1993 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 234,921 236,811 239,496 237,993 239,722 248,055 249,245 247,606 243,398 244,620 244,858 244,468 242,599
EMPLOYMENT 218,993 220,368 223,121 223,785 227,080 235,214 237,208 236,191 232,466 232,811 231,916 230,973 229,177
UNEMPLOYMENT 15,928 16,443 16,375 14,208 12,642 12,841 12,037 11,415 10,932 11,809 12,942 13,495 13,422
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.0 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.5
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,448 31,468 31,710 31,227 31,011 31,533 31,642 32,089 31,511 32,300 32,854 32,645 31,786
EMPLOYMENT 28,486 28,666 29,002 28,766 28,811 29,376 29,431 29,959 29,511 30,056 30,485 30,312 29,405
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,962 2,802 2,708 2,461 2,200 2,157 2,211 2,130 2,000 2,244 2,369 2,333 2,381
UNEMPL. RATE 9.4 8.9 8.5 7.9 7.1 6.8 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.9 7.2 7.1 7.5
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 23,856 23,879 24,072 23,718 23,567 23,967 24,050 24,395 23,961 24,549 24,965 24,808 24,149
EMPLOYMENT 21,766 21,903 22,161 21,981 22,014 22,446 22,489 22,892 22,551 22,966 23,294 23,161 22,469
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,090 1,976 1,911 1,737 1,553 1,521 1,561 1,503 1,410 1,583 1,671 1,647 1,680
UNEMPL. RATE 8.8 8.3 7.9 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.7 6.6 7.0
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,280 37,637 38,014 37,867 37,116 37,499 38,727 37,898 37,269 37,873 38,527 38,493 37,850
EMPLOYMENT 35,419 35,887 36,357 36,387 35,697 36,023 37,231 36,487 35,886 36,420 36,905 36,730 36,286
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,861 1,750 1,657 1,480 1,419 1,476 1,496 1,411 1,383 1,453 1,622 1,763 1,564
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.6 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.1
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,175 26,428 26,694 26,591 26,066 26,333 27,196 26,614 26,172 26,596 27,054 27,029 26,579
EMPLOYMENT 24,886 25,215 25,545 25,565 25,082 25,310 26,160 25,636 25,214 25,589 25,931 25,807 25,495
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,289 1,213 1,149 1,026 984 1,023 1,036 978 958 1,007 1,123 1,222 1,084
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.5 4.1
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,983 15,247 15,225 15,138 14,955 14,545 15,354 14,990 15,305 15,786 16,020 15,858 15,284
EMPLOYMENT 14,439 14,739 14,754 14,704 14,586 14,126 14,938 14,606 14,987 15,410 15,585 15,442 14,860
UNEMPLOYMENT 544 508 471 434 369 419 416 384 318 376 435 416 424
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.8
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,890 13,117 13,100 13,027 12,869 12,517 13,215 12,899 13,174 13,585 13,785 13,645 13,152
EMPLOYMENT 12,437 12,694 12,707 12,664 12,562 12,167 12,867 12,578 12,908 13,272 13,423 13,299 12,798
UNEMPLOYMENT 453 423 393 363 307 350 348 321 266 313 362 346 354
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.7
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,745 4,774 4,917 4,814 4,819 4,963 4,775 4,704 4,913 5,054 4,956 4,927 4,864
EMPLOYMENT 4,386 4,414 4,523 4,510 4,531 4,632 4,478 4,426 4,675 4,810 4,670 4,587 4,554
UNEMPLOYMENT 359 360 394 304 288 331 297 278 238 244 286 340 310
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 7.5 8.0 6.3 6.0 6.7 6.2 5.9 4.8 4.8 5.8 6.9 6.4
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,959 17,059 17,092 16,969 16,857 17,145 17,265 17,651 16,968 17,161 17,499 17,422 17,170
EMPLOYMENT 15,819 15,717 15,791 15,941 15,953 16,177 16,435 16,906 16,249 16,400 16,751 16,647 16,232
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,140 1,342 1,301 1,028 904 968 830 745 719 761 748 775 938
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 7.9 7.6 6.1 5.4 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4 5.5
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,098 8,157 8,318 8,235 8,335 8,650 8,580 8,530 8,381 8,411 8,331 8,221 8,354
EMPLOYMENT 7,429 7,520 7,632 7,605 7,776 8,141 8,178 8,113 8,002 8,029 7,878 7,765 7,839
UNEMPLOYMENT 669 637 686 630 559 509 402 417 379 382 453 456 515
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 7.8 8.2 7.7 6.7 5.9 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.4 5.5 6.2
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,927 5,886 6,068 6,124 6,124 6,135 6,222 6,231 6,111 6,263 6,166 6,185 6,121
EMPLOYMENT 5,525 5,480 5,615 5,767 5,805 5,775 5,860 5,917 5,813 5,975 5,853 5,813 5,767
UNEMPLOYMENT 402 406 453 357 319 360 362 314 298 288 313 372 354
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.9 7.5 5.8 5.2 5.9 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.6 5.1 6.0 5.8
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,631 2,682 2,795 2,848 2,978 3,163 3,079 2,948 2,960 2,912 2,876 2,816 2,890
EMPLOYMENT 2,519 2,555 2,653 2,706 2,861 3,053 2,985 2,857 2,875 2,821 2,785 2,682 2,779
UNEMPLOYMENT 112 127 142 142 117 110 94 91 85 91 91 134 111
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.2 4.8 3.8
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,967 16,185 16,451 16,294 16,212 16,279 16,306 16,349 16,199 16,408 16,518 16,414 16,299
EMPLOYMENT 14,558 14,681 14,934 15,090 15,141 15,117 15,236 15,360 15,298 15,386 15,373 15,081 15,105
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,409 1,504 1,517 1,204 1,071 1,162 1,070 989 901 1,022 1,145 1,333 1,194
UNEMPL. RATE 8.8 9.3 9.2 7.4 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.0 5.6 6.2 6.9 8.1 7.3
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,963 5,884 5,897 6,079 6,090 6,194 6,055 5,933 5,858 6,309 6,297 6,184 6,062
EMPLOYMENT 5,683 5,455 5,562 5,834 5,802 5,888 5,772 5,671 5,620 6,103 6,083 5,945 5,785
UNEMPLOYMENT 280 429 335 245 288 306 283 262 238 206 214 239 277
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 7.3 5.7 4.0 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 3.4 3.9 4.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,425 2,448 2,517 2,486 2,551 2,578 2,449 2,453 2,491 2,531 2,580 2,569 2,507
EMPLOYMENT 2,259 2,267 2,349 2,361 2,434 2,445 2,332 2,327 2,372 2,402 2,429 2,422 2,367
UNEMPLOYMENT 166 181 168 125 117 133 117 126 119 129 151 147 140
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 7.4 6.7 5.0 4.6 5.2 4.8 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.7 5.6
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,072 3,040 3,122 3,137 3,313 3,654 3,548 3,509 3,522 3,477 3,334 3,307 3,336
EMPLOYMENT 2,865 2,854 2,919 2,983 3,175 3,502 3,419 3,373 3,393 3,329 3,180 3,121 3,176
UNEMPLOYMENT 207 186 203 154 138 152 129 136 129 148 154 186 160
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.1 6.5 4.9 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.6 5.6 4.8
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,045 6,096 6,144 6,038 6,226 6,552 6,086 6,132 6,221 6,251 6,158 6,159 6,176
EMPLOYMENT 5,441 5,450 5,424 5,440 5,705 6,111 5,670 5,735 5,878 5,877 5,749 5,652 5,678
UNEMPLOYMENT 604 646 720 598 521 441 416 397 343 374 409 507 498
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 10.6 11.7 9.9 8.4 6.7 6.8 6.5 5.5 6.0 6.6 8.2 8.1
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,054 1,045 1,087 1,078 1,176 1,209 1,235 1,212 1,170 1,145 1,092 1,079 1,132
EMPLOYMENT 1,001 988 1,031 1,038 1,145 1,165 1,195 1,171 1,145 1,110 1,059 1,040 1,091
UNEMPLOYMENT 53 57 56 40 31 44 40 41 25 35 33 39 41
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.5 5.2 3.7 2.6 3.6 3.2 3.4 2.1 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.6
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,031 12,136 12,389 12,635 13,667 15,576 16,116 15,766 14,352 13,212 13,044 13,149 13,673
EMPLOYMENT 11,315 11,398 11,653 12,072 13,131 15,035 15,623 15,299 13,963 12,745 12,491 12,518 13,104
UNEMPLOYMENT 716 738 736 563 536 541 493 467 389 467 553 631 569
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 6.1 5.9 4.5 3.9 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.7 3.5 4.2 4.8 4.2
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,871 3,850 3,896 3,951 4,135 4,281 4,033 3,901 3,951 3,997 3,882 3,881 3,969
EMPLOYMENT 3,584 3,587 3,630 3,724 3,959 4,082 3,842 3,727 3,807 3,804 3,668 3,620 3,753
UNEMPLOYMENT 287 263 266 227 176 199 191 174 144 193 214 261 216
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 6.8 6.8 5.7 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.5 3.6 4.8 5.5 6.7 5.4
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,576 12,821 12,993 13,143 13,196 13,521 13,391 13,400 12,954 13,158 13,258 13,247 13,138
EMPLOYMENT 11,804 12,079 12,225 12,524 12,637 12,943 12,856 12,867 12,492 12,625 12,622 12,557 12,519
UNEMPLOYMENT 772 742 768 619 559 578 535 533 462 533 636 690 619
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.8 5.9 4.7 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.1 4.8 5.2 4.7
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,589 2,583 2,690 2,672 2,849 3,039 3,047 3,037 2,941 2,949 2,853 2,792 2,837
EMPLOYMENT 2,486 2,458 2,546 2,530 2,732 2,946 2,963 2,957 2,871 2,866 2,762 2,692 2,734
UNEMPLOYMENT 103 125 144 142 117 93 84 80 70 83 91 100 103
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.8 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.6
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,933 21,159 21,443 21,193 21,273 21,421 20,852 20,435 21,017 21,670 21,475 21,651 21,210
EMPLOYMENT 19,322 19,509 19,883 19,884 20,091 20,111 19,668 19,269 19,772 20,421 20,219 20,444 19,883
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,611 1,650 1,560 1,309 1,182 1,310 1,184 1,166 1,245 1,249 1,256 1,207 1,327
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.8 7.3 6.2 5.6 6.1 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.3
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,325 8,511 8,557 8,203 8,774 11,348 12,170 12,083 10,478 8,729 8,228 8,811 9,518
EMPLOYMENT 8,091 8,224 8,289 7,744 8,488 11,196 12,041 11,957 10,356 8,523 7,811 8,589 9,276
UNEMPLOYMENT 234 287 268 459 286 152 129 126 122 206 417 222 242
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 3.4 3.1 5.6 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 2.4 5.1 2.5 2.5
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,371 10,404 10,464 10,235 10,490 11,191 10,486 10,598 11,175 11,139 11,061 10,818 10,703
EMPLOYMENT 9,464 9,266 9,251 9,128 9,519 10,301 9,674 9,846 10,227 10,224 10,178 9,996 9,756
UNEMPLOYMENT 907 1,138 1,213 1,107 971 890 812 752 948 915 883 822 947
UNEMPL. RATE 8.7 10.9 11.6 10.8 9.3 8.0 7.7 7.1 8.5 8.2 8.0 7.6 8.8
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,458 4,500 4,473 4,416 4,402 4,597 4,613 4,596 4,334 4,650 4,563 4,603 4,517
EMPLOYMENT 4,118 4,165 4,081 4,078 4,080 4,235 4,291 4,303 4,071 4,386 4,262 4,261 4,194
UNEMPLOYMENT 340 335 392 338 322 362 322 293 263 264 301 342 323
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 7.4 8.8 7.7 7.3 7.9 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.7 6.6 7.4 7.2
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,172 3,233 3,234 3,210 3,171 2,979 3,219 3,159 3,313 3,237 3,282 3,232 3,204
EMPLOYMENT 2,979 3,008 3,016 2,969 3,021 2,836 3,090 3,056 3,200 3,089 3,113 3,053 3,036
UNEMPLOYMENT 193 225 218 241 150 143 129 103 113 148 169 179 168
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 7.0 6.7 7.5 4.7 4.8 4.0 3.3 3.4 4.6 5.1 5.5 5.2
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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