1987 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 32,530 32,502 32,424 32,101 32,628 33,182 32,112 34,759 31,490 31,132 30,650 31,006 31,960
EMPLOYMENT 27,947 27,793 27,944 28,258 29,219 29,993 29,146 29,053 29,057 28,805 28,332 28,541 28,675
UNEMPLOYMENT 4,583 4,709 4,480 3,843 3,409 3,189 2,966 2,706 2,433 2,327 2,318 2,465 3,286
UNEMPL. RATE 14.1 14.5 13.8 12.0 10.4 9.6 9.2 8.5 7.7 7.5 7.6 8.0 10.3
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 23,471 23,456 23,391 23,135 23,495 23,883 23,108 22,845 22,642 22,381 22,036 22,296 23,012
EMPLOYMENT 20,009 19,899 20,007 20,232 20,920 21,474 20,867 20,801 20,804 20,623 20,285 20,434 20,530
UNEMPLOYMENT 3,462 3,557 3,384 2,903 2,575 2,409 2,241 2,044 1,838 1,758 1,751 1,862 2,482
UNEMPL. RATE 14.8 15.2 14.5 12.5 11.0 10.1 9.7 8.9 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.4 10.8
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 35,784 35,768 35,990 36,961 36,997 37,522 36,798 36,733 36,898 36,468 36,240 36,217 36,531
EMPLOYMENT 32,735 32,670 32,908 34,297 34,840 35,337 34,781 34,837 35,023 34,513 33,917 33,944 34,150
UNEMPLOYMENT 3,049 3,098 3,082 2,664 2,157 2,185 2,017 1,896 1,875 1,955 2,323 2,273 2,381
UNEMPL. RATE 8.5 8.7 8.6 7.2 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.4 6.4 6.3 6.5
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,409 25,396 25,555 26,256 26,294 26,667 26,156 26,112 26,230 25,922 25,751 25,735 25,957
EMPLOYMENT 23,311 23,264 23,434 24,423 24,810 25,163 24,768 24,807 24,940 24,577 24,152 24,171 24,318
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,098 2,132 2,121 1,833 1,484 1,504 1,388 1,305 1,290 1,345 1,599 1,564 1,639
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 8.4 8.3 7.0 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.2 6.2 6.1 6.3
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,614 15,793 15,750 15,949 16,187 15,928 15,473 15,695 15,932 16,090 16,253 16,075 15,895
EMPLOYMENT 14,541 14,758 14,766 15,123 15,430 15,306 14,846 15,186 15,455 15,503 15,514 15,336 15,147
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,073 1,035 984 826 757 622 627 509 477 587 739 739 748
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.2 4.7 3.9 4.1 3.2 3.0 3.6 4.5 4.6 4.7
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,789 4,832 4,870 5,018 5,022 4,976 4,604 4,685 4,757 4,657 4,543 4,439 4,766
EMPLOYMENT 4,053 3,986 3,995 4,345 4,468 4,489 4,147 4,289 4,434 4,370 4,212 4,026 4,234
UNEMPLOYMENT 736 846 875 673 554 487 457 396 323 287 331 413 533
UNEMPL. RATE 15.4 17.5 18.0 13.4 11.0 9.8 9.9 8.5 6.8 6.2 7.3 9.3 11.2
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,945 16,101 16,115 16,399 16,533 16,771 15,577 15,440 15,215 15,346 15,058 14,968 15,789
EMPLOYMENT 13,922 13,864 13,969 14,586 14,864 15,254 14,214 14,307 14,145 14,370 14,018 13,946 14,288
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,023 2,237 2,146 1,813 1,669 1,517 1,363 1,133 1,070 976 1,040 1,022 1,501
UNEMPL. RATE 12.7 13.9 13.3 11.1 10.1 9.0 8.8 7.3 7.0 6.4 6.9 6.8 9.5
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,890 7,938 7,808 8,002 8,261 8,927 8,663 8,538 7,862 7,861 7,720 7,518 8,082
EMPLOYMENT 6,698 6,796 6,782 7,097 7,520 8,234 8,010 7,935 7,320 7,183 7,019 6,806 7,283
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,192 1,142 1,026 905 741 693 653 603 542 678 701 712 799
UNEMPL. RATE 15.1 14.4 13.1 11.3 9.0 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.9 8.6 9.1 9.5 9.9
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,998 6,017 6,014 6,042 6,212 6,007 5,550 5,501 5,515 5,592 5,553 5,398 5,783
EMPLOYMENT 5,105 5,118 5,127 5,324 5,598 5,481 5,114 5,057 5,121 5,214 5,122 4,945 5,194
UNEMPLOYMENT 893 899 887 718 614 526 436 444 394 378 431 453 589
UNEMPL. RATE 14.9 14.9 14.7 11.9 9.9 8.8 7.9 8.1 7.1 6.8 7.8 8.4 10.2
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,921 2,926 2,915 3,151 3,357 3,489 3,233 3,131 3,236 3,342 3,115 3,102 3,160
EMPLOYMENT 2,579 2,584 2,572 2,860 3,107 3,247 3,048 2,968 3,084 3,153 2,946 2,907 2,921
UNEMPLOYMENT 342 342 343 291 250 242 185 163 152 189 169 195 239
UNEMPL. RATE 11.7 11.7 11.8 9.2 7.4 6.9 5.7 5.2 4.7 5.7 5.4 6.3 7.6
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,473 16,545 16,652 16,492 16,679 16,511 14,678 14,818 15,338 15,371 14,887 15,013 15,788
EMPLOYMENT 14,157 14,279 14,354 14,475 14,955 14,919 13,286 13,500 14,182 14,151 13,674 13,612 14,129
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,316 2,266 2,298 2,017 1,724 1,592 1,392 1,318 1,156 1,220 1,213 1,401 1,659
UNEMPL. RATE 14.1 13.7 13.8 12.2 10.3 9.6 9.5 8.9 7.5 7.9 8.1 9.3 10.5
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,990 6,050 6,142 6,591 6,578 6,692 6,021 6,048 6,077 6,330 6,147 6,024 6,224
EMPLOYMENT 5,550 5,362 5,498 6,084 6,131 6,262 5,627 5,645 5,771 6,039 5,803 5,649 5,785
UNEMPLOYMENT 440 688 644 507 447 430 394 403 306 291 344 375 439
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 11.4 10.5 7.7 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.7 5.0 4.6 5.6 6.2 7.1
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,963 2,935 2,984 3,061 3,144 3,206 3,051 3,163 3,103 3,085 2,954 2,930 3,048
EMPLOYMENT 2,681 2,661 2,740 2,814 2,928 2,982 2,814 2,917 2,887 2,888 2,759 2,718 2,816
UNEMPLOYMENT 282 274 244 247 216 224 237 246 216 197 195 212 232
UNEMPL. RATE 9.5 9.3 8.2 8.1 6.9 7.0 7.8 7.8 7.0 6.4 6.6 7.2 7.6
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,345 3,400 3,353 3,498 3,583 3,927 3,660 3,542 3,563 3,535 3,305 3,229 3,495
EMPLOYMENT 2,847 2,892 2,847 3,106 3,268 3,643 3,441 3,324 3,361 3,317 3,089 3,007 3,178
UNEMPLOYMENT 498 508 506 392 315 284 219 218 202 218 216 222 316
UNEMPL. RATE 14.9 14.9 15.1 11.2 8.8 7.2 6.0 6.2 5.7 6.2 6.5 6.9 9.0
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,673 6,678 6,766 6,981 7,043 7,046 6,571 6,508 6,444 6,264 6,090 6,167 6,603
EMPLOYMENT 5,609 5,532 5,587 5,963 6,274 6,277 5,934 5,911 5,893 5,763 5,549 5,506 5,816
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,064 1,146 1,179 1,018 769 769 637 597 551 501 541 661 786
UNEMPL. RATE 15.9 17.2 17.4 14.6 10.9 10.9 9.7 9.2 8.6 8.0 8.9 10.7 11.9
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,620 1,686 1,674 1,814 1,846 1,966 2,097 2,138 2,075 1,990 1,845 1,826 1,881
EMPLOYMENT 1,458 1,484 1,460 1,636 1,737 1,848 2,003 2,033 1,972 1,857 1,689 1,672 1,737
UNEMPLOYMENT 162 202 214 178 109 118 94 105 103 133 156 154 144
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 12.0 12.8 9.8 5.9 6.0 4.5 4.9 5.0 6.7 8.5 8.4 7.7
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,276 12,376 12,288 12,546 13,671 15,026 14,606 14,339 13,332 12,585 12,003 11,919 13,081
EMPLOYMENT 10,793 10,909 10,920 11,396 12,693 14,163 13,774 13,586 12,653 11,965 11,323 11,114 12,107
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,483 1,467 1,368 1,150 978 863 832 753 679 620 680 805 973
UNEMPL. RATE 12.1 11.9 11.1 9.2 7.2 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.1 4.9 5.7 6.8 7.4
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,420 4,380 4,437 4,619 4,660 4,532 4,207 4,165 4,342 4,360 4,269 4,191 4,382
EMPLOYMENT 3,828 3,805 3,858 4,161 4,335 4,198 3,885 3,864 4,085 4,043 3,927 3,827 3,985
UNEMPLOYMENT 592 575 579 458 325 334 322 301 257 317 342 364 397
UNEMPL. RATE 13.4 13.1 13.0 9.9 7.0 7.4 7.7 7.2 5.9 7.3 8.0 8.7 9.1
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,508 12,517 12,519 12,787 13,005 12,644 12,285 12,232 12,470 12,235 11,799 11,726 12,394
EMPLOYMENT 11,097 11,090 11,231 11,731 12,041 11,758 11,436 11,504 11,705 11,410 11,027 10,909 11,412
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,411 1,427 1,288 1,056 964 886 849 728 765 825 772 817 982
UNEMPL. RATE 11.3 11.4 10.3 8.3 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.0 6.1 6.7 6.5 7.0 7.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,069 3,113 3,108 3,065 3,131 3,179 2,895 2,868 2,856 2,729 2,616 2,678 2,942
EMPLOYMENT 2,559 2,549 2,591 2,582 2,756 2,861 2,635 2,629 2,609 2,486 2,364 2,372 2,583
UNEMPLOYMENT 510 564 517 483 375 318 260 239 247 243 252 306 360
UNEMPL. RATE 16.6 18.1 16.6 15.8 12.0 10.0 9.0 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.6 11.4 12.2
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,324 20,505 20,455 20,652 21,064 20,712 18,740 18,340 18,627 18,811 18,486 18,265 19,582
EMPLOYMENT 17,128 17,255 17,488 18,162 18,955 18,725 16,908 16,645 17,080 17,220 16,762 16,461 17,399
UNEMPLOYMENT 3,196 3,250 2,967 2,490 2,109 1,987 1,832 1,695 1,547 1,591 1,724 1,804 2,183
UNEMPL. RATE 15.7 15.8 14.5 12.1 10.0 9.6 9.8 9.2 8.3 8.5 9.3 9.9 11.1
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,286 8,281 8,172 7,953 9,086 13,473 14,184 14,128 12,090 8,981 8,164 8,631 10,119
EMPLOYMENT 7,744 7,715 7,644 7,351 8,647 13,086 13,820 13,854 11,697 8,550 7,601 8,125 9,653
UNEMPLOYMENT 542 566 528 602 439 387 364 274 393 431 563 506 466
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 6.8 6.5 7.6 4.8 2.9 2.6 1.9 3.3 4.8 6.9 5.9 4.6
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,820 10,610 10,346 10,345 10,850 10,936 10,537 10,432 10,468 9,926 9,187 8,966 10,285
EMPLOYMENT 9,005 8,766 8,578 8,901 9,587 9,776 9,453 9,440 9,590 9,079 8,299 8,037 9,043
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,815 1,844 1,768 1,444 1,263 1,160 1,084 992 878 847 888 929 1,243
UNEMPL. RATE 16.8 17.4 17.1 14.0 11.6 10.6 10.3 9.5 8.4 8.5 9.7 10.4 12.1
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,711 4,719 4,759 4,804 4,886 4,943 4,954 4,855 4,827 4,835 4,692 4,683 4,806
EMPLOYMENT 4,051 4,040 4,103 4,279 4,426 4,487 4,547 4,493 4,525 4,541 4,376 4,339 4,351
UNEMPLOYMENT 660 679 656 525 460 456 407 362 302 294 316 344 455
UNEMPL. RATE 14.0 14.4 13.8 10.9 9.4 9.2 8.2 7.5 6.3 6.1 6.7 7.3 9.5
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,439 3,438 3,417 3,541 3,613 3,329 3,365 3,275 3,453 3,440 3,284 3,250 3,404
EMPLOYMENT 3,012 2,999 2,979 3,204 3,310 3,063 3,117 3,085 3,207 3,233 3,101 3,062 3,114
UNEMPLOYMENT 427 439 438 337 303 266 248 190 246 207 183 188 289
UNEMPL. RATE 12.4 12.8 12.8 9.5 8.4 8.0 7.4 5.8 7.1 6.0 5.6 5.8 8.5

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