1995 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 248,107 249,138 251,095 251,350 251,115 257,721 259,137 256,893 254,140 254,447 253,764 251,446 253,196
EMPLOYMENT 232,874 234,581 237,140 238,174 239,052 246,233 248,202 246,441 243,309 243,711 241,394 239,046 240,846
UNEMPLOYMENT 15,233 14,557 13,955 13,176 12,063 11,488 10,935 10,452 10,831 10,736 12,370 12,400 12,350
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.9 4.9 4.9
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 32,160 32,318 32,566 32,357 32,134 32,193 32,651 32,374 32,220 32,738 33,255 32,915 32,490
EMPLOYMENT 30,061 30,200 30,624 30,489 30,321 30,534 30,996 30,753 30,396 30,866 31,212 30,914 30,614
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,099 2,118 1,942 1,868 1,813 1,659 1,655 1,621 1,824 1,872 2,043 2,001 1,876
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.7 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.8
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,449 24,571 24,771 24,616 24,449 24,502 24,853 24,642 24,512 24,905 25,292 25,036 24,716
EMPLOYMENT 22,969 23,076 23,400 23,297 23,169 23,331 23,685 23,498 23,225 23,585 23,850 23,623 23,392
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,480 1,495 1,371 1,319 1,280 1,171 1,168 1,144 1,287 1,320 1,442 1,413 1,324
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.4
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 38,778 38,814 39,120 39,074 38,364 38,703 39,547 38,698 38,100 38,411 39,009 38,670 38,774
EMPLOYMENT 36,874 37,153 37,525 37,560 37,007 37,356 38,215 37,389 36,790 37,122 37,544 37,230 37,314
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,904 1,661 1,595 1,514 1,357 1,347 1,332 1,309 1,310 1,289 1,465 1,440 1,460
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.8
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,228 27,255 27,470 27,440 26,941 27,180 27,773 27,176 26,757 26,976 27,395 27,155 27,228
EMPLOYMENT 25,909 26,105 26,365 26,391 26,002 26,247 26,850 26,270 25,850 26,083 26,379 26,158 26,217
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,319 1,150 1,105 1,049 939 933 923 906 907 893 1,016 997 1,011
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.7
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,281 16,471 16,662 16,759 16,473 15,978 16,356 16,340 16,519 16,943 17,263 16,887 16,578
EMPLOYMENT 15,769 16,060 16,267 16,381 16,133 15,620 16,008 15,996 16,186 16,646 16,914 16,540 16,210
UNEMPLOYMENT 512 411 395 378 340 358 348 344 333 297 349 347 368
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,008 14,174 14,342 14,424 14,179 13,751 14,076 14,063 14,218 14,586 14,858 14,535 14,268
EMPLOYMENT 13,581 13,832 14,011 14,109 13,896 13,453 13,786 13,776 13,940 14,338 14,567 14,245 13,961
UNEMPLOYMENT 427 342 331 315 283 298 290 287 278 248 291 290 307
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.2
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,017 5,111 5,103 5,122 5,152 5,152 4,986 4,939 5,089 5,241 5,209 5,107 5,103
EMPLOYMENT 4,613 4,668 4,735 4,824 4,864 4,864 4,726 4,695 4,866 5,032 4,933 4,801 4,802
UNEMPLOYMENT 404 443 368 298 288 288 260 244 223 209 276 306 301
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 8.7 7.2 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.4 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.9
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,094 18,079 18,168 18,037 17,989 18,236 18,336 18,305 17,996 18,364 18,601 18,307 18,209
EMPLOYMENT 17,046 17,100 17,227 17,143 17,064 17,356 17,489 17,513 17,157 17,560 17,833 17,523 17,334
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,048 979 941 894 925 880 847 792 839 804 768 784 875
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.8
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,566 8,613 8,631 8,629 8,533 8,857 8,581 8,597 8,630 8,789 8,622 8,485 8,628
EMPLOYMENT 8,000 7,980 8,067 8,076 8,040 8,448 8,204 8,251 8,282 8,439 8,182 8,001 8,164
UNEMPLOYMENT 566 633 564 553 493 409 377 346 348 350 440 484 464
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 7.3 6.5 6.4 5.8 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.1 5.7 5.4
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,211 6,211 6,271 6,304 6,313 6,284 6,388 6,397 6,379 6,482 6,459 6,340 6,336
EMPLOYMENT 5,786 5,833 5,921 5,973 5,969 5,983 6,106 6,128 6,026 6,159 6,110 5,975 5,997
UNEMPLOYMENT 425 378 350 331 344 301 282 269 353 323 349 365 339
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.4 4.8 4.4 4.2 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.4
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,871 2,881 2,935 3,055 3,076 3,238 3,121 3,087 3,017 3,055 2,998 2,932 3,023
EMPLOYMENT 2,712 2,738 2,791 2,929 2,956 3,114 3,026 2,989 2,907 2,937 2,866 2,795 2,897
UNEMPLOYMENT 159 143 144 126 120 124 95 98 110 118 132 137 126
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.2
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,248 17,483 17,710 17,530 17,229 17,124 16,930 17,181 17,524 17,604 17,675 17,642 17,406
EMPLOYMENT 15,609 15,914 16,233 16,189 15,984 15,909 15,787 16,024 16,421 16,510 16,396 16,300 16,106
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,639 1,569 1,477 1,341 1,245 1,215 1,143 1,157 1,103 1,094 1,279 1,342 1,300
UNEMPL. RATE 9.5 9.0 8.3 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.2 7.2 7.6 7.5
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,340 6,450 6,398 6,533 6,217 6,304 6,279 6,176 6,153 6,600 6,638 6,506 6,382
EMPLOYMENT 6,042 6,085 6,038 6,214 5,945 6,018 5,981 5,907 5,900 6,379 6,394 6,266 6,097
UNEMPLOYMENT 298 365 360 319 272 286 298 269 253 221 244 240 285
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 5.7 5.6 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 3.7 3.7 4.5
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,401 2,377 2,433 2,451 2,449 2,477 2,384 2,375 2,359 2,351 2,427 2,374 2,405
EMPLOYMENT 2,246 2,251 2,312 2,352 2,352 2,351 2,280 2,291 2,252 2,247 2,295 2,242 2,289
UNEMPLOYMENT 155 126 121 99 97 126 104 84 107 104 132 132 116
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 5.3 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.1 4.4 3.5 4.5 4.4 5.4 5.6 4.8
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,363 3,375 3,403 3,490 3,560 3,815 3,747 3,791 3,672 3,586 3,477 3,432 3,559
EMPLOYMENT 3,148 3,196 3,239 3,351 3,440 3,689 3,641 3,685 3,565 3,488 3,345 3,291 3,423
UNEMPLOYMENT 215 179 164 139 120 126 106 106 107 98 132 141 136
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.3 4.8 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.8 4.1 3.8
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,132 6,141 6,285 6,269 6,366 6,684 6,394 6,322 6,477 6,344 6,319 6,200 6,328
EMPLOYMENT 5,506 5,523 5,671 5,694 5,885 6,232 6,003 5,976 6,098 5,991 5,923 5,752 5,855
UNEMPLOYMENT 626 618 614 575 481 452 391 346 379 353 396 448 473
UNEMPL. RATE 10.2 10.1 9.8 9.2 7.6 6.8 6.1 5.5 5.9 5.6 6.3 7.2 7.5
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,124 1,152 1,237 1,240 1,260 1,258 1,242 1,267 1,267 1,228 1,196 1,216 1,224
EMPLOYMENT 1,081 1,120 1,198 1,207 1,235 1,226 1,220 1,244 1,246 1,216 1,174 1,182 1,196
UNEMPLOYMENT 43 32 39 33 25 32 22 23 21 12 22 34 28
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 2.8 3.2 2.7 2.0 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.3
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,959 14,083 14,026 14,355 14,899 16,612 17,486 16,873 15,632 14,891 14,355 14,184 15,113
EMPLOYMENT 13,030 13,247 13,299 13,715 14,309 16,059 16,965 16,380 15,102 14,368 13,710 13,525 14,476
UNEMPLOYMENT 929 836 727 640 590 553 521 493 530 523 645 659 637
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 5.9 5.2 4.5 4.0 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.5 4.5 4.6 4.2
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,106 4,113 4,101 4,244 4,213 4,418 4,146 4,110 4,132 4,291 4,065 4,036 4,165
EMPLOYMENT 3,837 3,878 3,911 4,041 4,064 4,242 3,980 3,948 3,996 4,144 3,894 3,862 3,983
UNEMPLOYMENT 269 235 190 203 149 176 166 162 136 147 171 174 182
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 5.7 4.6 4.8 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.4 4.2 4.3 4.4
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,302 13,318 13,494 13,607 13,638 14,068 13,602 13,506 13,507 13,603 13,647 13,492 13,565
EMPLOYMENT 12,378 12,486 12,676 12,883 12,998 13,498 13,089 13,011 13,003 13,083 12,999 12,829 12,911
UNEMPLOYMENT 924 832 818 724 640 570 513 495 504 520 648 663 654
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.3 4.7 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.9 4.8
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,834 2,786 2,841 2,874 2,941 3,192 3,272 3,281 3,138 3,004 2,880 2,870 2,993
EMPLOYMENT 2,707 2,650 2,673 2,720 2,844 3,085 3,184 3,211 3,046 2,926 2,784 2,721 2,879
UNEMPLOYMENT 127 136 168 154 97 107 88 70 92 78 96 149 114
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.9 5.9 5.4 3.3 3.4 2.7 2.1 2.9 2.6 3.3 5.2 3.8
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,529 21,582 21,772 21,672 21,638 21,722 21,328 21,373 21,319 21,423 21,497 21,500 21,530
EMPLOYMENT 20,296 20,332 20,491 20,483 20,544 20,601 20,201 20,319 20,259 20,301 20,281 20,350 20,372
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,233 1,250 1,281 1,189 1,094 1,121 1,127 1,054 1,060 1,122 1,216 1,150 1,158
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.3 5.4
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,276 9,300 9,239 8,908 9,727 12,056 13,267 12,963 11,723 10,293 8,877 9,401 10,420
EMPLOYMENT 9,059 9,090 8,967 8,459 9,416 11,926 13,145 12,840 11,587 10,086 8,420 9,099 10,175
UNEMPLOYMENT 217 210 272 449 311 130 122 123 136 207 457 302 245
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.3 2.9 5.0 3.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2 2.0 5.1 3.2 2.4
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,551 10,518 10,621 10,675 10,796 11,074 10,903 10,840 11,081 10,947 11,070 10,871 10,829
EMPLOYMENT 9,641 9,686 9,771 9,860 10,032 10,360 10,210 10,206 10,421 10,312 10,368 10,196 10,089
UNEMPLOYMENT 910 832 850 815 764 714 693 634 660 635 702 675 740
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 7.9 8.0 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.2 6.8
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,645 4,624 4,693 4,780 4,767 4,926 4,890 4,804 4,874 4,875 4,883 4,742 4,792
EMPLOYMENT 4,372 4,254 4,337 4,442 4,462 4,553 4,569 4,507 4,592 4,635 4,607 4,475 4,484
UNEMPLOYMENT 273 370 356 338 305 373 321 297 282 240 276 267 308
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 8.0 7.6 7.1 6.4 7.6 6.6 6.2 5.8 4.9 5.7 5.6 6.4
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,316 3,340 3,391 3,385 3,381 3,356 3,302 3,294 3,329 3,381 3,337 3,337 3,346
EMPLOYMENT 3,061 3,137 3,167 3,190 3,184 3,213 3,176 3,180 3,209 3,263 3,210 3,179 3,181
UNEMPLOYMENT 255 203 224 195 197 143 126 114 120 118 127 158 165
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 6.1 6.6 5.8 5.8 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.7 4.9
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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