1990-2002 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES--ANNUAL AVERAGES
WYOMING
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 235,977 234,135 238,895 241,387 251,696 255,336 256,198 251,288 256,563 262,069 268,059 272,408 270,290
EMPLOYMENT 222,951 221,887 225,256 228,158 238,307 243,152 243,343 238,520 244,269 249,323 257,699 261,694 258,943
UNEMPLOYMENT 13,026 12,248 13,639 13,230 13,388 12,184 12,855 12,768 12,294 12,746 10,360 10,714 11,347
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.9 3.9 3.9 4.2
NATRONA COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 31,896 31,396 31,217 31,624 32,276 32,752 32,693 32,387 32,963 33,736 34,475 35,367 35,241
EMPLOYMENT 29,877 29,405 28,886 29,275 30,137 30,906 30,611 30,460 31,182 31,900 32,984 33,932 33,634
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,019 1,991 2,331 2,349 2,139 1,846 2,082 1,927 1,781 1,836 1,491 1,435 1,607
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 6.3 7.5 7.4 6.6 5.6 6.4 5.9 5.4 5.4 4.3 4.1 4.6
LARAMIE COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 36,688 35,940 37,124 37,669 38,931 39,109 39,151 38,491 39,091 39,922 41,510 42,020 42,361
EMPLOYMENT 34,787 34,444 35,529 36,125 37,216 37,669 37,729 37,002 37,684 38,524 40,313 40,524 40,758
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,901 1,496 1,595 1,544 1,715 1,440 1,422 1,489 1,407 1,398 1,197 1,496 1,603
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.5 2.9 3.6 3.8
ALBANY COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 16,707 16,144 15,967 15,213 16,297 16,728 16,984 16,591 17,418 18,246 18,740 19,279 19,005
EMPLOYMENT 15,784 15,576 15,498 14,795 15,854 16,365 16,664 16,244 17,052 17,908 18,441 18,898 18,634
UNEMPLOYMENT 923 568 469 418 443 363 320 347 366 338 299 381 371
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.0
BIG HORN COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 4,871 4,718 4,826 4,840 5,082 5,146 5,371 5,494 5,734 5,783 6,017 5,980 5,747
EMPLOYMENT 4,567 4,425 4,493 4,534 4,727 4,848 5,048 5,174 5,371 5,403 5,683 5,683 5,441
UNEMPLOYMENT 304 293 333 306 355 298 323 320 363 380 334 297 306
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 6.2 6.9 6.3 7.0 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.6 5.6 5.0 5.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 16,402 16,533 16,743 17,084 18,139 18,362 18,571 18,535 19,072 19,638 20,704 22,355 22,806
EMPLOYMENT 15,562 15,716 15,779 16,160 17,246 17,500 17,695 17,556 18,150 18,618 20,011 21,701 22,026
UNEMPLOYMENT 840 817 964 924 893 862 876 979 922 1,020 693 654 780
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.9 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.7 5.3 4.8 5.2 3.3 2.9 3.4
CARBON COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 8,819 8,602 8,318 8,312 8,745 8,702 8,525 8,207 8,237 8,389 8,357 8,275 8,038
EMPLOYMENT 8,344 8,106 7,820 7,805 8,262 8,243 8,075 7,786 7,794 7,944 8,020 7,909 7,672
UNEMPLOYMENT 475 496 498 507 483 459 450 421 443 445 337 366 366
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.0 4.4 4.6
CONVERSE COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 5,729 5,740 5,997 6,090 6,257 6,389 6,521 6,505 6,567 6,652 6,802 6,628 6,252
EMPLOYMENT 5,396 5,442 5,642 5,741 5,919 6,055 6,170 6,102 6,221 6,308 6,499 6,349 5,976
UNEMPLOYMENT 333 298 355 349 338 334 351 403 346 344 303 279 276
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.4 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.4
CROOK COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 2,674 2,669 2,751 2,877 2,887 3,049 3,055 2,948 2,970 3,062 3,166 2,994 2,930
EMPLOYMENT 2,587 2,590 2,661 2,767 2,770 2,925 2,916 2,806 2,810 2,907 3,037 2,880 2,823
UNEMPLOYMENT 87 79 90 110 117 124 139 142 160 155 129 114 107
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.4 5.1 4.1 3.8 3.7
FREMONT COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 15,745 15,545 16,107 16,215 17,172 17,545 17,804 17,273 17,478 17,996 18,263 18,760 18,555
EMPLOYMENT 14,515 14,455 14,864 15,038 15,831 16,261 16,425 15,829 16,098 16,620 17,094 17,564 17,398
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,230 1,090 1,243 1,177 1,341 1,284 1,379 1,444 1,380 1,376 1,169 1,196 1,157
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.0 7.7 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.7 8.4 7.9 7.6 6.4 6.4 6.2
GOSHEN COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 5,947 5,888 6,049 6,032 6,354 6,438 6,454 6,321 6,406 6,517 6,651 6,437 6,190
EMPLOYMENT 5,663 5,658 5,764 5,759 6,055 6,156 6,128 6,004 6,106 6,270 6,451 6,204 5,964
UNEMPLOYMENT 284 230 285 273 299 282 326 317 300 247 200 233 226
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 3.9 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.8 3.0 3.6 3.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 2,408 2,416 2,444 2,494 2,571 2,425 2,530 2,383 2,389 2,431 2,460 2,470 2,355
EMPLOYMENT 2,311 2,305 2,307 2,356 2,432 2,311 2,424 2,277 2,280 2,306 2,377 2,364 2,245
UNEMPLOYMENT 97 111 137 138 139 114 106 106 109 125 83 106 110
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.6 5.1 3.4 4.3 4.7
JOHNSON COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 3,414 3,337 3,296 3,320 3,628 3,591 3,747 3,681 3,729 3,906 3,973 3,915 3,982
EMPLOYMENT 3,243 3,161 3,101 3,162 3,478 3,456 3,604 3,512 3,575 3,770 3,860 3,795 3,872
UNEMPLOYMENT 171 176 195 158 150 135 143 169 154 136 113 120 110
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.3 5.9 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.6 4.1 3.5 2.8 3.1 2.8
LINCOLN COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 5,778 5,988 6,328 6,143 6,274 6,380 6,425 6,236 6,283 6,615 6,596 6,798 6,695
EMPLOYMENT 5,399 5,550 5,814 5,653 5,793 5,911 5,992 5,831 5,889 6,209 6,253 6,433 6,283
UNEMPLOYMENT 379 438 514 490 481 469 433 405 394 406 343 365 412
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 7.3 8.1 8.0 7.7 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.4 6.2
NIOBRARA COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 1,180 1,163 1,153 1,127 1,183 1,235 1,293 1,199 1,273 1,326 1,303 1,245 1,187
EMPLOYMENT 1,134 1,115 1,097 1,086 1,153 1,207 1,263 1,174 1,238 1,288 1,268 1,203 1,141
UNEMPLOYMENT 46 48 56 41 30 28 30 25 35 38 35 42 46
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 4.1 4.9 3.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.9
PARK COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 13,055 13,036 13,334 13,604 14,588 15,246 15,176 14,794 15,120 15,359 15,505 15,571 15,418
EMPLOYMENT 12,419 12,456 12,754 13,043 13,954 14,615 14,521 14,091 14,421 14,652 14,877 14,887 14,719
UNEMPLOYMENT 636 580 580 561 634 631 655 703 699 707 628 684 699
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.4 4.5
PLATTE COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 3,865 3,789 3,916 3,950 4,097 4,201 4,257 4,284 4,429 4,647 4,685 4,464 4,415
EMPLOYMENT 3,661 3,595 3,689 3,737 3,878 4,021 4,090 4,101 4,212 4,439 4,516 4,291 4,219
UNEMPLOYMENT 204 194 227 213 219 180 167 183 217 208 169 173 196
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.4 5.3 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.9 4.5 3.6 3.9 4.4
SHERIDAN COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 12,114 12,044 12,530 13,074 13,407 13,683 13,607 13,357 13,558 13,691 14,186 14,182 14,303
EMPLOYMENT 11,416 11,310 11,791 12,464 12,714 13,035 12,955 12,648 12,855 13,017 13,600 13,614 13,745
UNEMPLOYMENT 698 734 739 610 693 648 652 709 703 674 586 568 558
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 6.1 5.9 4.7 5.2 4.7 4.8 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 2,662 2,701 2,781 2,823 3,018 3,019 3,060 2,945 3,024 3,141 3,246 3,377 3,501
EMPLOYMENT 2,586 2,625 2,688 2,722 2,921 2,907 2,949 2,858 2,927 3,022 3,166 3,307 3,411
UNEMPLOYMENT 76 76 93 101 97 112 111 87 97 119 80 70 90
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.8 2.5 2.1 2.6
SWEETWATER COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 20,348 20,557 21,113 21,105 21,883 21,705 21,126 20,569 21,009 20,625 20,295 20,592 19,790
EMPLOYMENT 19,231 19,309 19,773 19,796 20,683 20,566 19,796 19,349 19,874 19,333 19,318 19,646 18,851
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,117 1,248 1,340 1,309 1,200 1,139 1,330 1,220 1,135 1,292 977 946 939
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.2 6.3 5.9 5.4 6.3 4.8 4.6 4.7
TETON COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 8,204 8,481 8,980 9,469 10,139 10,513 10,621 10,565 10,978 11,630 12,340 12,674 12,362
EMPLOYMENT 8,035 8,274 8,719 9,231 9,902 10,273 10,324 10,292 10,749 11,369 12,127 12,388 11,986
UNEMPLOYMENT 169 207 261 238 237 240 297 273 229 261 213 286 376
UNEMPL. RATE 2.1 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.2 1.7 2.3 3.0
UINTA COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 9,906 10,021 10,259 10,645 10,739 10,916 11,033 10,552 10,699 10,513 10,621 11,048 11,345
EMPLOYMENT 9,227 9,288 9,383 9,713 9,832 10,186 10,217 9,898 10,090 9,778 10,041 10,495 10,695
UNEMPLOYMENT 679 733 876 932 907 730 816 654 609 735 580 553 650
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 7.3 8.5 8.8 8.4 6.7 7.4 6.2 5.7 7.0 5.5 5.0 5.7
WASHAKIE COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 4,244 4,253 4,451 4,494 4,712 4,830 4,870 4,758 4,891 4,882 4,759 4,631 4,529
EMPLOYMENT 4,037 4,055 4,181 4,176 4,423 4,527 4,597 4,492 4,603 4,564 4,511 4,422 4,291
UNEMPLOYMENT 207 198 270 318 289 303 273 266 288 318 248 209 238
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.7 6.1 7.1 6.1 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.5 5.2 4.5 5.3
WESTON COUNTY
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
LABOR FORCE 3,323 3,173 3,212 3,188 3,321 3,375 3,327 3,215 3,246 3,361 3,403 3,350 3,287
EMPLOYMENT 3,170 3,025 3,024 3,023 3,128 3,211 3,152 3,035 3,088 3,174 3,252 3,206 3,162
UNEMPLOYMENT 153 148 188 165 193 164 175 180 158 187 151 144 125
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.7 5.9 5.2 5.8 4.9 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.6 4.4 4.3 3.8
Benchmark Run Date 04/2003
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