2000 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 264,014 263,719 266,348 264,554 263,884 271,430 270,274 267,088 267,339 267,484 268,778 267,680 266,882
EMPLOYMENT 250,651 251,206 254,681 254,727 254,601 261,993 261,407 257,928 258,620 258,734 258,237 257,438 256,685
UNEMPLOYMENT 13,363 12,513 11,667 9,827 9,283 9,437 8,867 9,160 8,719 8,750 10,541 10,242 10,197
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.7 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.8 3.8
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 36,420 36,583 36,611 36,557 36,293 36,333 36,229 35,751 36,011 36,624 37,613 37,408 36,536
EMPLOYMENT 34,593 34,865 34,995 35,209 34,965 35,023 34,986 34,422 34,757 35,378 36,093 36,030 35,110
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,827 1,718 1,616 1,348 1,328 1,310 1,243 1,329 1,254 1,246 1,520 1,378 1,426
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.7 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.9
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,275 27,401 27,426 27,396 27,198 27,229 27,153 26,791 26,989 27,449 28,181 28,033 27,377
EMPLOYMENT 25,971 26,175 26,273 26,434 26,250 26,294 26,266 25,843 26,094 26,560 27,097 27,050 26,359
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,304 1,226 1,153 962 948 935 887 948 895 889 1,084 983 1,018
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.7
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 39,850 40,064 40,663 40,457 39,872 40,080 40,646 39,817 39,617 39,965 41,142 40,669 40,237
EMPLOYMENT 37,874 38,252 39,029 39,071 38,517 38,643 39,312 38,448 38,247 38,602 39,608 39,179 38,732
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,976 1,812 1,634 1,386 1,355 1,437 1,334 1,369 1,370 1,363 1,534 1,490 1,505
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.7
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,565 26,700 27,091 26,944 26,553 26,695 27,067 26,517 26,384 26,615 27,404 27,088 26,802
EMPLOYMENT 25,167 25,418 25,935 25,963 25,594 25,678 26,123 25,549 25,415 25,651 26,319 26,034 25,737
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,398 1,282 1,156 981 959 1,017 944 968 969 964 1,085 1,054 1,065
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.8 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.9 4.0
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,393 18,736 18,924 18,646 17,905 17,921 17,344 16,975 17,980 18,705 19,159 18,916 18,300
EMPLOYMENT 17,658 18,022 18,234 18,054 17,347 17,300 16,773 16,424 17,421 18,158 18,542 18,327 17,688
UNEMPLOYMENT 735 714 690 592 558 621 571 551 559 547 617 589 612
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.3
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,523 15,813 15,972 15,738 15,113 15,125 14,639 14,328 15,177 15,789 16,171 15,967 15,446
EMPLOYMENT 14,911 15,218 15,397 15,245 14,648 14,608 14,163 13,869 14,711 15,333 15,657 15,476 14,936
UNEMPLOYMENT 612 595 575 493 465 517 476 459 466 456 514 491 510
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.3
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,529 5,322 5,415 5,312 5,301 5,384 5,192 5,117 5,301 5,333 5,330 5,275 5,317
EMPLOYMENT 5,163 4,994 5,090 5,052 5,053 5,137 4,947 4,876 5,085 5,126 5,072 5,008 5,050
UNEMPLOYMENT 366 328 325 260 248 247 245 241 216 207 258 267 267
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.2 6.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.1 3.9 4.8 5.1 5.0
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,625 19,732 19,594 19,719 19,561 20,040 20,009 19,943 19,877 20,091 20,407 20,286 19,908
EMPLOYMENT 18,811 18,967 18,860 19,133 19,006 19,468 19,496 19,402 19,347 19,579 19,802 19,711 19,299
UNEMPLOYMENT 814 765 734 586 555 572 513 541 530 512 605 575 609
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.8 3.1
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,167 8,129 8,156 8,055 8,089 8,400 8,077 7,914 8,092 8,078 8,076 7,897 8,094
EMPLOYMENT 7,747 7,738 7,794 7,706 7,771 8,096 7,793 7,622 7,804 7,787 7,701 7,525 7,757
UNEMPLOYMENT 420 391 362 349 318 304 284 292 288 291 375 372 337
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 4.6 4.7 4.2
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,479 6,489 6,507 6,611 6,543 6,585 6,583 6,596 6,623 6,621 6,678 6,677 6,582
EMPLOYMENT 6,119 6,156 6,209 6,368 6,315 6,349 6,359 6,371 6,410 6,401 6,423 6,413 6,324
UNEMPLOYMENT 360 333 298 243 228 236 224 225 213 220 255 264 258
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.1 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.8 4.0 3.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,129 3,057 3,129 3,137 3,211 3,387 3,215 3,197 3,230 3,187 3,133 3,057 3,173
EMPLOYMENT 2,964 2,908 2,974 3,024 3,105 3,281 3,114 3,103 3,143 3,093 3,021 2,952 3,057
UNEMPLOYMENT 165 149 155 113 106 106 101 94 87 94 112 105 116
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.9 5.0 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.6 3.4 3.7
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,569 17,427 17,924 17,887 17,675 17,420 17,490 17,201 17,914 17,891 17,806 17,771 17,665
EMPLOYMENT 16,375 16,309 16,908 17,016 16,867 16,596 16,695 16,361 17,187 17,154 16,797 16,724 16,749
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,194 1,118 1,016 871 808 824 795 840 727 737 1,009 1,047 916
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.1 5.7 5.9 5.2
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,255 6,158 6,229 6,270 6,151 6,265 6,068 5,947 6,097 6,505 6,581 6,462 6,249
EMPLOYMENT 5,926 5,856 5,971 6,064 5,957 6,062 5,863 5,732 5,902 6,325 6,367 6,241 6,022
UNEMPLOYMENT 329 302 258 206 194 203 205 215 195 180 214 221 227
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.9 4.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.2 2.8 3.3 3.4 3.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,614 2,606 2,678 2,656 2,657 2,727 2,711 2,633 2,600 2,599 2,621 2,617 2,643
EMPLOYMENT 2,494 2,491 2,564 2,564 2,565 2,635 2,627 2,550 2,524 2,516 2,522 2,513 2,547
UNEMPLOYMENT 120 115 114 92 92 92 84 83 76 83 99 104 96
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.8 4.0 3.6
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,571 3,490 3,576 3,572 3,625 3,888 3,713 3,675 3,552 3,525 3,408 3,297 3,575
EMPLOYMENT 3,387 3,323 3,420 3,430 3,500 3,766 3,603 3,564 3,445 3,426 3,266 3,168 3,442
UNEMPLOYMENT 184 167 156 142 125 122 110 111 107 99 142 129 133
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 4.2 3.9 3.7
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,323 7,173 7,230 7,174 7,336 7,523 7,308 7,824 7,515 7,381 7,258 7,232 7,357
EMPLOYMENT 6,923 6,792 6,870 6,880 7,087 7,268 7,074 7,595 7,283 7,154 6,997 6,935 7,072
UNEMPLOYMENT 400 381 360 294 249 255 234 229 232 227 261 297 285
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.6 4.1 3.9
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,328 1,272 1,281 1,238 1,216 1,251 1,190 1,163 1,217 1,272 1,213 1,189 1,236
EMPLOYMENT 1,273 1,218 1,235 1,200 1,178 1,208 1,151 1,125 1,178 1,230 1,162 1,131 1,191
UNEMPLOYMENT 55 54 46 38 38 43 39 38 39 42 51 58 45
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 4.2 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 4.2 4.9 3.6
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,581 13,422 13,706 13,594 14,399 15,888 15,990 15,644 14,733 14,231 13,734 13,609 14,378
EMPLOYMENT 12,790 12,701 13,022 13,041 13,894 15,372 15,496 15,156 14,266 13,769 13,105 12,975 13,799
UNEMPLOYMENT 791 721 684 553 505 516 494 488 467 462 629 634 579
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.6 4.7 4.0
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,330 4,419 4,778 4,736 4,414 4,503 4,247 4,169 4,297 4,167 4,123 4,079 4,355
EMPLOYMENT 4,080 4,204 4,580 4,579 4,267 4,353 4,099 4,011 4,143 4,009 3,930 3,894 4,179
UNEMPLOYMENT 250 215 198 157 147 150 148 158 154 158 193 185 176
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 4.9 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.7 4.5 4.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,561 14,583 14,675 14,625 14,628 15,145 14,767 14,722 14,890 14,811 14,848 14,799 14,755
EMPLOYMENT 13,737 13,810 13,976 14,063 14,099 14,633 14,293 14,230 14,423 14,315 14,252 14,179 14,168
UNEMPLOYMENT 824 773 699 562 529 512 474 492 467 496 596 620 587
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.3 4.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 4.0 4.2 4.0
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,322 3,311 3,339 3,295 3,436 3,803 3,957 3,882 3,775 3,659 3,509 3,426 3,560
EMPLOYMENT 3,186 3,175 3,211 3,196 3,340 3,701 3,865 3,785 3,681 3,570 3,413 3,332 3,455
UNEMPLOYMENT 136 136 128 99 96 102 92 97 94 89 96 94 105
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,861 20,829 20,785 20,701 20,353 20,628 20,299 20,264 20,657 21,044 21,087 21,079 20,716
EMPLOYMENT 19,768 19,806 19,879 19,954 19,636 19,860 19,565 19,464 19,965 20,308 20,276 20,278 19,897
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,093 1,023 906 747 717 768 734 800 692 736 811 801 819
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.9 4.4 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.0
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,003 12,892 12,986 12,424 13,253 16,268 17,291 16,893 15,371 13,611 12,685 13,523 14,183
EMPLOYMENT 12,602 12,522 12,632 12,005 12,901 15,972 17,045 16,620 15,081 13,283 12,220 13,200 13,840
UNEMPLOYMENT 401 370 354 419 352 296 246 273 290 328 465 323 343
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.9 2.7 3.4 2.7 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.4 3.7 2.4 2.4
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,336 10,293 10,440 10,295 10,338 10,565 10,524 10,450 10,391 10,474 10,675 10,742 10,461
EMPLOYMENT 9,826 9,792 9,951 9,875 9,946 10,155 10,123 10,050 10,018 10,109 10,282 10,373 10,042
UNEMPLOYMENT 510 501 489 420 392 410 401 400 373 365 393 369 419
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.4 4.0
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,434 4,424 4,374 4,298 4,333 4,089 4,170 4,091 4,269 4,424 4,387 4,388 4,306
EMPLOYMENT 4,211 4,172 4,093 4,084 4,119 3,902 3,989 3,913 4,106 4,280 4,217 4,215 4,108
UNEMPLOYMENT 223 252 281 214 214 187 181 178 163 144 170 173 198
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.7 6.4 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.4 3.8 3.3 3.9 3.9 4.6
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,332 3,308 3,349 3,293 3,293 3,336 3,257 3,222 3,329 3,286 3,305 3,281 3,299
EMPLOYMENT 3,144 3,134 3,185 3,158 3,165 3,211 3,141 3,105 3,203 3,162 3,169 3,133 3,159
UNEMPLOYMENT 188 174 164 135 128 125 116 117 126 124 136 148 140
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.2
Benchmark Run Date 02/2006
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