1991 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 231,877 231,581 233,229 233,398 232,551 240,408 240,458 237,531 235,556 235,219 235,200 234,472 235,124
EMPLOYMENT 215,818 216,586 219,005 221,210 221,610 229,938 231,176 228,645 225,936 225,217 222,706 220,452 223,192
UNEMPLOYMENT 16,059 14,995 14,224 12,188 10,941 10,470 9,282 8,886 9,620 10,002 12,494 14,020 11,932
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.2 4.7 4.4 3.9 3.7 4.1 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.1
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,907 31,650 32,043 31,594 30,842 31,350 30,705 30,550 31,033 31,300 32,556 32,569 31,509
EMPLOYMENT 29,509 29,451 29,899 29,608 29,055 29,628 29,099 29,034 29,345 29,504 30,511 30,266 29,576
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,398 2,199 2,144 1,986 1,787 1,722 1,606 1,516 1,688 1,796 2,045 2,303 1,933
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.7 6.3 7.1 6.1
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,241 24,056 24,360 24,026 23,462 23,854 23,368 23,255 23,613 23,814 24,756 24,751 23,963
EMPLOYMENT 22,549 22,504 22,847 22,624 22,201 22,639 22,235 22,185 22,422 22,545 23,313 23,126 22,599
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,692 1,552 1,513 1,402 1,261 1,215 1,133 1,070 1,191 1,269 1,443 1,625 1,364
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.8 6.6 5.7
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 36,409 36,143 36,194 35,960 35,280 35,739 36,730 35,864 35,570 36,002 36,725 36,618 36,103
EMPLOYMENT 34,291 34,256 34,502 34,487 34,023 34,463 35,612 34,752 34,372 34,731 35,289 34,962 34,645
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,118 1,887 1,692 1,473 1,257 1,276 1,118 1,112 1,198 1,271 1,436 1,656 1,458
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.2 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.5 4.0
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,560 25,376 25,415 25,251 24,776 25,099 25,797 25,189 24,981 25,284 25,791 25,713 25,352
EMPLOYMENT 24,093 24,069 24,242 24,230 23,906 24,214 25,023 24,418 24,151 24,402 24,795 24,565 24,342
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,467 1,307 1,173 1,021 870 885 774 771 830 882 996 1,148 1,010
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.2 4.6 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.5 4.0
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,575 16,597 16,551 16,652 16,322 15,572 15,697 15,561 15,968 16,438 16,447 16,252 16,219
EMPLOYMENT 15,854 15,923 15,900 16,022 15,731 15,024 15,252 15,151 15,562 15,971 15,942 15,662 15,666
UNEMPLOYMENT 721 674 651 630 591 548 445 410 406 467 505 590 553
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.4
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,255 14,277 14,237 14,324 14,041 13,396 13,506 13,391 13,743 14,144 14,152 13,980 13,954
EMPLOYMENT 13,654 13,714 13,694 13,799 13,548 12,939 13,135 13,049 13,404 13,754 13,730 13,488 13,492
UNEMPLOYMENT 601 563 543 525 493 457 371 342 339 390 422 492 462
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.3
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,723 4,623 4,715 4,770 4,761 4,964 4,653 4,722 4,727 4,754 4,689 4,727 4,736
EMPLOYMENT 4,343 4,310 4,378 4,483 4,459 4,687 4,424 4,502 4,484 4,564 4,378 4,397 4,451
UNEMPLOYMENT 380 313 337 287 302 277 229 220 243 190 311 330 285
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 6.8 7.1 6.0 6.3 5.6 4.9 4.7 5.1 4.0 6.6 7.0 6.0
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,257 16,571 16,601 16,680 16,402 16,828 17,044 16,748 16,374 16,378 16,749 16,577 16,601
EMPLOYMENT 15,297 15,571 15,795 15,967 15,627 16,110 16,413 16,123 15,606 15,630 15,850 15,710 15,808
UNEMPLOYMENT 960 1,000 806 713 775 718 631 625 768 748 899 867 793
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 6.0 4.9 4.3 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.7 4.6 5.4 5.2 4.8
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,460 8,359 8,551 8,531 8,533 9,160 8,933 8,946 8,765 8,561 8,586 8,282 8,639
EMPLOYMENT 7,762 7,757 7,967 8,083 8,147 8,727 8,589 8,598 8,390 8,161 8,029 7,639 8,154
UNEMPLOYMENT 698 602 584 448 386 433 344 348 375 400 557 643 485
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 7.2 6.8 5.3 4.5 4.7 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.7 6.5 7.8 5.6
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,554 5,515 5,564 5,583 5,692 5,943 5,972 5,915 5,805 6,075 5,830 5,728 5,764
EMPLOYMENT 5,095 5,155 5,236 5,308 5,445 5,717 5,743 5,695 5,567 5,844 5,509 5,378 5,474
UNEMPLOYMENT 459 360 328 275 247 226 229 220 238 231 321 350 290
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 6.5 5.9 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.8 5.5 6.1 5.0
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,499 2,556 2,658 2,656 2,707 2,914 2,803 2,736 2,736 2,709 2,641 2,576 2,683
EMPLOYMENT 2,396 2,463 2,557 2,563 2,649 2,841 2,750 2,685 2,676 2,649 2,551 2,486 2,606
UNEMPLOYMENT 103 93 101 93 58 73 53 51 60 60 90 90 77
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.5 2.1 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.2 3.4 3.5 2.9
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,669 15,628 15,667 15,710 15,497 15,616 15,425 15,189 15,428 15,692 15,894 15,819 15,603
EMPLOYMENT 14,170 14,229 14,396 14,673 14,564 14,641 14,609 14,424 14,614 14,817 14,825 14,509 14,539
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,499 1,399 1,271 1,037 933 975 816 765 814 875 1,069 1,310 1,064
UNEMPL. RATE 9.6 9.0 8.1 6.6 6.0 6.2 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.6 6.7 8.3 6.8
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,716 5,735 5,931 6,019 5,795 6,120 5,966 5,828 5,774 6,080 6,000 6,020 5,915
EMPLOYMENT 5,469 5,509 5,526 5,757 5,548 5,878 5,765 5,674 5,624 5,937 5,808 5,796 5,691
UNEMPLOYMENT 247 226 405 262 247 242 201 154 150 143 192 224 224
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 3.9 6.8 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.4 3.2 3.7 3.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,384 2,454 2,473 2,503 2,432 2,479 2,390 2,397 2,394 2,378 2,398 2,422 2,425
EMPLOYMENT 2,254 2,337 2,360 2,405 2,335 2,364 2,267 2,296 2,306 2,302 2,306 2,288 2,318
UNEMPLOYMENT 130 117 113 98 97 115 123 101 88 76 92 134 107
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 4.8 4.6 3.9 4.0 4.6 5.1 4.2 3.7 3.2 3.8 5.5 4.4
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,174 3,173 3,277 3,416 3,448 3,684 3,568 3,457 3,399 3,324 3,159 3,154 3,353
EMPLOYMENT 2,892 2,954 3,090 3,267 3,308 3,569 3,469 3,373 3,275 3,155 2,916 2,892 3,180
UNEMPLOYMENT 282 219 187 149 140 115 99 84 124 169 243 262 173
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 6.9 5.7 4.4 4.1 3.1 2.8 2.4 3.6 5.1 7.7 8.3 5.2
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,846 5,764 5,810 6,013 6,121 6,386 6,015 5,938 6,159 6,075 6,027 6,002 6,013
EMPLOYMENT 5,227 5,149 5,204 5,539 5,783 6,031 5,723 5,667 5,854 5,798 5,577 5,447 5,583
UNEMPLOYMENT 619 615 606 474 338 355 292 271 305 277 450 555 430
UNEMPL. RATE 10.6 10.7 10.4 7.9 5.5 5.6 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.6 7.5 9.2 7.2
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,094 1,066 1,122 1,231 1,189 1,266 1,267 1,209 1,171 1,211 1,095 1,101 1,168
EMPLOYMENT 1,024 1,005 1,058 1,163 1,140 1,225 1,238 1,195 1,148 1,188 1,036 1,035 1,121
UNEMPLOYMENT 70 61 64 68 49 41 29 14 23 23 59 66 47
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.5 4.1 3.2 2.3 1.2 2.0 1.9 5.4 6.0 4.0
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,746 11,760 11,814 12,166 13,202 15,241 15,216 14,943 13,718 12,968 12,250 12,128 13,096
EMPLOYMENT 10,980 11,081 11,219 11,594 12,683 14,753 14,786 14,505 13,271 12,525 11,594 11,386 12,531
UNEMPLOYMENT 766 679 595 572 519 488 430 438 447 443 656 742 565
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.2 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.4 5.4 6.1 4.3
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,677 3,653 3,721 3,839 3,838 3,861 3,875 3,918 3,859 3,911 3,760 3,755 3,805
EMPLOYMENT 3,370 3,389 3,485 3,670 3,703 3,713 3,714 3,779 3,735 3,781 3,536 3,519 3,616
UNEMPLOYMENT 307 264 236 169 135 148 161 139 124 130 224 236 189
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 7.2 6.3 4.4 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.5 3.2 3.3 6.0 6.3 5.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,011 11,984 12,152 12,133 11,939 12,281 12,102 11,945 12,003 12,167 12,177 12,255 12,096
EMPLOYMENT 10,986 11,016 11,236 11,418 11,330 11,724 11,619 11,487 11,483 11,508 11,370 11,344 11,377
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,025 968 916 715 609 557 483 458 520 659 807 911 719
UNEMPL. RATE 8.5 8.1 7.5 5.9 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.8 4.3 5.4 6.6 7.4 5.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,515 2,499 2,538 2,602 2,710 2,848 2,948 2,948 2,892 2,813 2,684 2,593 2,716
EMPLOYMENT 2,405 2,401 2,446 2,506 2,643 2,795 2,908 2,909 2,841 2,756 2,596 2,484 2,641
UNEMPLOYMENT 110 98 92 96 67 53 40 39 51 57 88 109 75
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.8 2.0 3.3 4.2 2.8
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,653 21,027 20,952 20,757 20,802 20,824 20,144 20,103 20,431 20,438 20,640 20,830 20,633
EMPLOYMENT 19,036 19,428 19,449 19,543 19,704 19,788 19,110 19,087 19,415 19,473 19,464 19,557 19,421
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,617 1,599 1,503 1,214 1,098 1,036 1,034 1,016 1,016 965 1,176 1,273 1,212
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.6 7.2 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.7 5.7 6.1 5.9
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,452 7,501 7,521 7,281 7,860 10,146 11,213 11,078 9,539 8,128 7,082 7,552 8,530
EMPLOYMENT 7,218 7,264 7,290 7,019 7,627 10,010 11,111 10,947 9,412 7,946 6,773 7,294 8,326
UNEMPLOYMENT 234 237 231 262 233 136 102 131 127 182 309 258 204
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.0 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.3 2.2 4.4 3.4 2.4
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,967 9,899 9,872 9,777 9,808 9,775 10,242 10,155 10,430 10,306 10,346 10,077 10,054
EMPLOYMENT 9,111 9,013 8,995 9,006 9,058 9,122 9,661 9,605 9,820 9,688 9,688 9,340 9,342
UNEMPLOYMENT 856 886 877 771 750 653 581 550 610 618 658 737 712
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 9.0 8.9 7.9 7.6 6.7 5.7 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.4 7.3 7.1
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,304 4,206 4,239 4,283 4,198 4,377 4,322 4,203 4,196 4,319 4,288 4,327 4,272
EMPLOYMENT 4,097 3,924 3,984 4,034 3,979 4,187 4,163 4,071 4,051 4,203 4,120 4,138 4,079
UNEMPLOYMENT 207 282 255 249 219 190 159 132 145 116 168 189 193
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 6.7 6.0 5.8 5.2 4.3 3.7 3.1 3.5 2.7 3.9 4.4 4.5
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,284 3,216 3,260 3,243 3,172 3,041 3,225 3,171 3,182 3,188 3,178 3,105 3,189
EMPLOYMENT 3,030 3,001 3,029 3,094 3,067 2,942 3,145 3,080 3,081 3,088 3,035 2,923 3,043
UNEMPLOYMENT 254 215 231 149 105 99 80 91 101 100 143 182 146
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 6.7 7.1 4.6 3.3 3.3 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.1 4.5 5.9 4.6
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