1989 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 30,890 30,793 30,879 30,871 30,709 31,198 30,459 31,150 31,119 31,183 31,528 31,882 31,055
EMPLOYMENT 28,502 28,360 28,628 28,838 28,584 29,011 28,192 28,874 29,104 29,352 29,520 29,950 28,910
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,388 2,433 2,251 2,033 2,125 2,187 2,267 2,276 2,015 1,831 2,008 1,932 2,146
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.9 7.3 6.6 6.9 7.0 7.4 7.3 6.5 5.9 6.4 6.1 6.9
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 22,210 22,143 22,197 22,183 22,070 22,423 21,897 22,392 22,359 22,398 22,652 22,902 22,319
EMPLOYMENT 20,406 20,305 20,497 20,647 20,465 20,771 20,184 20,673 20,837 21,015 21,135 21,443 20,698
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,804 1,838 1,700 1,536 1,605 1,652 1,713 1,719 1,522 1,383 1,517 1,459 1,621
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 8.3 7.7 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.8 7.7 6.8 6.2 6.7 6.4 7.3
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,484 37,474 37,088 36,352 36,589 37,096 37,282 36,408 36,231 37,375 37,913 38,193 37,124
EMPLOYMENT 35,149 35,216 34,907 34,497 34,622 35,119 35,209 34,374 34,129 35,367 35,854 36,126 35,047
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,335 2,258 2,181 1,855 1,967 1,977 2,073 2,034 2,102 2,008 2,059 2,067 2,076
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.6
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,637 26,631 26,358 25,841 26,008 26,368 26,498 25,878 25,749 26,567 26,949 27,147 26,386
EMPLOYMENT 25,030 25,077 24,857 24,565 24,654 25,008 25,072 24,478 24,303 25,185 25,532 25,725 24,957
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,607 1,554 1,501 1,276 1,354 1,360 1,426 1,400 1,446 1,382 1,417 1,422 1,429
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 5.8 5.7 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.4
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,890 16,117 15,902 15,855 15,755 15,111 15,179 15,435 16,270 16,528 16,879 17,026 15,996
EMPLOYMENT 15,138 15,407 15,310 15,276 15,229 14,620 14,583 14,935 15,772 15,971 16,273 16,379 15,408
UNEMPLOYMENT 752 710 592 579 526 491 596 500 498 557 606 647 588
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,864 5,142 5,018 5,366 5,335 5,252 4,965 4,973 5,258 5,300 5,313 5,293 5,173
EMPLOYMENT 4,482 4,578 4,584 4,999 4,976 4,936 4,646 4,670 4,906 5,049 4,976 4,914 4,810
UNEMPLOYMENT 382 564 434 367 359 316 319 303 352 251 337 379 364
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 11.0 8.6 6.8 6.7 6.0 6.4 6.1 6.7 4.7 6.3 7.2 7.0
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,636 15,659 15,724 15,493 15,460 15,780 15,772 15,590 15,296 15,300 15,547 15,558 15,568
EMPLOYMENT 14,242 14,245 14,326 14,267 14,166 14,530 14,623 14,362 14,184 14,456 14,476 14,517 14,366
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,394 1,414 1,398 1,226 1,294 1,250 1,149 1,228 1,112 844 1,071 1,041 1,202
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 9.0 8.9 7.9 8.4 7.9 7.3 7.9 7.3 5.5 6.9 6.7 7.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,743 7,751 7,766 7,645 7,798 8,248 7,999 8,014 8,122 8,115 8,116 8,206 7,960
EMPLOYMENT 7,050 7,036 7,165 7,159 7,282 7,706 7,417 7,483 7,602 7,655 7,677 7,743 7,415
UNEMPLOYMENT 693 715 601 486 516 542 582 531 520 460 439 463 546
UNEMPL. RATE 9.0 9.2 7.7 6.4 6.6 6.6 7.3 6.6 6.4 5.7 5.4 5.6 6.9
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,511 5,509 5,411 5,321 5,325 5,244 5,184 5,298 5,140 5,119 5,219 5,062 5,279
EMPLOYMENT 4,952 4,941 4,945 4,945 4,914 4,859 4,761 4,873 4,784 4,716 4,827 4,626 4,845
UNEMPLOYMENT 559 568 466 376 411 385 423 425 356 403 392 436 433
UNEMPL. RATE 10.1 10.3 8.6 7.1 7.7 7.3 8.2 8.0 6.9 7.9 7.5 8.6 8.2
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,728 2,787 2,721 2,767 2,911 3,052 2,985 3,119 3,165 3,075 2,937 2,881 2,927
EMPLOYMENT 2,488 2,546 2,485 2,584 2,724 2,893 2,826 2,879 3,021 2,953 2,740 2,667 2,734
UNEMPLOYMENT 240 241 236 183 187 159 159 240 144 122 197 214 194
UNEMPL. RATE 8.8 8.6 8.7 6.6 6.4 5.2 5.3 7.7 4.5 4.0 6.7 7.4 6.6
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,323 16,420 16,411 16,516 16,686 16,241 16,364 16,584 16,645 16,482 16,714 16,330 16,476
EMPLOYMENT 14,434 14,579 14,840 15,312 15,400 15,057 15,042 15,226 15,400 15,391 15,383 15,012 15,090
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,889 1,841 1,571 1,204 1,286 1,184 1,322 1,358 1,245 1,091 1,331 1,318 1,387
UNEMPL. RATE 11.6 11.2 9.6 7.3 7.7 7.3 8.1 8.2 7.5 6.6 8.0 8.1 8.4
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,139 6,192 6,203 6,365 6,275 6,273 5,929 5,822 5,978 6,645 6,712 6,579 6,259
EMPLOYMENT 5,821 5,782 5,849 6,049 6,000 6,056 5,610 5,567 5,785 6,453 6,375 6,269 5,968
UNEMPLOYMENT 318 410 354 316 275 217 319 255 193 192 337 310 291
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 6.6 5.7 5.0 4.4 3.5 5.4 4.4 3.2 2.9 5.0 4.7 4.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,769 2,775 2,809 2,867 3,018 2,989 2,868 2,822 2,878 3,010 2,899 2,960 2,889
EMPLOYMENT 2,622 2,632 2,690 2,739 2,859 2,874 2,734 2,697 2,750 2,833 2,808 2,841 2,757
UNEMPLOYMENT 147 143 119 128 159 115 134 125 128 177 91 119 132
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.2 4.2 4.5 5.3 3.8 4.7 4.4 4.4 5.9 3.1 4.0 4.6
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,340 3,382 3,367 3,522 3,695 4,029 3,866 3,868 3,699 3,798 3,599 3,578 3,645
EMPLOYMENT 3,072 3,104 3,142 3,356 3,514 3,828 3,628 3,666 3,559 3,633 3,414 3,362 3,440
UNEMPLOYMENT 268 278 225 166 181 201 238 202 140 165 185 216 205
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 8.2 6.7 4.7 4.9 5.0 6.2 5.2 3.8 4.3 5.1 6.0 5.6
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,722 5,701 5,682 5,768 5,834 6,049 5,805 5,958 5,885 5,815 5,669 5,588 5,790
EMPLOYMENT 5,091 5,096 5,108 5,227 5,362 5,542 5,294 5,547 5,524 5,473 5,289 5,142 5,308
UNEMPLOYMENT 631 605 574 541 472 507 511 411 361 342 380 446 482
UNEMPL. RATE 11.0 10.6 10.1 9.4 8.1 8.4 8.8 6.9 6.1 5.9 6.7 8.0 8.3
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,448 1,479 1,501 1,495 1,507 1,543 1,460 1,480 1,503 1,580 1,496 1,458 1,496
EMPLOYMENT 1,372 1,393 1,416 1,444 1,477 1,509 1,425 1,446 1,436 1,489 1,415 1,397 1,435
UNEMPLOYMENT 76 86 85 51 30 34 35 34 67 91 81 61 61
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.8 5.7 3.4 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.3 4.5 5.8 5.4 4.2 4.1
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,581 12,544 12,506 12,408 13,360 15,395 15,603 15,469 13,765 13,065 12,781 13,318 13,566
EMPLOYMENT 11,693 11,621 11,739 11,780 12,569 14,604 14,894 14,623 13,026 12,438 12,125 12,535 12,804
UNEMPLOYMENT 888 923 767 628 791 791 709 846 739 627 656 783 762
UNEMPL. RATE 7.1 7.4 6.1 5.1 5.9 5.1 4.5 5.5 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,302 4,418 4,397 4,661 4,624 4,518 4,271 4,317 4,294 4,285 4,179 4,230 4,375
EMPLOYMENT 3,967 4,094 4,109 4,392 4,317 4,254 4,008 4,043 4,058 4,021 3,911 3,943 4,093
UNEMPLOYMENT 335 324 288 269 307 264 263 274 236 264 268 287 282
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.3 6.5 5.8 6.6 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.5 6.2 6.4 6.8 6.4
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,434 12,503 12,704 12,681 12,775 13,242 12,944 12,637 12,987 13,020 13,006 13,210 12,845
EMPLOYMENT 11,681 11,718 11,966 12,079 12,119 12,563 12,274 11,964 12,323 12,507 12,295 12,451 12,162
UNEMPLOYMENT 753 785 738 602 656 679 670 673 664 513 711 759 684
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 6.3 5.8 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.1 3.9 5.5 5.7 5.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,682 2,649 2,720 2,728 2,853 2,991 3,062 2,954 3,020 2,943 2,849 2,882 2,861
EMPLOYMENT 2,455 2,428 2,518 2,551 2,696 2,854 2,861 2,841 2,890 2,823 2,758 2,756 2,703
UNEMPLOYMENT 227 221 202 177 157 137 201 113 130 120 91 126 158
UNEMPL. RATE 8.5 8.3 7.4 6.5 5.5 4.6 6.6 3.8 4.3 4.1 3.2 4.4 5.5
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,922 19,032 19,327 18,962 19,045 19,347 19,341 18,686 19,214 18,907 19,067 19,010 19,072
EMPLOYMENT 17,313 17,471 17,799 17,607 17,696 17,911 17,569 17,152 17,972 17,679 18,039 17,974 17,882
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,609 1,561 1,528 1,355 1,349 1,436 1,772 1,534 1,242 1,228 1,028 1,036 1,390
UNEMPL. RATE 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.1 7.1 7.4 9.2 8.2 6.5 6.5 5.4 5.4 7.3
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,556 9,618 9,683 9,422 9,796 14,132 15,135 14,843 11,875 9,564 8,980 10,120 11,060
EMPLOYMENT 9,263 9,320 9,404 9,037 9,523 13,957 14,855 14,610 11,646 9,250 8,616 9,778 10,772
UNEMPLOYMENT 293 298 279 385 273 175 280 233 229 314 364 342 289
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 3.1 2.9 4.1 2.8 1.2 1.9 1.6 1.9 3.3 4.1 3.4 2.6
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,716 9,639 9,648 9,548 9,931 10,214 10,298 10,016 10,012 9,270 9,183 9,170 9,720
EMPLOYMENT 8,742 8,664 8,766 8,694 9,024 9,427 9,468 9,223 9,133 8,652 8,577 8,587 8,913
UNEMPLOYMENT 974 975 882 854 907 787 830 793 879 618 606 583 807
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 10.1 9.1 8.9 9.1 7.7 8.1 7.9 8.8 6.7 6.6 6.4 8.3
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,459 4,388 4,389 4,372 4,451 4,398 4,570 4,502 4,481 4,727 4,605 4,575 4,493
EMPLOYMENT 4,142 3,980 4,027 4,108 4,120 4,197 4,263 4,216 4,243 4,404 4,390 4,367 4,205
UNEMPLOYMENT 317 408 362 264 331 201 307 286 238 323 215 208 288
UNEMPL. RATE 7.1 9.3 8.2 6.0 7.4 4.6 6.7 6.4 5.3 6.8 4.7 4.5 6.4
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,548 3,389 3,416 3,294 3,395 3,176 3,339 3,328 3,455 3,383 3,366 3,361 3,371
EMPLOYMENT 3,239 3,100 3,119 3,057 3,174 2,981 3,059 3,124 3,224 3,208 3,205 3,153 3,137
UNEMPLOYMENT 309 289 297 237 221 195 280 204 231 175 161 208 234
UNEMPL. RATE 8.7 8.5 8.7 7.2 6.5 6.1 8.4 6.1 6.7 5.2 4.8 6.2 6.9

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