2001 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 266,448 265,718 268,354 268,763 267,899 275,086 275,940 270,491 270,765 270,595 269,802 269,957 269,985
EMPLOYMENT 253,530 254,028 256,311 258,052 258,485 265,105 266,870 261,358 261,684 260,977 259,098 258,592 259,508
UNEMPLOYMENT 12,918 11,690 12,043 10,711 9,414 9,981 9,070 9,133 9,081 9,618 10,704 11,365 10,477
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.9
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,052 37,186 37,621 37,545 37,119 37,228 37,170 36,511 36,628 37,017 37,418 37,692 37,183
EMPLOYMENT 35,329 35,641 36,038 36,133 35,841 35,862 35,912 35,261 35,411 35,738 36,004 36,184 35,780
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,723 1,545 1,583 1,412 1,278 1,366 1,258 1,250 1,217 1,279 1,414 1,508 1,403
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.8
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,753 27,860 28,185 28,134 27,820 27,899 27,859 27,365 27,453 27,744 28,039 28,241 27,863
EMPLOYMENT 26,524 26,758 27,056 27,127 26,908 26,924 26,961 26,473 26,585 26,831 27,030 27,165 26,862
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,229 1,102 1,129 1,007 912 975 898 892 868 913 1,009 1,076 1,001
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.6
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 40,677 40,640 40,856 40,593 39,755 39,901 40,463 39,317 39,363 39,597 40,106 40,163 40,120
EMPLOYMENT 38,701 38,830 39,058 39,008 38,262 38,290 38,983 37,788 37,854 38,002 38,408 38,378 38,464
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,976 1,810 1,798 1,585 1,493 1,611 1,480 1,529 1,509 1,595 1,698 1,785 1,656
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.1
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,115 27,082 27,226 27,042 26,481 26,584 26,951 26,192 26,222 26,380 26,723 26,765 26,730
EMPLOYMENT 25,717 25,802 25,954 25,921 25,425 25,444 25,904 25,110 25,154 25,252 25,522 25,502 25,559
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,398 1,280 1,272 1,121 1,056 1,140 1,047 1,082 1,068 1,128 1,201 1,263 1,171
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.4
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,624 18,809 19,258 19,115 18,434 18,093 17,799 16,963 18,162 18,961 18,937 19,172 18,527
EMPLOYMENT 17,860 18,122 18,532 18,486 17,838 17,438 17,225 16,372 17,537 18,345 18,294 18,516 17,880
UNEMPLOYMENT 764 687 726 629 596 655 574 591 625 616 643 656 647
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,718 15,875 16,254 16,134 15,560 15,271 15,023 14,317 15,330 16,004 15,984 16,182 15,638
EMPLOYMENT 15,081 15,303 15,649 15,610 15,063 14,725 14,545 13,825 14,809 15,491 15,448 15,635 15,099
UNEMPLOYMENT 637 572 605 524 497 546 478 492 521 513 536 547 539
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,276 5,233 5,334 5,356 5,325 5,545 5,391 5,285 5,337 5,500 5,266 5,223 5,339
EMPLOYMENT 4,954 4,929 5,004 5,092 5,106 5,290 5,158 5,070 5,132 5,282 5,028 4,953 5,083
UNEMPLOYMENT 322 304 330 264 219 255 233 215 205 218 238 270 256
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.8 6.2 4.9 4.1 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.5 5.2 4.8
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,466 20,650 21,029 21,049 20,954 21,495 22,082 21,976 21,890 21,866 21,848 21,828 21,428
EMPLOYMENT 19,759 20,023 20,349 20,455 20,438 20,933 21,577 21,462 21,343 21,324 21,259 21,242 20,847
UNEMPLOYMENT 707 627 680 594 516 562 505 514 547 542 589 586 581
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,903 7,741 7,718 7,874 7,840 8,248 8,296 8,101 8,118 8,122 7,960 7,890 7,984
EMPLOYMENT 7,452 7,338 7,316 7,535 7,530 7,927 8,017 7,806 7,808 7,778 7,581 7,459 7,629
UNEMPLOYMENT 451 403 402 339 310 321 279 295 310 344 379 431 355
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.8 5.5 4.4
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,745 6,586 6,539 6,572 6,426 6,488 6,502 6,531 6,457 6,513 6,533 6,490 6,532
EMPLOYMENT 6,411 6,272 6,227 6,298 6,204 6,247 6,278 6,314 6,241 6,297 6,301 6,238 6,277
UNEMPLOYMENT 334 314 312 274 222 241 224 217 216 216 232 252 255
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.2 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,024 2,945 2,996 3,103 3,104 3,341 3,248 3,180 3,230 3,158 3,078 2,987 3,117
EMPLOYMENT 2,876 2,808 2,851 2,967 3,006 3,238 3,159 3,094 3,137 3,063 2,972 2,896 3,006
UNEMPLOYMENT 148 137 145 136 98 103 89 86 93 95 106 91 111
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.4 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.0 3.6
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,899 17,712 18,090 17,996 18,092 18,018 17,979 17,892 18,278 18,497 18,782 18,562 18,149
EMPLOYMENT 16,600 16,571 16,947 16,975 17,245 17,145 17,162 17,116 17,558 17,735 17,943 17,575 17,214
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,299 1,141 1,143 1,021 847 873 817 776 720 762 839 987 935
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 6.4 6.3 5.7 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.5 5.3 5.2
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,145 6,152 6,174 6,339 6,163 6,186 5,966 5,925 5,940 6,364 6,345 6,118 6,151
EMPLOYMENT 5,801 5,844 5,878 6,074 5,935 5,942 5,753 5,701 5,727 6,151 6,129 5,894 5,902
UNEMPLOYMENT 344 308 296 265 228 244 213 224 213 213 216 224 249
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.0 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.0
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,541 2,543 2,592 2,658 2,612 2,717 2,745 2,693 2,643 2,654 2,649 2,607 2,638
EMPLOYMENT 2,417 2,430 2,465 2,538 2,510 2,608 2,644 2,598 2,552 2,557 2,532 2,477 2,527
UNEMPLOYMENT 124 113 127 120 102 109 101 95 91 97 117 130 111
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.7 4.4 5.0 4.2
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,339 3,302 3,345 3,436 3,488 3,739 3,663 3,618 3,662 3,664 3,587 3,560 3,534
EMPLOYMENT 3,163 3,134 3,181 3,293 3,367 3,618 3,554 3,510 3,551 3,528 3,432 3,395 3,394
UNEMPLOYMENT 176 168 164 143 121 121 109 108 111 136 155 165 140
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.0
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,159 7,070 7,136 7,348 7,514 7,901 8,110 8,168 7,920 7,599 7,460 7,363 7,563
EMPLOYMENT 6,792 6,719 6,766 7,039 7,267 7,645 7,872 7,923 7,671 7,311 7,116 6,993 7,260
UNEMPLOYMENT 367 351 370 309 247 256 238 245 249 288 344 370 303
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.2 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.8 4.6 5.0 4.0
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,179 1,151 1,190 1,227 1,218 1,290 1,273 1,258 1,253 1,239 1,179 1,162 1,218
EMPLOYMENT 1,106 1,087 1,132 1,178 1,179 1,250 1,235 1,216 1,214 1,200 1,128 1,104 1,169
UNEMPLOYMENT 73 64 58 49 39 40 38 42 39 39 51 58 49
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 5.6 4.9 4.0 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 4.3 5.0 4.0
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,422 13,430 13,712 13,699 14,315 15,734 16,078 15,373 14,861 14,276 13,746 13,836 14,373
EMPLOYMENT 12,636 12,745 13,001 13,085 13,738 15,161 15,569 14,857 14,372 13,739 13,084 13,110 13,758
UNEMPLOYMENT 786 685 711 614 577 573 509 516 489 537 662 726 615
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.1 5.2 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.8 4.8 5.2 4.3
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,052 4,016 4,050 4,253 4,395 4,378 4,227 4,220 4,209 4,175 4,110 4,053 4,178
EMPLOYMENT 3,827 3,789 3,824 4,078 4,253 4,210 4,080 4,064 4,057 4,026 3,937 3,867 4,001
UNEMPLOYMENT 225 227 226 175 142 168 147 156 152 149 173 186 177
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.7 5.6 4.1 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.2
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,573 14,608 14,746 14,866 14,703 15,242 14,670 14,313 14,536 14,705 14,604 14,623 14,683
EMPLOYMENT 13,793 13,909 14,042 14,263 14,191 14,698 14,180 13,831 14,050 14,169 14,023 13,976 14,094
UNEMPLOYMENT 780 699 704 603 512 544 490 482 486 536 581 647 589
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.1 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.0
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,493 3,437 3,454 3,517 3,658 4,006 4,105 4,092 3,991 3,881 3,731 3,713 3,756
EMPLOYMENT 3,376 3,325 3,342 3,419 3,561 3,910 4,020 4,000 3,894 3,783 3,628 3,617 3,656
UNEMPLOYMENT 117 112 112 98 97 96 85 92 97 98 103 96 100
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,977 20,992 21,114 21,017 20,855 20,746 20,642 20,308 20,597 21,003 21,361 21,094 20,892
EMPLOYMENT 19,966 20,118 20,184 20,205 20,126 19,947 19,884 19,565 19,855 20,235 20,522 20,166 20,064
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,011 874 930 812 729 799 758 743 742 768 839 928 828
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.2 4.4 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.0
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,637 13,435 13,397 13,001 13,756 16,113 17,194 16,665 15,306 13,135 12,307 13,256 14,267
EMPLOYMENT 13,283 13,094 13,036 12,514 13,369 15,778 16,918 16,374 14,986 12,737 11,744 12,784 13,885
UNEMPLOYMENT 354 341 361 487 387 335 276 291 320 398 563 472 382
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.5 2.7 3.7 2.8 2.1 1.6 1.7 2.1 3.0 4.6 3.6 2.7
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,598 10,541 10,484 10,587 10,699 11,031 10,872 10,775 10,899 10,985 11,162 10,993 10,802
EMPLOYMENT 10,149 10,110 10,028 10,172 10,348 10,648 10,514 10,395 10,529 10,576 10,723 10,514 10,392
UNEMPLOYMENT 449 431 456 415 351 383 358 380 370 409 439 479 410
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.1 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4 3.8
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,358 4,260 4,221 4,276 4,195 4,297 4,171 4,112 4,128 4,286 4,255 4,214 4,231
EMPLOYMENT 4,162 4,079 3,991 4,062 4,009 4,098 3,992 3,939 3,961 4,135 4,076 4,037 4,045
UNEMPLOYMENT 196 181 230 214 186 199 179 173 167 151 179 177 186
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.2 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.4
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,312 3,278 3,297 3,335 3,280 3,351 3,297 3,214 3,357 3,394 3,378 3,358 3,321
EMPLOYMENT 3,117 3,110 3,119 3,182 3,163 3,224 3,186 3,099 3,244 3,263 3,234 3,216 3,180
UNEMPLOYMENT 195 168 178 153 117 127 111 115 113 131 144 142 141
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.1 5.4 4.6 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.2
Benchmark Run Date 05/2006
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