2000-2013 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES--ANNUAL AVERAGES
WYOMING
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 266,882 269,985 269,654 271,607 273,091 278,183 285,958 290,580 296,174 300,145 302,192 303,176 305,606 306,315
EMPLOYMENT 256,685 259,508 258,462 259,489 262,358 267,927 276,882 282,417 286,991 281,208 280,897 284,643 289,102 292,096
UNEMPLOYMENT 10,197 10,477 11,192 12,118 10,733 10,256 9,076 8,163 9,183 18,937 21,295 18,533 16,504 14,219
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.8 3.1 6.3 7.0 6.1 5.4 4.6
NATRONA COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 36,536 37,183 37,455 37,986 38,651 39,354 40,432 40,503 41,087 41,272 41,917 42,709 44,153 45,228
EMPLOYMENT 35,110 35,780 35,899 36,271 37,197 37,961 39,227 39,454 39,918 38,556 38,880 40,115 41,993 43,323
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,426 1,403 1,556 1,715 1,454 1,393 1,205 1,049 1,169 2,716 3,037 2,594 2,160 1,905
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.8 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.8 6.6 7.2 6.1 4.9 4.2
LARAMIE COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 40,237 40,120 40,839 41,550 41,324 41,611 42,121 42,421 42,950 43,850 44,293 44,809 45,309 46,248
EMPLOYMENT 38,732 38,464 39,101 39,633 39,441 39,849 40,493 40,919 41,250 41,010 40,928 41,727 42,518 43,959
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,505 1,656 1,738 1,917 1,883 1,762 1,628 1,502 1,700 2,840 3,365 3,082 2,791 2,289
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.5 4.0 6.5 7.6 6.9 6.2 4.9
ALBANY COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 18,300 18,527 18,360 18,627 19,699 19,478 18,921 18,796 19,097 19,707 19,864 20,121 19,128 19,163
EMPLOYMENT 17,688 17,880 17,740 17,990 19,104 18,925 18,426 18,343 18,608 18,884 18,826 19,168 18,234 18,401
UNEMPLOYMENT 612 647 620 637 595 553 495 453 489 823 1,038 953 894 762
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 4.2 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.0
BIG HORN COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 5,317 5,339 5,169 5,174 5,281 5,332 5,380 4,933 4,979 5,062 5,125 5,208 5,196 5,177
EMPLOYMENT 5,050 5,083 4,889 4,906 5,029 5,084 5,156 4,734 4,777 4,626 4,715 4,837 4,871 4,893
UNEMPLOYMENT 267 256 280 268 252 248 224 199 202 436 410 371 325 284
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.8 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.2 4.0 4.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.3 5.5
CAMPBELL COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 19,908 21,428 22,091 21,657 21,783 23,325 25,281 26,328 27,621 28,814 28,508 27,705 28,034 27,785
EMPLOYMENT 19,299 20,847 21,418 20,856 21,104 22,703 24,739 25,799 27,074 27,270 26,785 26,399 26,821 26,715
UNEMPLOYMENT 609 581 673 801 679 622 542 529 547 1,544 1,723 1,306 1,213 1,070
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.7 3.0 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.1 2.0 2.0 5.4 6.0 4.7 4.3 3.9
CARBON COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 8,094 7,984 7,794 7,654 7,561 7,657 7,947 8,350 8,349 7,949 7,929 7,786 7,971 8,107
EMPLOYMENT 7,757 7,629 7,434 7,227 7,220 7,351 7,680 8,109 8,074 7,377 7,314 7,267 7,530 7,741
UNEMPLOYMENT 337 355 360 427 341 306 267 241 275 572 615 519 441 366
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.4 4.6 5.6 4.5 4.0 3.4 2.9 3.3 7.2 7.8 6.7 5.5 4.5
CONVERSE COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 6,582 6,532 6,274 6,476 6,499 6,714 6,920 6,988 7,416 7,634 7,749 7,802 8,236 8,359
EMPLOYMENT 6,324 6,277 6,006 6,174 6,235 6,459 6,683 6,790 7,209 7,198 7,299 7,420 7,893 8,069
UNEMPLOYMENT 258 255 268 302 264 255 237 198 207 436 450 382 343 290
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.8 2.8 5.7 5.8 4.9 4.2 3.5
CROOK COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 3,173 3,117 3,075 3,105 3,192 3,274 3,411 3,444 3,514 3,596 3,609 3,576 3,628 3,530
EMPLOYMENT 3,057 3,006 2,961 2,970 3,067 3,157 3,315 3,350 3,411 3,392 3,397 3,381 3,442 3,369
UNEMPLOYMENT 116 111 114 135 125 117 96 94 103 204 212 195 186 161
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.9 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.6
FREMONT COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 17,665 18,149 18,160 17,763 17,595 17,820 17,880 18,143 18,580 19,252 19,646 19,681 19,886 19,797
EMPLOYMENT 16,749 17,214 17,184 16,733 16,679 16,957 17,107 17,464 17,808 17,772 18,058 18,257 18,568 18,610
UNEMPLOYMENT 916 935 976 1,030 916 863 773 679 772 1,480 1,588 1,424 1,318 1,187
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.3 3.7 4.2 7.7 8.1 7.2 6.6 6.0
GOSHEN COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 6,249 6,151 5,945 5,832 5,757 5,713 5,955 5,942 6,145 6,315 6,470 6,569 6,608 6,518
EMPLOYMENT 6,022 5,902 5,690 5,563 5,502 5,454 5,724 5,751 5,925 5,976 6,062 6,183 6,247 6,206
UNEMPLOYMENT 227 249 255 269 255 259 231 191 220 339 408 386 361 312
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.2 3.6 5.4 6.3 5.9 5.5 4.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 2,643 2,638 2,526 2,369 2,342 2,326 2,348 2,383 2,438 2,537 2,600 2,615 2,613 2,604
EMPLOYMENT 2,547 2,527 2,406 2,266 2,249 2,231 2,262 2,304 2,357 2,388 2,454 2,479 2,490 2,485
UNEMPLOYMENT 96 111 120 103 93 95 86 79 81 149 146 136 123 119
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 4.2 4.8 4.3 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.3 5.9 5.6 5.2 4.7 4.6
JOHNSON COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 3,575 3,534 3,576 3,626 3,688 3,806 3,878 3,943 4,092 4,098 4,042 4,009 4,049 4,023
EMPLOYMENT 3,442 3,394 3,433 3,459 3,551 3,659 3,757 3,813 3,956 3,793 3,707 3,716 3,809 3,799
UNEMPLOYMENT 133 140 143 167 137 147 121 130 136 305 335 293 240 224
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.6 3.7 3.9 3.1 3.3 3.3 7.4 8.3 7.3 5.9 5.6
LINCOLN COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 7,357 7,563 7,493 8,307 7,971 7,856 8,282 9,019 8,461 8,412 8,366 8,343 7,904 7,810
EMPLOYMENT 7,072 7,260 7,142 7,927 7,649 7,528 7,992 8,791 8,158 7,758 7,576 7,632 7,301 7,348
UNEMPLOYMENT 285 303 351 380 322 328 290 228 303 654 790 711 603 462
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 4.0 4.7 4.6 4.0 4.2 3.5 2.5 3.6 7.8 9.4 8.5 7.6 5.9
NIOBRARA COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 1,236 1,218 1,150 1,141 1,125 1,124 1,148 1,207 1,246 1,299 1,293 1,319 1,362 1,334
EMPLOYMENT 1,191 1,169 1,097 1,086 1,081 1,079 1,111 1,171 1,204 1,234 1,221 1,257 1,307 1,284
UNEMPLOYMENT 45 49 53 55 44 45 37 36 42 65 72 62 55 50
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 4.0 4.6 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.2 3.0 3.4 5.0 5.6 4.7 4.0 3.7
PARK COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 14,378 14,373 14,294 14,501 14,435 14,468 14,362 14,290 14,580 14,913 15,168 15,340 15,700 15,334
EMPLOYMENT 13,799 13,758 13,641 13,827 13,832 13,876 13,845 13,841 14,059 13,994 14,112 14,371 14,793 14,548
UNEMPLOYMENT 579 615 653 674 603 592 517 449 521 919 1,056 969 907 786
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.1 3.6 6.2 7.0 6.3 5.8 5.1
PLATTE COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 4,355 4,178 4,125 4,050 4,077 4,037 4,028 3,968 3,985 4,140 4,280 4,272 4,209 4,244
EMPLOYMENT 4,179 4,001 3,927 3,836 3,866 3,837 3,850 3,810 3,821 3,889 3,981 4,012 3,973 4,037
UNEMPLOYMENT 176 177 198 214 211 200 178 158 164 251 299 260 236 207
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.0 4.1 6.1 7.0 6.1 5.6 4.9
SHERIDAN COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 14,755 14,683 14,904 15,014 14,944 15,139 15,611 15,875 16,220 16,507 16,474 16,276 16,267 16,187
EMPLOYMENT 14,168 14,094 14,291 14,322 14,351 14,551 15,116 15,426 15,713 15,391 15,188 15,120 15,268 15,333
UNEMPLOYMENT 587 589 613 692 593 588 495 449 507 1,116 1,286 1,156 999 854
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.2 2.8 3.1 6.8 7.8 7.1 6.1 5.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 3,560 3,756 3,881 4,126 4,463 5,004 5,735 6,702 7,083 7,295 7,418 7,722 7,350 6,745
EMPLOYMENT 3,455 3,656 3,767 3,996 4,354 4,898 5,631 6,604 6,965 6,973 7,057 7,444 7,077 6,505
UNEMPLOYMENT 105 100 114 130 109 106 104 98 118 322 361 278 273 240
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.2 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.7 4.4 4.9 3.6 3.7 3.6
SWEETWATER COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 20,716 20,892 20,184 20,791 21,190 22,128 23,690 24,044 24,511 24,330 24,491 25,028 25,276 25,298
EMPLOYMENT 19,897 20,064 19,336 19,933 20,480 21,464 23,099 23,511 23,920 22,770 22,832 23,731 24,122 24,271
UNEMPLOYMENT 819 828 848 858 710 664 591 533 591 1,560 1,659 1,297 1,154 1,027
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.4 6.4 6.8 5.2 4.6 4.1
TETON COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 14,183 14,267 13,796 13,600 13,627 13,838 14,164 14,578 14,607 13,878 13,619 13,508 13,826 14,212
EMPLOYMENT 13,840 13,885 13,370 13,106 13,193 13,410 13,803 14,257 14,171 12,922 12,487 12,456 12,917 13,454
UNEMPLOYMENT 343 382 426 494 434 428 361 321 436 956 1,132 1,052 909 758
UNEMPL. RATE 2.4 2.7 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.2 3.0 6.9 8.3 7.8 6.6 5.3
UINTA COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 10,461 10,802 11,092 10,896 10,576 10,711 11,135 11,270 11,625 11,572 11,521 11,056 11,190 10,995
EMPLOYMENT 10,042 10,392 10,610 10,388 10,163 10,336 10,798 10,971 11,284 10,791 10,715 10,406 10,617 10,481
UNEMPLOYMENT 419 410 482 508 413 375 337 299 341 781 806 650 573 514
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 3.8 4.3 4.7 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.9 6.7 7.0 5.9 5.1 4.7
WASHAKIE COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 4,306 4,231 4,160 4,201 4,195 4,287 4,226 4,252 4,332 4,403 4,447 4,432 4,383 4,305
EMPLOYMENT 4,108 4,045 3,946 4,007 4,022 4,106 4,072 4,105 4,178 4,137 4,152 4,163 4,147 4,091
UNEMPLOYMENT 198 186 214 194 173 181 154 147 154 266 295 269 236 214
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.4 5.1 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.6 6.0 6.6 6.1 5.4 5.0
WESTON COUNTY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
LABOR FORCE 3,299 3,321 3,313 3,162 3,119 3,183 3,105 3,203 3,258 3,313 3,368 3,293 3,330 3,319
EMPLOYMENT 3,159 3,180 3,176 3,014 2,991 3,053 2,996 3,102 3,152 3,108 3,153 3,103 3,165 3,177
UNEMPLOYMENT 140 141 137 148 128 130 109 101 106 205 215 190 165 142
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.7 4.1 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.3 6.2 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.3
Benchmark Run Date 04/2014
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