1994 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 244,114 245,834 247,515 246,577 247,445 253,977 254,382 253,360 249,639 251,071 250,446 249,332 249,475
EMPLOYMENT 226,965 228,826 231,077 232,611 235,586 242,214 243,610 243,155 240,214 241,050 239,469 237,838 236,885
UNEMPLOYMENT 17,149 17,008 16,438 13,966 11,859 11,763 10,772 10,205 9,425 10,021 10,977 11,494 12,590
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 6.9 6.6 5.7 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.6 5.0
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,957 32,242 32,415 31,749 31,255 31,315 31,479 31,905 31,648 32,326 32,849 32,499 31,970
EMPLOYMENT 29,221 29,522 29,775 29,512 29,235 29,438 29,736 30,196 30,073 30,722 31,183 30,894 29,959
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,736 2,720 2,640 2,237 2,020 1,877 1,743 1,709 1,575 1,604 1,666 1,605 2,011
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 8.4 8.1 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.9 6.3
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,258 24,478 24,613 24,129 23,765 23,818 23,951 24,280 24,090 24,608 25,003 24,738 24,311
EMPLOYMENT 22,328 22,559 22,751 22,551 22,339 22,494 22,721 23,073 22,979 23,475 23,828 23,606 22,892
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,930 1,919 1,862 1,578 1,426 1,324 1,230 1,207 1,111 1,133 1,175 1,132 1,419
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 7.8 7.6 6.5 6.0 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 5.8
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 38,506 38,683 38,793 38,579 37,687 38,194 39,132 38,659 38,096 38,477 39,382 39,083 38,606
EMPLOYMENT 36,291 36,586 36,952 36,550 36,336 36,797 37,771 37,347 36,723 37,091 37,902 37,611 36,996
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,215 2,097 1,841 2,029 1,351 1,397 1,361 1,312 1,373 1,386 1,480 1,472 1,610
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.4 4.7 5.3 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.2
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,034 27,159 27,239 27,085 26,467 26,823 27,483 27,151 26,753 27,020 27,656 27,446 27,110
EMPLOYMENT 25,500 25,706 25,964 25,680 25,530 25,855 26,539 26,241 25,802 26,060 26,631 26,426 25,995
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,534 1,453 1,275 1,405 937 968 944 910 951 960 1,025 1,020 1,115
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.3 4.7 5.2 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 4.1
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,909 16,318 16,205 16,100 16,074 15,591 16,003 15,870 16,184 16,604 16,655 16,593 16,175
EMPLOYMENT 15,365 15,783 15,700 15,674 15,654 15,210 15,651 15,521 15,856 16,223 16,282 16,206 15,760
UNEMPLOYMENT 544 535 505 426 420 381 352 349 328 381 373 387 415
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.6
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,686 14,039 13,943 13,852 13,833 13,418 13,773 13,657 13,930 14,290 14,333 14,280 13,919
EMPLOYMENT 13,233 13,592 13,521 13,498 13,482 13,099 13,479 13,367 13,657 13,972 14,023 13,957 13,573
UNEMPLOYMENT 453 447 422 354 351 319 294 290 273 318 310 323 346
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,022 5,083 5,043 5,063 5,050 5,163 4,823 4,917 4,936 5,114 5,138 5,026 5,031
EMPLOYMENT 4,600 4,621 4,632 4,743 4,771 4,848 4,527 4,618 4,673 4,861 4,823 4,672 4,699
UNEMPLOYMENT 422 462 411 320 279 315 296 299 263 253 315 354 332
UNEMPL. RATE 8.4 9.1 8.1 6.3 5.5 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.3 4.9 6.1 7.0 6.6
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,668 17,959 17,879 17,803 17,902 18,265 18,329 18,264 17,848 18,017 17,966 17,906 17,984
EMPLOYMENT 16,543 16,773 16,690 16,823 17,122 17,459 17,621 17,580 17,242 17,355 17,307 17,203 17,143
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,125 1,186 1,189 980 780 806 708 684 606 662 659 703 841
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 6.6 6.7 5.5 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,378 8,389 8,559 8,539 8,690 9,027 8,789 8,821 8,669 8,824 8,685 8,645 8,668
EMPLOYMENT 7,732 7,784 7,948 8,031 8,146 8,620 8,420 8,500 8,365 8,489 8,299 8,217 8,213
UNEMPLOYMENT 646 605 611 508 544 407 369 321 304 335 386 428 455
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.2 7.1 5.9 6.3 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.4 5.0 5.2
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,108 6,095 6,181 6,133 6,064 6,065 6,184 6,403 6,200 6,436 6,370 6,174 6,201
EMPLOYMENT 5,621 5,651 5,738 5,803 5,774 5,792 5,924 6,145 5,943 6,166 6,133 5,907 5,883
UNEMPLOYMENT 487 444 443 330 290 273 260 258 257 270 237 267 318
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 7.3 7.2 5.4 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.3 5.1
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,737 2,719 2,812 2,837 2,941 3,113 2,916 2,862 2,814 2,897 2,869 2,845 2,863
EMPLOYMENT 2,589 2,551 2,652 2,734 2,847 3,001 2,830 2,776 2,738 2,825 2,772 2,722 2,753
UNEMPLOYMENT 148 168 160 103 94 112 86 86 76 72 97 123 110
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 6.2 5.7 3.6 3.2 3.6 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.5 3.4 4.3 3.8
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,000 17,107 17,488 17,069 16,867 16,837 16,509 16,499 16,888 17,166 17,330 17,223 16,999
EMPLOYMENT 15,272 15,387 15,787 15,777 15,711 15,620 15,398 15,437 15,965 16,188 16,301 16,008 15,738
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,728 1,720 1,701 1,292 1,156 1,217 1,111 1,062 923 978 1,029 1,215 1,261
UNEMPL. RATE 10.2 10.1 9.7 7.6 6.9 7.2 6.7 6.4 5.5 5.7 5.9 7.1 7.4
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,337 6,334 6,420 6,494 6,338 6,358 6,205 6,169 6,004 6,385 6,370 6,201 6,302
EMPLOYMENT 6,039 5,899 5,994 6,144 6,037 6,069 5,960 5,924 5,800 6,199 6,179 5,991 6,020
UNEMPLOYMENT 298 435 426 350 301 289 245 245 204 186 191 210 282
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 6.9 6.6 5.4 4.7 4.5 3.9 4.0 3.4 2.9 3.0 3.4 4.5
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,476 2,490 2,517 2,575 2,625 2,752 2,562 2,487 2,503 2,557 2,518 2,513 2,548
EMPLOYMENT 2,312 2,334 2,370 2,435 2,513 2,614 2,455 2,379 2,399 2,434 2,391 2,377 2,418
UNEMPLOYMENT 164 156 147 140 112 138 107 108 104 123 127 136 130
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.4 4.3 5.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.1
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,317 3,317 3,409 3,542 3,705 3,926 3,869 3,882 3,609 3,614 3,544 3,450 3,599
EMPLOYMENT 3,069 3,093 3,206 3,395 3,593 3,827 3,785 3,808 3,527 3,525 3,381 3,269 3,457
UNEMPLOYMENT 248 224 203 147 112 99 84 74 82 89 163 181 142
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 6.8 6.0 4.2 3.0 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.5 4.6 5.2 3.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,181 6,204 6,175 6,192 6,258 6,651 6,168 6,157 6,104 6,202 6,125 6,105 6,210
EMPLOYMENT 5,562 5,621 5,570 5,734 5,895 6,226 5,757 5,801 5,786 5,860 5,697 5,589 5,758
UNEMPLOYMENT 619 583 605 458 363 425 411 356 318 342 428 516 452
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 9.4 9.8 7.4 5.8 6.4 6.7 5.8 5.2 5.5 7.0 8.5 7.3
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,145 1,132 1,170 1,189 1,211 1,205 1,199 1,239 1,157 1,204 1,144 1,102 1,174
EMPLOYMENT 1,097 1,087 1,136 1,159 1,189 1,178 1,179 1,218 1,138 1,175 1,125 1,075 1,146
UNEMPLOYMENT 48 45 34 30 22 27 20 21 19 29 19 27 28
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.0 2.9 2.5 1.8 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.6 2.4 1.7 2.5 2.4
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,157 13,262 13,230 13,504 14,590 16,186 16,586 16,259 15,017 14,251 13,726 13,782 14,463
EMPLOYMENT 12,325 12,409 12,465 12,993 14,105 15,692 16,100 15,818 14,590 13,738 13,137 13,041 13,868
UNEMPLOYMENT 832 853 765 511 485 494 486 441 427 513 589 741 595
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 6.4 5.8 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.6 4.3 5.4 4.1
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,938 3,913 4,014 4,129 4,171 4,413 4,071 3,952 4,038 4,114 3,970 3,994 4,060
EMPLOYMENT 3,623 3,625 3,741 3,920 4,013 4,245 3,890 3,754 3,869 3,960 3,816 3,795 3,854
UNEMPLOYMENT 315 288 273 209 158 168 181 198 169 154 154 199 206
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 7.4 6.8 5.1 3.8 3.8 4.4 5.0 4.2 3.7 3.9 5.0 5.1
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,041 13,251 13,342 13,254 13,337 13,578 13,371 13,164 13,206 13,471 13,279 13,212 13,292
EMPLOYMENT 11,997 12,221 12,363 12,597 12,788 13,038 12,890 12,680 12,763 12,969 12,731 12,620 12,638
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,044 1,030 979 657 549 540 481 484 443 502 548 592 654
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 7.8 7.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.7 4.1 4.5 4.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,805 2,801 2,869 2,948 3,005 3,160 3,248 3,228 3,103 3,066 2,885 2,827 2,995
EMPLOYMENT 2,666 2,648 2,718 2,831 2,926 3,079 3,182 3,171 3,048 3,003 2,824 2,740 2,903
UNEMPLOYMENT 139 153 151 117 79 81 66 57 55 63 61 87 92
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.5 5.3 4.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.1 3.1 3.1
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,301 21,279 21,597 21,732 21,593 21,740 21,368 21,441 21,795 22,035 22,163 22,202 21,688
EMPLOYMENT 19,775 19,857 20,119 20,532 20,510 20,550 20,310 20,509 20,919 21,099 21,247 21,288 20,560
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,526 1,422 1,478 1,200 1,083 1,190 1,058 932 876 936 916 914 1,128
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 6.7 6.8 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.1 5.2
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,857 8,957 8,904 8,718 9,440 11,834 12,840 12,505 11,354 9,534 8,543 9,275 10,064
EMPLOYMENT 8,605 8,705 8,606 8,267 9,169 11,715 12,733 12,416 11,269 9,363 8,131 9,095 9,840
UNEMPLOYMENT 252 252 298 451 271 119 107 89 85 171 412 180 224
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 2.8 3.3 5.2 2.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.8 4.8 1.9 2.2
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,401 10,385 10,465 10,554 10,649 10,797 10,736 10,607 10,661 10,730 10,784 10,717 10,624
EMPLOYMENT 9,379 9,357 9,465 9,614 9,761 9,846 9,888 9,861 10,017 10,070 10,059 9,961 9,773
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,022 1,028 1,000 940 888 951 848 746 644 660 725 756 851
UNEMPL. RATE 9.8 9.9 9.6 8.9 8.3 8.8 7.9 7.0 6.0 6.2 6.7 7.1 8.0
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,569 4,564 4,667 4,533 4,632 4,661 4,778 4,784 4,589 4,756 4,796 4,686 4,668
EMPLOYMENT 4,247 4,265 4,360 4,222 4,304 4,357 4,494 4,526 4,395 4,566 4,569 4,460 4,397
UNEMPLOYMENT 322 299 307 311 328 304 284 258 194 190 227 226 271
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 6.6 6.6 6.9 7.1 6.5 5.9 5.4 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.8 5.8
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,306 3,347 3,356 3,343 3,358 3,143 3,220 3,293 3,213 3,285 3,356 3,277 3,291
EMPLOYMENT 3,034 3,048 3,087 3,121 3,187 2,991 3,108 3,174 3,118 3,162 3,178 3,100 3,109
UNEMPLOYMENT 272 299 269 222 171 152 112 119 95 123 178 177 182
UNEMPL. RATE 8.2 8.9 8.0 6.6 5.1 4.8 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.7 5.3 5.4 5.5
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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