2004 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 269,769 269,166 270,891 270,049 270,607 277,371 278,053 276,620 274,105 274,278 273,698 272,482 273,091
EMPLOYMENT 255,432 256,811 258,410 259,032 260,040 267,112 268,712 267,398 264,857 264,886 263,683 261,924 262,358
UNEMPLOYMENT 14,337 12,355 12,481 11,017 10,567 10,259 9,341 9,222 9,248 9,392 10,015 10,558 10,733
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.9
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 38,224 38,236 38,426 38,411 37,834 38,440 38,978 38,808 38,603 39,105 39,371 39,370 38,651
EMPLOYMENT 36,293 36,573 36,741 36,935 36,403 37,020 37,675 37,551 37,312 37,829 38,055 37,973 37,197
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,931 1,663 1,685 1,476 1,431 1,420 1,303 1,257 1,291 1,276 1,316 1,397 1,454
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.3 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.8
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,626 28,646 28,787 28,782 28,351 28,806 29,213 29,089 28,934 29,311 29,508 29,505 28,963
EMPLOYMENT 27,248 27,458 27,584 27,729 27,330 27,793 28,284 28,192 28,013 28,400 28,570 28,508 27,926
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,378 1,188 1,203 1,053 1,021 1,013 929 897 921 911 938 997 1,037
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 41,668 41,568 41,822 41,173 40,711 41,075 41,696 41,194 40,825 41,190 41,594 41,372 41,324
EMPLOYMENT 39,314 39,582 39,778 39,360 38,878 39,269 39,958 39,480 39,079 39,371 39,781 39,442 39,441
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,354 1,986 2,044 1,813 1,833 1,806 1,738 1,714 1,746 1,819 1,813 1,930 1,883
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.6
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,789 27,705 27,878 27,439 27,130 27,371 27,780 27,446 27,203 27,449 27,717 27,572 27,540
EMPLOYMENT 26,124 26,301 26,432 26,155 25,833 26,094 26,551 26,234 25,967 26,162 26,435 26,208 26,208
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,665 1,404 1,446 1,284 1,297 1,277 1,229 1,212 1,236 1,287 1,282 1,364 1,332
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.8
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,316 20,281 20,368 19,995 19,788 19,473 18,306 18,418 18,971 20,188 20,180 20,110 19,699
EMPLOYMENT 19,560 19,601 19,715 19,388 19,192 18,866 17,765 17,898 18,441 19,672 19,615 19,538 19,104
UNEMPLOYMENT 756 680 653 607 596 607 541 520 530 516 565 572 595
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,145 17,118 17,192 16,878 16,702 16,436 15,453 15,547 16,013 17,041 17,034 16,976 16,628
EMPLOYMENT 16,516 16,551 16,648 16,372 16,206 15,931 15,002 15,113 15,572 16,612 16,563 16,498 16,132
UNEMPLOYMENT 629 567 544 506 496 505 451 434 441 429 471 478 496
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,258 5,175 5,196 5,213 5,262 5,505 5,373 5,447 5,273 5,271 5,234 5,169 5,281
EMPLOYMENT 4,904 4,875 4,896 4,970 5,032 5,270 5,158 5,218 5,051 5,056 5,006 4,912 5,029
UNEMPLOYMENT 354 300 300 243 230 235 215 229 222 215 228 257 252
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.4 5.0 4.8
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,784 21,725 21,723 21,713 21,542 21,893 21,957 21,852 21,518 21,725 21,905 22,050 21,783
EMPLOYMENT 20,876 20,930 20,959 21,037 20,865 21,229 21,357 21,236 20,926 21,141 21,286 21,402 21,104
UNEMPLOYMENT 908 795 764 676 677 664 600 616 592 584 619 648 679
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.1
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,360 7,299 7,365 7,546 7,640 7,860 7,743 7,731 7,726 7,620 7,481 7,352 7,561
EMPLOYMENT 6,855 6,881 6,939 7,199 7,300 7,539 7,463 7,448 7,446 7,335 7,191 7,041 7,220
UNEMPLOYMENT 505 418 426 347 340 321 280 283 280 285 290 311 341
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 5.7 5.8 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.5
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,481 6,417 6,470 6,477 6,511 6,643 6,468 6,464 6,389 6,536 6,558 6,571 6,499
EMPLOYMENT 6,132 6,104 6,177 6,218 6,263 6,396 6,237 6,224 6,163 6,308 6,307 6,292 6,235
UNEMPLOYMENT 349 313 293 259 248 247 231 240 226 228 251 279 264
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.1
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,986 2,977 3,009 3,094 3,184 3,362 3,426 3,452 3,244 3,223 3,191 3,155 3,192
EMPLOYMENT 2,812 2,823 2,861 2,968 3,061 3,242 3,324 3,352 3,138 3,111 3,078 3,029 3,067
UNEMPLOYMENT 174 154 148 126 123 120 102 100 106 112 113 126 125
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.2 4.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.9
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,512 17,429 17,669 17,532 17,471 17,592 17,664 17,433 17,841 17,656 17,880 17,461 17,595
EMPLOYMENT 16,211 16,303 16,489 16,555 16,579 16,732 16,865 16,670 17,117 16,916 17,111 16,601 16,679
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,301 1,126 1,180 977 892 860 799 763 724 740 769 860 916
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 6.5 6.7 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.9 5.2
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,611 5,719 5,731 5,820 5,816 5,852 5,746 5,588 5,714 5,826 5,890 5,772 5,757
EMPLOYMENT 5,274 5,414 5,434 5,560 5,574 5,613 5,516 5,368 5,486 5,607 5,654 5,522 5,502
UNEMPLOYMENT 337 305 297 260 242 239 230 220 228 219 236 250 255
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 5.3 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.4
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,324 2,299 2,327 2,325 2,378 2,423 2,410 2,383 2,316 2,303 2,322 2,295 2,342
EMPLOYMENT 2,186 2,184 2,211 2,230 2,285 2,334 2,329 2,307 2,241 2,229 2,243 2,206 2,249
UNEMPLOYMENT 138 115 116 95 93 89 81 76 75 74 79 89 93
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.0 5.0 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.0
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,434 3,460 3,526 3,577 3,763 3,956 3,853 3,840 3,793 3,800 3,668 3,586 3,688
EMPLOYMENT 3,223 3,282 3,361 3,452 3,628 3,827 3,756 3,740 3,684 3,688 3,535 3,435 3,551
UNEMPLOYMENT 211 178 165 125 135 129 97 100 109 112 133 151 137
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.1 4.7 3.5 3.6 3.3 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.6 4.2 3.7
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,903 7,957 7,891 7,965 7,978 8,395 8,233 8,111 8,032 7,885 7,656 7,641 7,971
EMPLOYMENT 7,464 7,558 7,482 7,621 7,662 8,096 7,962 7,846 7,774 7,626 7,370 7,326 7,649
UNEMPLOYMENT 439 399 409 344 316 299 271 265 258 259 286 315 322
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.0 5.2 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.0
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,089 1,093 1,101 1,119 1,127 1,188 1,120 1,153 1,155 1,171 1,104 1,071 1,125
EMPLOYMENT 1,025 1,043 1,052 1,074 1,087 1,149 1,082 1,116 1,119 1,132 1,059 1,028 1,081
UNEMPLOYMENT 64 50 49 45 40 39 38 37 36 39 45 43 44
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 4.1 4.0 3.9
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,296 13,346 13,553 13,562 14,420 16,070 16,194 15,917 15,053 14,428 13,802 13,575 14,435
EMPLOYMENT 12,444 12,623 12,816 12,958 13,826 15,514 15,692 15,418 14,559 13,932 13,222 12,975 13,832
UNEMPLOYMENT 852 723 737 604 594 556 502 499 494 496 580 600 603
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.4 4.2 4.4 4.2
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,963 3,969 4,037 4,027 4,336 4,225 4,044 4,055 4,148 4,110 4,042 3,965 4,077
EMPLOYMENT 3,676 3,708 3,800 3,822 4,134 4,029 3,855 3,877 3,974 3,937 3,841 3,740 3,866
UNEMPLOYMENT 287 261 237 205 202 196 189 178 174 173 201 225 211
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.2 5.0 5.7 5.2
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,722 14,761 14,885 14,860 14,941 15,265 14,897 15,008 15,090 14,998 15,029 14,871 14,944
EMPLOYMENT 13,860 14,027 14,146 14,278 14,385 14,727 14,426 14,522 14,603 14,498 14,478 14,259 14,351
UNEMPLOYMENT 862 734 739 582 556 538 471 486 487 500 551 612 593
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.0 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.0
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,158 4,184 4,202 4,149 4,322 4,720 4,814 4,795 4,667 4,580 4,512 4,450 4,463
EMPLOYMENT 4,017 4,063 4,073 4,033 4,207 4,609 4,720 4,696 4,570 4,493 4,414 4,348 4,354
UNEMPLOYMENT 141 121 129 116 115 111 94 99 97 87 98 102 109
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.4
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,871 20,852 21,068 21,007 21,059 20,668 21,152 21,250 21,281 21,457 21,871 21,747 21,190
EMPLOYMENT 19,914 20,045 20,263 20,298 20,352 19,970 20,524 20,641 20,658 20,826 21,228 21,040 20,480
UNEMPLOYMENT 957 807 805 709 707 698 628 609 623 631 643 707 710
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.4
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,846 12,707 12,635 12,584 12,711 15,059 16,063 15,801 14,584 13,219 12,309 13,001 13,627
EMPLOYMENT 12,363 12,305 12,190 11,934 12,228 14,656 15,738 15,482 14,251 12,806 11,758 12,606 13,193
UNEMPLOYMENT 483 402 445 650 483 403 325 319 333 413 551 395 434
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.2 3.5 5.2 3.8 2.7 2.0 2.0 2.3 3.1 4.5 3.0 3.2
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,655 10,549 10,611 10,669 10,517 10,315 10,576 10,633 10,540 10,617 10,699 10,532 10,576
EMPLOYMENT 10,100 10,075 10,120 10,226 10,109 9,921 10,218 10,280 10,179 10,270 10,326 10,137 10,163
UNEMPLOYMENT 555 474 491 443 408 394 358 353 361 347 373 395 413
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.9
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,171 4,062 4,164 4,131 4,160 4,260 4,264 4,208 4,185 4,246 4,253 4,229 4,195
EMPLOYMENT 3,952 3,862 3,942 3,946 3,986 4,095 4,119 4,056 4,037 4,095 4,099 4,069 4,022
UNEMPLOYMENT 219 200 222 185 174 165 145 152 148 151 154 160 173
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.9 5.3 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.1
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,135 3,106 3,106 3,099 3,136 3,133 3,077 3,074 3,159 3,126 3,149 3,130 3,119
EMPLOYMENT 2,975 2,954 2,962 2,969 3,003 3,009 2,973 2,971 3,050 3,008 3,025 2,998 2,991
UNEMPLOYMENT 160 152 144 130 133 124 104 103 109 118 124 132 128
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.1
Benchmark Run Date 04/2009
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