2002 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 263,407 267,140 269,355 267,417 268,149 274,459 272,228 273,269 270,433 271,438 268,825 269,725 269,654
EMPLOYMENT 249,670 254,625 256,517 255,115 257,722 263,872 263,066 264,442 261,188 261,699 256,837 256,790 258,462
UNEMPLOYMENT 13,737 12,515 12,838 12,302 10,427 10,587 9,162 8,827 9,245 9,739 11,988 12,935 11,192
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.6 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.6 4.5 4.8 4.2
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 36,883 37,712 38,257 37,460 37,207 37,331 37,007 37,347 36,839 37,754 37,741 37,916 37,455
EMPLOYMENT 35,014 36,095 36,535 35,784 35,723 35,845 35,706 36,063 35,506 36,338 36,045 36,134 35,899
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,869 1,617 1,722 1,676 1,484 1,486 1,301 1,284 1,333 1,416 1,696 1,782 1,556
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.7 4.2
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,620 28,253 28,658 28,061 27,878 27,971 27,735 27,991 27,607 28,291 28,271 28,399 28,062
EMPLOYMENT 26,287 27,099 27,429 26,865 26,819 26,911 26,807 27,075 26,656 27,281 27,061 27,128 26,952
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,333 1,154 1,229 1,196 1,059 1,060 928 916 951 1,010 1,210 1,271 1,110
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.1 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.0
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 39,759 40,412 40,886 40,903 40,494 40,667 41,112 40,746 40,676 41,254 41,479 41,685 40,839
EMPLOYMENT 37,649 38,520 38,977 39,102 38,873 38,963 39,638 39,330 39,146 39,677 39,595 39,742 39,101
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,110 1,892 1,909 1,801 1,621 1,704 1,474 1,416 1,530 1,577 1,884 1,943 1,738
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.5 4.7 4.3
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,511 26,934 27,251 27,257 26,978 27,096 27,382 27,137 27,094 27,481 27,644 27,783 27,212
EMPLOYMENT 25,018 25,596 25,900 25,983 25,831 25,891 26,339 26,135 26,012 26,365 26,311 26,408 25,982
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,493 1,338 1,351 1,274 1,147 1,205 1,043 1,002 1,082 1,116 1,333 1,375 1,230
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.4 3.8 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.8 4.9 4.5
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,577 18,865 19,270 19,083 18,311 18,231 17,250 17,008 17,791 18,689 18,565 18,680 18,360
EMPLOYMENT 17,854 18,187 18,547 18,380 17,721 17,597 16,728 16,517 17,254 18,131 17,937 18,030 17,740
UNEMPLOYMENT 723 678 723 703 590 634 522 491 537 558 628 650 620
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.4
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,678 15,922 16,263 16,106 15,456 15,387 14,560 14,356 15,017 15,775 15,669 15,767 15,496
EMPLOYMENT 15,076 15,357 15,661 15,520 14,964 14,859 14,125 13,947 14,570 15,310 15,146 15,225 14,980
UNEMPLOYMENT 602 565 602 586 492 528 435 409 447 465 523 542 516
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.3
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,166 5,127 5,130 5,141 5,169 5,244 5,114 5,152 5,180 5,276 5,182 5,139 5,169
EMPLOYMENT 4,814 4,776 4,778 4,843 4,910 4,987 4,879 4,917 4,954 5,056 4,918 4,832 4,889
UNEMPLOYMENT 352 351 352 298 259 257 235 235 226 220 264 307 280
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.8 6.9 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.2 5.1 6.0 5.4
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 22,006 22,473 22,699 22,104 21,885 22,231 22,167 22,380 21,778 21,908 21,795 21,669 22,091
EMPLOYMENT 21,275 21,768 21,937 21,348 21,239 21,588 21,617 21,800 21,189 21,280 21,079 20,897 21,418
UNEMPLOYMENT 731 705 762 756 646 643 550 580 589 628 716 772 673
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.0
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,657 7,614 7,653 7,627 7,769 8,173 8,032 7,983 7,829 7,864 7,734 7,594 7,794
EMPLOYMENT 7,124 7,146 7,227 7,219 7,431 7,844 7,769 7,725 7,566 7,575 7,382 7,197 7,434
UNEMPLOYMENT 533 468 426 408 338 329 263 258 263 289 352 397 360
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 6.1 5.6 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.6 5.2 4.6
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,178 6,280 6,256 6,206 6,272 6,426 6,193 6,177 6,288 6,381 6,328 6,301 6,274
EMPLOYMENT 5,850 5,999 5,958 5,927 6,042 6,181 5,981 5,963 6,060 6,146 6,018 5,946 6,006
UNEMPLOYMENT 328 281 298 279 230 245 212 214 228 235 310 355 268
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.9 5.6 4.3
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,959 2,952 2,923 2,965 3,124 3,323 3,139 3,156 3,132 3,115 3,088 3,029 3,075
EMPLOYMENT 2,814 2,816 2,775 2,820 3,023 3,221 3,058 3,080 3,040 3,023 2,966 2,899 2,961
UNEMPLOYMENT 145 136 148 145 101 102 81 76 92 92 122 130 114
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.6 5.1 4.9 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.0 4.0 4.3 3.7
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,095 18,330 18,458 18,219 18,211 18,247 17,743 17,837 18,010 18,278 18,281 18,209 18,160
EMPLOYMENT 16,859 17,221 17,320 17,186 17,361 17,377 16,933 17,097 17,223 17,420 17,219 16,991 17,184
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,236 1,109 1,138 1,033 850 870 810 740 787 858 1,062 1,218 976
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.1 6.2 5.7 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.4 4.7 5.8 6.7 5.4
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,931 5,987 5,985 6,004 5,909 5,959 5,722 5,727 5,765 6,157 6,146 6,052 5,945
EMPLOYMENT 5,581 5,677 5,702 5,732 5,682 5,699 5,500 5,510 5,552 5,947 5,900 5,797 5,690
UNEMPLOYMENT 350 310 283 272 227 260 222 217 213 210 246 255 255
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.2 4.7 4.5 3.8 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 4.0 4.2 4.3
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,522 2,519 2,533 2,530 2,553 2,616 2,601 2,574 2,458 2,485 2,462 2,461 2,526
EMPLOYMENT 2,366 2,372 2,381 2,399 2,438 2,497 2,507 2,487 2,362 2,389 2,347 2,328 2,406
UNEMPLOYMENT 156 147 152 131 115 119 94 87 96 96 115 133 120
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 5.8 6.0 5.2 4.5 4.5 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.9 4.7 5.4 4.8
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,371 3,373 3,401 3,430 3,580 3,879 3,752 3,752 3,681 3,650 3,547 3,503 3,576
EMPLOYMENT 3,190 3,219 3,241 3,272 3,438 3,734 3,648 3,645 3,560 3,529 3,392 3,333 3,433
UNEMPLOYMENT 181 154 160 158 142 145 104 107 121 121 155 170 143
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.3 4.4 4.9 4.0
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,152 7,125 7,079 7,186 7,460 7,759 7,977 8,105 7,686 7,534 7,417 7,433 7,493
EMPLOYMENT 6,697 6,706 6,654 6,803 7,158 7,448 7,720 7,847 7,397 7,235 7,035 6,998 7,142
UNEMPLOYMENT 455 419 425 383 302 311 257 258 289 299 382 435 351
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.9 6.0 5.3 4.0 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.8 4.0 5.2 5.9 4.7
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,081 1,131 1,098 1,096 1,154 1,253 1,168 1,192 1,170 1,177 1,152 1,136 1,150
EMPLOYMENT 1,023 1,082 1,041 1,040 1,098 1,200 1,127 1,152 1,127 1,136 1,084 1,058 1,097
UNEMPLOYMENT 58 49 57 56 56 53 41 40 43 41 68 78 53
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 4.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.5 5.9 6.9 4.6
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,284 13,404 13,478 13,512 14,340 15,860 15,765 15,544 14,930 14,161 13,628 13,616 14,294
EMPLOYMENT 12,441 12,616 12,671 12,754 13,750 15,287 15,273 15,066 14,429 13,638 12,921 12,842 13,641
UNEMPLOYMENT 843 788 807 758 590 573 492 478 501 523 707 774 653
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 5.9 6.0 5.6 4.1 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.7 5.2 5.7 4.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,947 3,975 3,934 4,197 4,398 4,369 4,098 4,142 4,113 4,169 4,082 4,066 4,125
EMPLOYMENT 3,704 3,738 3,715 3,997 4,237 4,188 3,932 3,977 3,943 3,991 3,864 3,834 3,927
UNEMPLOYMENT 243 237 219 200 161 181 166 165 170 178 218 232 198
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 6.0 5.6 4.8 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.3 5.3 5.7 4.8
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,363 14,672 14,837 15,037 14,950 15,359 14,799 14,850 14,924 15,049 14,977 15,027 14,904
EMPLOYMENT 13,620 13,946 14,099 14,334 14,413 14,812 14,349 14,389 14,442 14,521 14,300 14,266 14,291
UNEMPLOYMENT 743 726 738 703 537 547 450 461 482 528 677 761 613
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.7 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.5 5.1 4.1
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,604 3,630 3,663 3,677 3,881 4,116 4,140 4,210 4,042 3,996 3,834 3,776 3,881
EMPLOYMENT 3,476 3,510 3,533 3,542 3,771 4,003 4,052 4,116 3,937 3,894 3,709 3,656 3,767
UNEMPLOYMENT 128 120 130 135 110 113 88 94 105 102 125 120 114
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.6 3.3 3.2 2.9
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,092 20,412 20,632 20,304 20,033 19,559 19,646 20,234 20,335 20,449 20,167 20,339 20,184
EMPLOYMENT 19,031 19,460 19,669 19,401 19,257 18,748 18,858 19,547 19,658 19,725 19,301 19,374 19,336
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,061 952 963 903 776 811 788 687 677 724 866 965 848
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.7 4.2
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,492 12,734 12,693 12,303 13,063 15,513 16,563 16,386 15,064 13,138 12,347 13,264 13,796
EMPLOYMENT 12,039 12,290 12,247 11,713 12,609 15,131 16,272 16,092 14,766 12,791 11,778 12,717 13,370
UNEMPLOYMENT 453 444 446 590 454 382 291 294 298 347 569 547 426
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.8 3.5 2.5 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.6 4.6 4.1 3.1
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,836 10,925 10,996 11,009 10,944 10,804 10,796 11,363 11,414 11,352 11,348 11,307 11,092
EMPLOYMENT 10,244 10,399 10,452 10,496 10,477 10,319 10,359 10,985 11,030 10,932 10,858 10,764 10,610
UNEMPLOYMENT 592 526 544 513 467 485 437 378 384 420 490 543 482
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.8 4.3
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,146 4,122 4,166 4,097 4,146 4,222 4,234 4,151 4,029 4,246 4,179 4,184 4,160
EMPLOYMENT 3,871 3,873 3,893 3,855 3,902 4,016 4,049 3,984 3,857 4,084 3,994 3,973 3,946
UNEMPLOYMENT 275 249 273 242 244 206 185 167 172 162 185 211 214
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.0 6.6 5.9 5.9 4.9 4.4 4.0 4.3 3.8 4.4 5.0 5.1
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,306 3,367 3,329 3,324 3,298 3,318 3,210 3,253 3,298 3,359 3,348 3,341 3,313
EMPLOYMENT 3,134 3,209 3,166 3,167 3,169 3,187 3,112 3,154 3,188 3,242 3,197 3,182 3,176
UNEMPLOYMENT 172 158 163 157 129 131 98 99 110 117 151 159 137
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.7 3.9 3.9 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.5 4.5 4.8 4.1
Benchmark Run Date 05/2007
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