2005 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 271,532 271,769 274,244 274,575 276,171 282,705 283,753 282,527 280,210 281,272 280,288 279,150 278,183
EMPLOYMENT 259,121 260,306 262,390 263,860 265,574 272,501 274,167 273,620 271,340 272,329 270,398 269,519 267,927
UNEMPLOYMENT 12,411 11,463 11,854 10,715 10,597 10,204 9,586 8,907 8,870 8,943 9,890 9,631 10,256
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.2 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.7
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 39,030 39,156 39,376 39,238 38,836 39,031 39,288 39,087 39,158 39,958 40,166 39,921 39,354
EMPLOYMENT 37,358 37,644 37,827 37,838 37,398 37,610 37,948 37,852 37,930 38,709 38,818 38,595 37,961
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,672 1,512 1,549 1,400 1,438 1,421 1,340 1,235 1,228 1,249 1,348 1,326 1,393
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.5
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 29,240 29,341 29,503 29,406 29,103 29,249 29,445 29,298 29,353 29,954 30,104 29,921 29,493
EMPLOYMENT 28,047 28,262 28,398 28,407 28,077 28,235 28,489 28,417 28,477 29,062 29,143 28,976 28,499
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,193 1,079 1,105 999 1,026 1,014 956 881 876 892 961 945 994
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.4
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 41,504 41,592 41,687 41,539 41,140 41,337 41,974 41,703 41,398 41,660 41,940 41,862 41,611
EMPLOYMENT 39,347 39,620 39,628 39,721 39,320 39,566 40,322 40,157 39,846 40,116 40,311 40,237 39,849
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,157 1,972 2,059 1,818 1,820 1,771 1,652 1,546 1,552 1,544 1,629 1,625 1,762
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.2
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,673 27,722 27,791 27,681 27,414 27,542 27,964 27,777 27,574 27,750 27,937 27,887 27,726
EMPLOYMENT 26,148 26,327 26,334 26,395 26,127 26,291 26,795 26,684 26,477 26,658 26,785 26,737 26,480
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,525 1,395 1,457 1,286 1,287 1,251 1,169 1,093 1,097 1,092 1,152 1,150 1,246
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.0 5.2 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.5
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,540 19,983 20,086 19,739 19,811 18,689 18,350 18,181 19,197 19,910 20,226 20,021 19,478
EMPLOYMENT 18,899 19,384 19,473 19,166 19,223 18,103 17,816 17,688 18,713 19,424 19,687 19,519 18,925
UNEMPLOYMENT 641 599 613 573 588 586 534 493 484 486 539 502 553
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.8
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,493 16,868 16,956 16,660 16,723 15,774 15,490 15,346 16,204 16,807 17,073 16,901 16,441
EMPLOYMENT 15,959 16,369 16,444 16,184 16,233 15,286 15,044 14,936 15,801 16,402 16,624 16,482 15,980
UNEMPLOYMENT 534 499 512 476 490 488 446 410 403 405 449 419 461
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.8
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,189 5,033 5,151 5,227 5,391 5,625 5,516 5,481 5,317 5,374 5,291 5,395 5,332
EMPLOYMENT 4,867 4,722 4,836 4,975 5,148 5,377 5,290 5,267 5,113 5,186 5,068 5,161 5,084
UNEMPLOYMENT 322 311 315 252 243 248 226 214 204 188 223 234 248
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 6.2 6.1 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.7
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 22,529 22,744 22,789 23,065 22,748 23,291 23,588 23,678 23,537 23,943 24,060 23,934 23,325
EMPLOYMENT 21,789 22,068 22,131 22,448 22,062 22,666 22,990 23,127 22,962 23,374 23,459 23,361 22,703
UNEMPLOYMENT 740 676 658 617 686 625 598 551 575 569 601 573 622
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,454 7,432 7,500 7,551 7,655 8,048 7,853 7,893 7,739 7,742 7,593 7,429 7,657
EMPLOYMENT 7,098 7,083 7,136 7,235 7,342 7,742 7,568 7,628 7,479 7,476 7,294 7,133 7,351
UNEMPLOYMENT 356 349 364 316 313 306 285 265 260 266 299 296 306
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.0
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,556 6,531 6,590 6,595 6,727 6,911 6,717 6,706 6,729 6,764 6,811 6,925 6,714
EMPLOYMENT 6,244 6,244 6,303 6,338 6,470 6,667 6,486 6,482 6,501 6,543 6,562 6,667 6,459
UNEMPLOYMENT 312 287 287 257 257 244 231 224 228 221 249 258 255
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.8
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,102 3,086 3,118 3,166 3,302 3,435 3,478 3,490 3,267 3,289 3,279 3,266 3,274
EMPLOYMENT 2,944 2,950 2,979 3,047 3,174 3,318 3,378 3,395 3,169 3,194 3,169 3,163 3,157
UNEMPLOYMENT 158 136 139 119 128 117 100 95 98 95 110 103 117
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.4 4.5 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.6
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,460 17,483 17,684 17,833 17,726 18,155 17,848 17,719 17,869 17,936 18,184 17,941 17,820
EMPLOYMENT 16,399 16,507 16,660 16,943 16,868 17,303 17,007 16,963 17,144 17,215 17,370 17,106 16,957
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,061 976 1,024 890 858 852 841 756 725 721 814 835 863
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.8
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,706 5,633 5,715 5,680 5,730 5,797 5,553 5,713 5,537 5,835 5,889 5,777 5,713
EMPLOYMENT 5,401 5,338 5,387 5,413 5,480 5,540 5,313 5,475 5,300 5,609 5,649 5,547 5,454
UNEMPLOYMENT 305 295 328 267 250 257 240 238 237 226 240 230 259
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.2 5.7 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.5
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,273 2,284 2,279 2,340 2,362 2,458 2,419 2,363 2,270 2,307 2,321 2,234 2,326
EMPLOYMENT 2,169 2,182 2,172 2,239 2,262 2,364 2,329 2,281 2,186 2,220 2,225 2,138 2,231
UNEMPLOYMENT 104 102 107 101 100 94 90 82 84 87 96 96 95
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.1
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,567 3,557 3,683 3,625 3,830 4,103 4,053 4,013 3,850 3,844 3,739 3,810 3,806
EMPLOYMENT 3,382 3,379 3,502 3,484 3,674 3,958 3,919 3,893 3,726 3,714 3,601 3,675 3,659
UNEMPLOYMENT 185 178 181 141 156 145 134 120 124 130 138 135 147
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.0 4.9 3.9 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,581 7,601 7,627 7,655 7,787 8,248 8,172 8,090 8,078 7,981 7,825 7,617 7,856
EMPLOYMENT 7,177 7,219 7,216 7,314 7,466 7,936 7,871 7,807 7,804 7,703 7,516 7,302 7,528
UNEMPLOYMENT 404 382 411 341 321 312 301 283 274 278 309 315 328
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.0 5.4 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.2
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,104 1,099 1,105 1,124 1,151 1,223 1,130 1,148 1,105 1,136 1,092 1,065 1,124
EMPLOYMENT 1,048 1,047 1,055 1,075 1,099 1,177 1,084 1,111 1,071 1,097 1,051 1,029 1,079
UNEMPLOYMENT 56 52 50 49 52 46 46 37 34 39 41 36 45
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 3.8 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.4 4.0
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,417 13,351 13,596 13,799 14,618 16,146 16,302 15,750 15,035 14,247 13,569 13,786 14,468
EMPLOYMENT 12,696 12,670 12,865 13,168 14,023 15,590 15,786 15,261 14,546 13,740 12,990 13,178 13,876
UNEMPLOYMENT 721 681 731 631 595 556 516 489 489 507 579 608 592
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.6 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.6 4.3 4.4 4.1
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,007 3,989 4,041 4,022 4,392 4,184 3,969 3,954 4,018 3,994 3,997 3,877 4,037
EMPLOYMENT 3,752 3,754 3,817 3,829 4,202 3,993 3,785 3,770 3,834 3,817 3,806 3,684 3,837
UNEMPLOYMENT 255 235 224 193 190 191 184 184 184 177 191 193 200
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.9 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,819 14,837 15,039 15,123 15,138 15,760 15,118 15,040 15,144 15,205 15,258 15,182 15,139
EMPLOYMENT 14,074 14,153 14,340 14,525 14,526 15,190 14,581 14,548 14,652 14,711 14,705 14,604 14,551
UNEMPLOYMENT 745 684 699 598 612 570 537 492 492 494 553 578 588
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,500 4,495 4,480 4,502 4,754 5,255 5,543 5,541 5,430 5,317 5,204 5,022 5,004
EMPLOYMENT 4,385 4,385 4,366 4,400 4,634 5,143 5,437 5,445 5,336 5,221 5,097 4,925 4,898
UNEMPLOYMENT 115 110 114 102 120 112 106 96 94 96 107 97 106
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.1
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,501 21,427 22,151 22,200 22,300 21,813 21,920 22,256 22,266 22,582 22,799 22,323 22,128
EMPLOYMENT 20,680 20,696 21,423 21,524 21,621 21,153 21,299 21,662 21,659 21,971 22,165 21,713 21,464
UNEMPLOYMENT 821 731 728 676 679 660 621 594 607 611 634 610 664
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,870 12,829 12,788 12,691 12,930 15,169 16,303 16,126 14,870 13,684 12,520 13,277 13,838
EMPLOYMENT 12,416 12,424 12,379 12,045 12,447 14,750 15,929 15,787 14,548 13,301 11,967 12,930 13,410
UNEMPLOYMENT 454 405 409 646 483 419 374 339 322 383 553 347 428
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.2 3.2 5.1 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.8 4.4 2.6 3.1
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,383 10,289 10,391 10,494 10,421 10,522 11,090 11,157 10,955 11,011 10,935 10,878 10,711
EMPLOYMENT 9,903 9,862 9,926 10,093 10,032 10,156 10,753 10,845 10,637 10,700 10,587 10,537 10,336
UNEMPLOYMENT 480 427 465 401 389 366 337 312 318 311 348 341 375
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.5
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,258 4,160 4,182 4,228 4,237 4,357 4,410 4,293 4,229 4,315 4,337 4,438 4,287
EMPLOYMENT 4,067 3,939 3,937 4,027 4,055 4,178 4,242 4,146 4,086 4,167 4,167 4,265 4,106
UNEMPLOYMENT 191 221 245 201 182 179 168 147 143 148 170 173 181
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 5.3 5.9 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.9 3.9 4.2
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,180 3,178 3,183 3,142 3,184 3,155 3,162 3,144 3,214 3,236 3,258 3,169 3,183
EMPLOYMENT 3,026 3,035 3,027 3,014 3,047 3,023 3,037 3,029 3,099 3,119 3,135 3,049 3,053
UNEMPLOYMENT 154 143 156 128 137 132 125 115 115 117 123 120 130
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.1
Benchmark Run Date 04/2010
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