 9,072 8,575 8,620 8,241 8,319 8,666
EMPLOYMENT 8,102 8,004 7,891 7,912 7,936 7,969 8,371 8,424 7,975 7,896 7,532 7,397 7,915
UNEMPLOYMENT 790 863 882 872 788 630 610 648 600 724 709 922 751
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 9.7 10.1 9.9 9.0 7.3 6.8 7.1 7.0 8.4 8.6 11.1 8.7
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,655 6,636 6,574 6,690 6,552 6,415 6,452 6,453 6,310 6,594 6,504 6,557 6,503
EMPLOYMENT 6,101 6,003 5,892 5,966 5,926 5,851 5,899 5,884 5,824 6,090 5,934 5,879 5,908
UNEMPLOYMENT 554 633 682 724 626 564 553 569 486 504 570 678 595
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 9.5 10.4 10.8 9.6 8.8 8.6 8.8 7.7 7.6 8.8 10.3 9.1
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,781 2,813 2,866 3,028 2,996 3,124 3,067 3,083 3,168 2,959 2,860 2,763 2,950
EMPLOYMENT 2,596 2,616 2,617 2,854 2,826 2,999 2,934 2,913 2,943 2,750 2,623 2,515 2,757
UNEMPLOYMENT 185 197 249 174 170 125 133 170 225 209 237 248 193
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 7.0 8.7 5.7 5.7 4.0 4.3 5.5 7.1 7.1 8.3 9.0 6.5
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,417 17,336 17,223 17,569 17,285 16,189 15,844 15,845 16,433 16,454 16,311 16,509 16,617
EMPLOYMENT 15,657 15,357 15,245 15,584 15,321 14,498 14,087 14,192 15,026 15,036 14,840 14,631 14,872
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,760 1,979 1,978 1,985 1,964 1,691 1,757 1,653 1,407 1,418 1,471 1,878 1,745
UNEMPL. RATE 10.1 11.4 11.5 11.3 11.4 10.4 11.1 10.4 8.6 8.6 9.0 11.4 10.5
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,042 5,926 6,009 6,253 6,415 6,203 5,971 5,927 5,965 6,264 6,207 6,241 6,093
EMPLOYMENT 5,692 5,452 5,550 5,890 6,056 5,870 5,651 5,612 5,672 5,975 5,877 5,836 5,736
UNEMPLOYMENT 350 474 459 363 359 333 320 315 293 289 330 405 357
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 8.0 7.6 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.6 5.3 6.5 5.9
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,974 3,096 3,049 3,222 3,200 2,962 3,133 3,113 3,023 3,025 3,119 3,130 3,074
EMPLOYMENT 2,818 2,869 2,870 3,022 3,006 2,803 2,951 2,952 2,891 2,900 2,921 2,915 2,896
UNEMPLOYMENT 156 227 179 200 194 159 182 161 132 125 198 215 178
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 7.3 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.4 5.8 5.2 4.4 4.1 6.3 6.9 5.8
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,506 3,484 3,457 3,452 3,464 3,568 3,531 3,497 3,459 3,412 3,360 3,286 3,442
EMPLOYMENT 3,302 3,216 3,219 3,196 3,224 3,368 3,307 3,324 3,288 3,217 3,100 3,009 3,216
UNEMPLOYMENT 204 268 238 256 240 200 224 173 171 195 260 277 226
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 7.7 6.9 7.4 6.9 5.6 6.3 4.9 4.9 5.7 7.7 8.4 6.6
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,188 7,264 7,448 7,604 7,977 8,619 11,228 11,983 12,389 11,864 12,082 11,181 9,742
EMPLOYMENT 6,533 6,524 6,682 6,840 7,296 8,077 10,605 11,371 11,823 11,235 11,335 10,412 9,067
UNEMPLOYMENT 655 740 766 764 681 542 623 612 566 629 747 769 675
UNEMPL. RATE 9.1 10.2 10.3 10.0 8.5 6.3 5.5 5.1 4.6 5.3 6.2 6.9 6.9
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,641 1,700 1,685 1,808 1,814 1,770 1,653 1,699 1,677 1,747 1,582 1,593 1,690
EMPLOYMENT 1,472 1,490 1,451 1,597 1,630 1,650 1,528 1,592 1,565 1,590 1,454 1,440 1,532
UNEMPLOYMENT 169 210 234 211 184 120 125 107 112 157 128 153 158
UNEMPL. RATE 10.3 12.4 13.9 11.7 10.1 6.8 7.6 6.3 6.7 9.0 8.1 9.6 9.3
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,846 12,729 12,620 12,769 13,429 14,538 15,457 15,360 13,812 12,889 12,281 12,264 13,381
EMPLOYMENT 11,870 11,660 11,591 11,798 12,535 13,773 14,667 14,568 13,083 12,115 11,470 11,214 12,494
UNEMPLOYMENT 976 1,069 1,029 971 894 765 790 792 729 774 811 1,050 887
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 8.4 8.2 7.6 6.7 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.0 6.6 8.6 6.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,647 3,749 3,766 3,823 3,952 3,665 3,577 3,624 3,687 3,601 3,535 3,575 3,667
EMPLOYMENT 3,366 3,428 3,426 3,510 3,659 3,382 3,291 3,291 3,402 3,302 3,229 3,157 3,354
UNEMPLOYMENT 281 321 340 313 293 283 286 333 285 299 306 418 313
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 8.6 9.0 8.2 7.4 7.7 8.0 9.2 7.7 8.3 8.7 11.7 8.5
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,441 13,343 13,471 13,533 13,551 12,723 12,840 12,913 12,901 12,859 12,419 12,746 12,999
EMPLOYMENT 12,235 12,014 12,094 12,323 12,482 11,860 12,013 12,105 12,118 12,018 11,503 11,600 11,970
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,206 1,329 1,377 1,210 1,069 863 827 808 783 841 916 1,146 1,029
UNEMPL. RATE 9.0 10.0 10.2 8.9 7.9 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.5 7.4 9.0 7.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,694 2,685 2,785 3,222 3,296 3,603 4,259 4,351 4,596 4,552 4,587 4,410 3,756
EMPLOYMENT 2,541 2,524 2,587 3,037 3,144 3,462 4,089 4,221 4,371 4,325 4,395 4,215 3,578
UNEMPLOYMENT 153 161 198 185 152 141 170 130 225 227 192 195 178
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 6.0 7.1 5.7 4.6 3.9 4.0 3.0 4.9 5.0 4.2 4.4 4.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,123 19,840 19,807 20,714 20,966 20,305 20,869 20,578 20,474 20,637 21,001 21,116 20,456
EMPLOYMENT 18,785 18,379 18,401 19,309 19,605 18,977 19,609 19,256 19,168 19,177 19,459 19,343 19,040
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,338 1,461 1,406 1,405 1,361 1,328 1,260 1,322 1,306 1,460 1,542 1,773 1,417
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.4 6.4 7.1 7.3 8.4 6.9
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,445 7,322 7,447 6,863 7,690 11,255 12,336 12,285 10,050 7,612 6,677 7,489 8,713
EMPLOYMENT 6,907 6,797 6,888 6,232 7,141 10,881 11,957 11,956 9,685 7,142 6,165 6,907 8,229
UNEMPLOYMENT 538 525 559 631 549 374 379 329 365 470 512 582 483
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 7.2 7.5 9.2 7.1 3.3 3.1 2.7 3.6 6.2 7.7 7.8 5.5
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,252 11,125 11,132 11,388 11,457 11,186 11,043 11,026 11,046 11,257 11,055 10,836 11,103
EMPLOYMENT 10,521 10,203 10,151 10,369 10,580 10,361 10,290 10,331 10,403 10,474 10,215 9,866 10,267
UNEMPLOYMENT 731 922 981 1,019 877 825 753 696 643 783 840 970 836
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 8.3 8.8 8.9 7.7 7.4 6.8 6.3 5.8 7.0 7.6 9.0 7.5
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,043 4,935 4,905 5,009 5,039 4,902 5,239 5,081 5,031 4,950 4,801 4,921 4,968
EMPLOYMENT 4,771 4,534 4,566 4,640 4,683 4,588 4,894 4,715 4,753 4,660 4,468 4,543 4,631
UNEMPLOYMENT 272 401 339 369 356 314 345 366 278 290 333 378 337
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 8.1 6.9 7.4 7.1 6.4 6.6 7.2 5.5 5.9 6.9 7.7 6.8
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,670 3,700 3,690 3,643 3,540 3,321 3,375 3,368 3,609 3,626 3,454 3,595 3,532
EMPLOYMENT 3,449 3,413 3,380 3,350 3,298 3,085 3,167 3,160 3,382 3,344 3,260 3,335 3,285
UNEMPLOYMENT 221 287 310 293 242 236 208 208 227 282 194 260 247
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 7.8 8.4 8.0 6.8 7.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 7.8 5.6 7.2 7.0

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