1990 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 233,005 233,369 235,043 233,803 233,782 240,527 240,872 238,966 236,591 236,437 235,414 234,709 236,043
EMPLOYMENT 216,549 217,273 220,006 220,333 222,272 229,998 231,047 229,045 226,161 225,831 222,623 221,232 223,531
UNEMPLOYMENT 16,456 16,096 15,037 13,470 11,510 10,529 9,825 9,921 10,430 10,606 12,791 13,477 12,512
UNEMPL. RATE 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.8 4.9 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 5.4 5.7 5.3
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,568 31,861 32,275 32,075 31,484 31,633 31,454 31,510 31,929 32,072 32,280 32,541 31,891
EMPLOYMENT 29,081 29,494 30,118 30,115 29,640 29,965 29,826 29,898 30,160 30,297 30,377 30,484 29,955
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,487 2,367 2,157 1,960 1,844 1,668 1,628 1,612 1,769 1,775 1,903 2,057 1,936
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 7.4 6.7 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.9 6.3 6.1
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 23,974 24,207 24,536 24,395 23,949 24,073 23,939 23,983 24,296 24,403 24,556 24,745 24,255
EMPLOYMENT 22,220 22,537 23,013 23,012 22,648 22,896 22,790 22,845 23,047 23,150 23,212 23,294 22,889
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,754 1,670 1,523 1,383 1,301 1,177 1,149 1,138 1,249 1,253 1,344 1,451 1,366
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 6.9 6.2 5.7 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.9 5.6
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,587 37,287 37,199 36,769 36,300 36,588 36,854 36,227 36,159 36,366 36,568 36,555 36,705
EMPLOYMENT 35,013 35,002 35,014 34,842 34,649 35,070 35,461 34,782 34,532 34,756 34,735 34,700 34,880
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,574 2,285 2,185 1,927 1,651 1,518 1,393 1,445 1,627 1,610 1,833 1,855 1,825
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.1 5.9 5.2 4.5 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.5 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.0
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,383 26,177 26,114 25,816 25,487 25,693 25,881 25,441 25,391 25,537 25,675 25,665 25,772
EMPLOYMENT 24,600 24,594 24,601 24,481 24,344 24,641 24,916 24,439 24,263 24,421 24,406 24,380 24,507
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,783 1,583 1,513 1,335 1,143 1,052 965 1,002 1,128 1,116 1,269 1,285 1,265
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.2 4.5 4.1 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.9
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,595 16,996 16,988 16,620 16,356 15,947 16,455 16,368 16,452 17,251 17,394 17,096 16,710
EMPLOYMENT 15,617 16,053 16,024 15,660 15,501 15,123 15,703 15,563 15,611 16,423 16,443 16,190 15,826
UNEMPLOYMENT 978 943 964 960 855 824 752 805 841 828 951 906 884
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.2 5.2 4.6 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.3
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,266 14,613 14,605 14,288 14,063 13,713 14,152 14,076 14,146 14,834 14,954 14,700 14,367
EMPLOYMENT 13,451 13,826 13,801 13,487 13,350 13,025 13,524 13,404 13,445 14,143 14,161 13,944 13,630
UNEMPLOYMENT 815 787 804 801 713 688 628 672 701 691 793 756 737
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.1 5.1
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,855 4,759 4,837 4,882 4,871 4,918 4,760 4,751 4,998 4,997 4,951 4,862 4,870
EMPLOYMENT 4,498 4,327 4,452 4,571 4,612 4,706 4,541 4,523 4,718 4,789 4,651 4,549 4,578
UNEMPLOYMENT 357 432 385 311 259 212 219 228 280 208 300 313 292
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 9.1 8.0 6.4 5.3 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.6 4.2 6.1 6.4 6.0
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,141 16,350 16,307 16,368 16,392 16,605 16,740 16,568 16,182 16,335 16,416 16,469 16,407
EMPLOYMENT 15,262 15,276 15,427 15,411 15,575 15,843 16,052 15,878 15,484 15,672 15,683 15,667 15,603
UNEMPLOYMENT 879 1,074 880 957 817 762 688 690 698 663 733 802 804
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 6.6 5.4 5.8 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.9 4.9
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,645 8,637 8,581 8,617 8,687 9,256 9,106 9,131 8,961 8,834 8,829 8,618 8,825
EMPLOYMENT 8,057 8,064 8,022 8,075 8,267 8,938 8,771 8,794 8,649 8,493 8,268 7,994 8,366
UNEMPLOYMENT 588 573 559 542 420 318 335 337 312 341 561 624 459
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.3 4.8 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.9 6.4 7.2 5.2
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,707 5,615 5,666 5,750 5,776 5,950 5,927 5,870 5,786 5,661 5,570 5,482 5,730
EMPLOYMENT 5,194 5,187 5,279 5,444 5,473 5,661 5,651 5,662 5,536 5,427 5,257 5,152 5,410
UNEMPLOYMENT 513 428 387 306 303 289 276 208 250 234 313 330 320
UNEMPL. RATE 9.0 7.6 6.8 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.7 3.5 4.3 4.1 5.6 6.0 5.6
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,619 2,565 2,634 2,633 2,759 2,878 2,771 2,705 2,663 2,689 2,621 2,586 2,677
EMPLOYMENT 2,474 2,446 2,518 2,559 2,690 2,806 2,703 2,638 2,608 2,638 2,545 2,496 2,593
UNEMPLOYMENT 145 119 116 74 69 72 68 67 55 51 76 90 84
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 4.6 4.4 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.9 3.5 3.1
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,992 15,864 15,940 15,796 15,761 15,362 15,416 15,446 15,841 15,861 15,901 15,628 15,734
EMPLOYMENT 14,191 14,258 14,527 14,555 14,668 14,378 14,533 14,481 14,961 14,873 14,744 14,466 14,553
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,801 1,606 1,413 1,241 1,093 984 883 965 880 988 1,157 1,162 1,181
UNEMPL. RATE 11.3 10.1 8.9 7.9 6.9 6.4 5.7 6.2 5.6 6.2 7.3 7.4 7.5
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,900 5,905 5,993 6,201 6,065 6,044 5,908 5,697 5,777 6,062 6,021 5,820 5,949
EMPLOYMENT 5,598 5,424 5,533 5,844 5,807 5,786 5,705 5,510 5,588 5,892 5,812 5,627 5,677
UNEMPLOYMENT 302 481 460 357 258 258 203 187 189 170 209 193 272
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 8.1 7.7 5.8 4.3 4.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.8 3.5 3.3 4.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,371 2,414 2,429 2,470 2,428 2,470 2,430 2,353 2,373 2,414 2,378 2,383 2,409
EMPLOYMENT 2,248 2,275 2,330 2,363 2,346 2,374 2,333 2,286 2,298 2,358 2,292 2,301 2,317
UNEMPLOYMENT 123 139 99 107 82 96 97 67 75 56 86 82 92
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.8 4.1 4.3 3.4 3.9 4.0 2.8 3.2 2.3 3.6 3.4 3.8
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,313 3,260 3,318 3,402 3,391 3,564 3,620 3,418 3,416 3,469 3,484 3,352 3,418
EMPLOYMENT 3,102 3,000 3,086 3,195 3,259 3,448 3,501 3,327 3,319 3,358 3,291 3,135 3,252
UNEMPLOYMENT 211 260 232 207 132 116 119 91 97 111 193 217 166
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 8.0 7.0 6.1 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.7 2.8 3.2 5.5 6.5 4.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,689 5,751 5,771 5,782 5,756 6,082 5,714 5,630 5,757 5,809 5,769 5,830 5,778
EMPLOYMENT 5,201 5,270 5,287 5,382 5,440 5,783 5,460 5,372 5,497 5,540 5,354 5,370 5,413
UNEMPLOYMENT 488 481 484 400 316 299 254 258 260 269 415 460 365
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 8.4 8.4 6.9 5.5 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.6 7.2 7.9 6.3
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,154 1,145 1,218 1,260 1,267 1,243 1,211 1,173 1,164 1,155 1,105 1,086 1,182
EMPLOYMENT 1,088 1,060 1,129 1,201 1,238 1,212 1,197 1,156 1,142 1,126 1,071 1,024 1,137
UNEMPLOYMENT 66 85 89 59 29 31 14 17 22 29 34 62 45
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 7.4 7.3 4.7 2.3 2.5 1.2 1.4 1.9 2.5 3.1 5.7 3.8
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,118 12,093 12,128 12,056 13,101 14,921 15,258 14,763 13,327 12,651 12,142 12,205 13,064
EMPLOYMENT 11,231 11,219 11,364 11,425 12,599 14,408 14,805 14,336 12,895 12,170 11,497 11,461 12,451
UNEMPLOYMENT 887 874 764 631 502 513 453 427 432 481 645 744 613
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 7.2 6.3 5.2 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.8 5.3 6.1 4.7
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,811 3,748 3,893 4,031 3,986 3,978 3,906 3,920 3,816 3,845 3,755 3,710 3,866
EMPLOYMENT 3,520 3,504 3,650 3,853 3,843 3,836 3,758 3,753 3,670 3,671 3,521 3,463 3,670
UNEMPLOYMENT 291 244 243 178 143 142 148 167 146 174 234 247 196
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 6.5 6.2 4.4 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.3 3.8 4.5 6.2 6.7 5.1
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,960 12,043 12,219 12,218 12,050 12,370 12,011 11,994 12,063 12,144 12,181 12,161 12,118
EMPLOYMENT 11,081 11,151 11,397 11,461 11,469 11,833 11,541 11,485 11,546 11,588 11,448 11,340 11,445
UNEMPLOYMENT 879 892 822 757 581 537 470 509 517 556 733 821 673
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 7.4 6.7 6.2 4.8 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.6 6.0 6.8 5.6
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,476 2,469 2,576 2,518 2,635 2,844 2,904 2,824 2,710 2,822 2,621 2,578 2,665
EMPLOYMENT 2,377 2,370 2,462 2,419 2,571 2,790 2,847 2,771 2,668 2,766 2,566 2,496 2,592
UNEMPLOYMENT 99 99 114 99 64 54 57 53 42 56 55 82 73
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.0 4.4 3.9 2.4 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.0 2.1 3.2 2.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,078 20,341 20,447 20,306 20,278 20,379 19,902 20,084 20,334 20,779 20,747 20,569 20,354
EMPLOYMENT 18,705 19,071 19,200 19,275 19,370 19,550 19,022 19,212 19,314 19,706 19,587 19,358 19,281
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,373 1,270 1,247 1,031 908 829 880 872 1,020 1,073 1,160 1,211 1,073
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.2 6.1 5.1 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.3 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.9 5.3
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,250 7,360 7,338 7,029 7,246 10,166 10,934 10,826 8,981 7,386 6,755 7,374 8,221
EMPLOYMENT 7,066 7,197 7,202 6,832 7,063 10,052 10,829 10,730 8,877 7,216 6,464 7,152 8,057
UNEMPLOYMENT 184 163 136 197 183 114 105 96 104 170 291 222 164
UNEMPL. RATE 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.8 2.5 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 2.3 4.3 3.0 2.0
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,564 9,438 9,705 9,498 9,692 9,919 10,003 10,128 10,467 10,075 10,172 10,167 9,903
EMPLOYMENT 8,784 8,660 8,883 8,735 9,066 9,322 9,498 9,576 9,909 9,538 9,551 9,488 9,251
UNEMPLOYMENT 780 778 822 763 626 597 505 552 558 537 621 679 652
UNEMPL. RATE 8.2 8.2 8.5 8.0 6.5 6.0 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.3 6.1 6.7 6.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,280 4,180 4,230 4,204 4,158 4,275 4,297 4,281 4,068 4,332 4,328 4,316 4,246
EMPLOYMENT 4,045 3,877 3,960 3,964 3,966 4,099 4,127 4,120 3,900 4,189 4,177 4,151 4,048
UNEMPLOYMENT 235 303 270 240 192 176 170 161 168 143 151 165 198
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 7.2 6.4 5.7 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.7
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,333 3,289 3,353 3,317 3,343 3,137 3,298 3,296 3,368 3,430 3,425 3,312 3,325
EMPLOYMENT 3,119 3,089 3,144 3,152 3,160 3,018 3,187 3,191 3,280 3,345 3,289 3,165 3,178
UNEMPLOYMENT 214 200 209 165 183 119 111 105 88 85 136 147 147
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 6.1 6.2 5.0 5.5 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.6 2.5 4.0 4.4 4.4
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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