1996 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 249,739 250,043 253,076 252,152 252,920 259,307 261,050 258,260 255,224 255,939 254,885 254,015 254,717
EMPLOYMENT 233,696 235,619 238,192 238,447 240,175 247,295 248,643 246,727 243,889 244,289 241,756 239,995 241,560
UNEMPLOYMENT 16,043 14,424 14,884 13,705 12,745 12,012 12,407 11,533 11,335 11,650 13,129 14,020 13,157
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.6 5.2 5.5 5.2
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 32,613 32,608 32,897 32,376 32,239 32,256 32,401 32,194 32,230 32,310 32,881 33,236 32,520
EMPLOYMENT 30,026 30,274 30,538 30,188 30,103 30,364 30,376 30,271 30,254 30,398 30,812 31,049 30,388
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,587 2,334 2,359 2,188 2,136 1,892 2,025 1,923 1,976 1,912 2,069 2,187 2,132
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.6
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,770 24,780 25,000 24,610 24,508 24,536 24,640 24,488 24,513 24,577 25,003 25,267 24,725
EMPLOYMENT 22,944 23,133 23,335 23,067 23,002 23,201 23,211 23,131 23,118 23,227 23,544 23,724 23,220
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,826 1,647 1,665 1,543 1,506 1,335 1,429 1,357 1,395 1,350 1,459 1,543 1,505
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.1 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.1
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 38,838 38,737 39,022 38,771 38,461 38,664 39,491 38,851 38,166 38,733 39,748 39,450 38,911
EMPLOYMENT 36,917 37,136 37,409 37,352 37,114 37,358 38,156 37,615 36,873 37,358 38,279 37,880 37,454
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,921 1,601 1,613 1,419 1,347 1,306 1,335 1,236 1,293 1,375 1,469 1,570 1,457
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.7
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,270 27,202 27,401 27,227 27,009 27,154 27,735 27,286 26,802 27,202 27,913 27,703 27,325
EMPLOYMENT 25,939 26,093 26,284 26,244 26,076 26,249 26,810 26,429 25,907 26,249 26,895 26,616 26,316
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,331 1,109 1,117 983 933 905 925 857 895 953 1,018 1,087 1,009
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.7
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,685 16,944 16,951 16,962 16,774 16,381 16,354 16,353 16,772 17,473 17,474 17,347 16,873
EMPLOYMENT 16,270 16,603 16,626 16,637 16,445 16,069 16,052 16,046 16,489 17,148 17,135 17,005 16,544
UNEMPLOYMENT 415 341 325 325 329 312 302 307 283 325 339 342 329
UNEMPL. RATE 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,359 14,584 14,590 14,599 14,437 14,099 14,076 14,077 14,439 15,040 15,040 14,931 14,523
EMPLOYMENT 14,013 14,299 14,320 14,328 14,164 13,839 13,825 13,820 14,202 14,769 14,757 14,646 14,249
UNEMPLOYMENT 346 285 270 271 273 260 251 257 237 271 283 285 274
UNEMPL. RATE 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,121 5,109 5,284 5,352 5,320 5,428 5,188 5,179 5,293 5,578 5,660 5,583 5,341
EMPLOYMENT 4,716 4,672 4,818 5,034 5,037 5,149 4,910 4,923 5,042 5,335 5,340 5,160 5,011
UNEMPLOYMENT 405 437 466 318 283 279 278 256 251 243 320 423 330
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 8.6 8.8 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.4 5.7 7.6 6.2
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,242 18,186 18,253 18,208 18,354 18,726 18,872 18,995 18,074 18,507 18,712 18,453 18,466
EMPLOYMENT 17,189 17,276 17,333 17,381 17,486 17,856 18,034 18,192 17,207 17,639 17,771 17,422 17,566
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,053 910 920 827 868 870 838 803 867 868 941 1,031 900
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.8 4.7 5.0 5.6 4.9
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,343 8,284 8,462 8,456 8,418 8,836 8,669 8,504 8,490 8,518 8,350 8,366 8,475
EMPLOYMENT 7,715 7,752 7,911 7,950 7,992 8,426 8,291 8,173 8,157 8,113 7,889 7,810 8,015
UNEMPLOYMENT 628 532 551 506 426 410 378 331 333 405 461 556 460
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 6.4 6.5 6.0 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.8 5.5 6.6 5.4
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,297 6,333 6,473 6,484 6,391 6,383 6,516 6,589 6,534 6,596 6,673 6,554 6,485
EMPLOYMENT 5,902 6,001 6,085 6,159 6,082 6,038 6,164 6,239 6,184 6,237 6,311 6,097 6,125
UNEMPLOYMENT 395 332 388 325 309 345 352 350 350 359 362 457 360
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 5.2 6.0 5.0 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 7.0 5.6
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,923 2,900 3,008 3,037 3,123 3,239 3,144 3,085 3,055 3,033 2,978 2,904 3,036
EMPLOYMENT 2,746 2,741 2,842 2,887 2,976 3,105 3,001 2,964 2,943 2,921 2,843 2,760 2,894
UNEMPLOYMENT 177 159 166 150 147 134 143 121 112 112 135 144 142
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.5 5.5 4.9 4.7 4.1 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.7 4.5 5.0 4.7
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,662 17,736 17,985 17,884 17,824 17,671 17,615 17,373 17,533 17,674 17,825 17,795 17,715
EMPLOYMENT 15,929 16,138 16,372 16,423 16,499 16,423 16,255 16,099 16,377 16,476 16,386 16,271 16,304
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,733 1,598 1,613 1,461 1,325 1,248 1,360 1,274 1,156 1,198 1,439 1,524 1,411
UNEMPL. RATE 9.8 9.0 9.0 8.2 7.4 7.1 7.7 7.3 6.6 6.8 8.1 8.6 8.0
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,359 6,361 6,556 6,599 6,407 6,353 6,275 6,203 6,212 6,657 6,635 6,363 6,415
EMPLOYMENT 5,924 5,944 6,130 6,274 6,076 6,051 5,933 5,896 5,937 6,390 6,389 6,052 6,083
UNEMPLOYMENT 435 417 426 325 331 302 342 307 275 267 246 311 332
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.6 6.5 4.9 5.2 4.8 5.5 4.9 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.9 5.2
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,312 2,323 2,395 2,434 2,506 2,600 2,476 2,459 2,597 2,802 2,767 2,509 2,515
EMPLOYMENT 2,189 2,221 2,283 2,342 2,419 2,491 2,360 2,348 2,490 2,697 2,648 2,385 2,406
UNEMPLOYMENT 123 102 112 92 87 109 116 111 107 105 119 124 109
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.4 4.7 3.8 3.5 4.2 4.7 4.5 4.1 3.7 4.3 4.9 4.3
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,408 3,400 3,558 3,557 3,679 3,984 4,005 3,865 3,883 3,942 3,750 3,657 3,724
EMPLOYMENT 3,227 3,234 3,384 3,407 3,550 3,865 3,889 3,751 3,771 3,818 3,574 3,462 3,578
UNEMPLOYMENT 181 166 174 150 129 119 116 114 112 124 176 195 146
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 4.7 5.3 3.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,076 6,073 6,327 6,283 6,338 6,675 6,176 6,165 6,723 6,690 6,635 6,525 6,390
EMPLOYMENT 5,564 5,638 5,708 5,746 5,907 6,234 5,785 5,832 6,344 6,323 6,255 6,054 5,949
UNEMPLOYMENT 512 435 619 537 431 441 391 333 379 367 380 471 441
UNEMPL. RATE 8.4 7.2 9.8 8.5 6.8 6.6 6.3 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.7 7.2 6.9
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,221 1,223 1,295 1,264 1,273 1,312 1,323 1,318 1,347 1,349 1,269 1,216 1,284
EMPLOYMENT 1,185 1,195 1,257 1,227 1,251 1,282 1,298 1,296 1,325 1,308 1,230 1,191 1,254
UNEMPLOYMENT 36 28 38 37 22 30 25 22 22 41 39 25 30
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 2.3 2.9 2.9 1.7 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6 3.0 3.1 2.1 2.3
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,854 14,000 13,995 14,350 14,820 16,647 17,595 17,091 15,854 14,871 14,054 13,881 15,084
EMPLOYMENT 12,982 13,260 13,273 13,686 14,227 16,085 17,002 16,510 15,295 14,270 13,297 13,059 14,412
UNEMPLOYMENT 872 740 722 664 593 562 593 581 559 601 757 822 672
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.0 5.4 5.9 4.5
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,114 4,088 4,256 4,240 4,433 4,439 4,263 4,119 4,209 4,224 4,184 4,192 4,230
EMPLOYMENT 3,888 3,905 4,068 4,069 4,295 4,279 4,082 3,965 4,083 4,072 4,010 3,994 4,059
UNEMPLOYMENT 226 183 188 171 138 160 181 154 126 152 174 198 171
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 4.5 4.4 4.0 3.1 3.6 4.2 3.7 3.0 3.6 4.2 4.7 4.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,328 13,274 13,489 13,594 13,557 13,854 13,602 13,473 13,480 13,724 13,509 13,424 13,526
EMPLOYMENT 12,320 12,468 12,670 12,841 12,928 13,277 13,088 12,986 12,984 13,237 12,851 12,666 12,860
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,008 806 819 753 629 577 514 487 496 487 658 758 666
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.5 4.9 5.6 4.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,803 2,785 2,846 2,868 2,991 3,216 3,279 3,299 3,167 3,224 3,055 2,946 3,040
EMPLOYMENT 2,633 2,639 2,674 2,726 2,892 3,122 3,183 3,212 3,087 3,145 2,970 2,848 2,928
UNEMPLOYMENT 170 146 172 142 99 94 96 87 80 79 85 98 112
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.2 6.0 5.0 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,104 21,225 21,418 21,287 21,054 21,051 20,801 20,568 20,734 20,804 20,848 21,227 21,010
EMPLOYMENT 19,710 19,715 19,947 19,850 19,605 19,656 19,356 19,275 19,600 19,565 19,600 19,935 19,651
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,394 1,510 1,471 1,437 1,449 1,395 1,445 1,293 1,134 1,239 1,248 1,292 1,359
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.9 6.3 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.5
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,501 9,605 9,658 9,242 9,990 12,166 13,435 13,152 11,703 10,016 8,697 9,443 10,551
EMPLOYMENT 9,180 9,321 9,338 8,740 9,594 11,947 13,209 12,969 11,511 9,812 8,199 9,139 10,247
UNEMPLOYMENT 321 284 320 502 396 219 226 183 192 204 498 304 304
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.0 3.3 5.4 4.0 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.6 2.0 5.7 3.2 2.9
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,939 10,882 10,801 10,757 10,859 11,171 11,283 11,274 11,012 10,873 11,027 10,848 10,977
EMPLOYMENT 9,977 9,936 9,931 9,863 10,046 10,400 10,417 10,471 10,208 10,127 10,246 10,079 10,142
UNEMPLOYMENT 962 946 870 894 813 771 866 803 804 746 781 769 835
UNEMPL. RATE 8.8 8.7 8.1 8.3 7.5 6.9 7.7 7.1 7.3 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,691 4,676 4,736 4,782 4,808 4,911 5,040 4,953 4,855 5,006 4,855 4,807 4,844
EMPLOYMENT 4,411 4,438 4,402 4,480 4,510 4,624 4,708 4,642 4,572 4,747 4,629 4,600 4,564
UNEMPLOYMENT 280 238 334 302 298 287 332 311 283 259 226 207 280
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 5.1 7.1 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.2 4.7 4.3 5.8
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,306 3,295 3,411 3,369 3,300 3,346 3,250 3,202 3,297 3,335 3,299 3,286 3,309
EMPLOYMENT 3,094 3,114 3,189 3,186 3,140 3,195 3,095 3,055 3,153 3,153 3,094 3,074 3,129
UNEMPLOYMENT 212 181 222 183 160 151 155 147 144 182 205 212 180
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.5 6.5 5.4 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.4 5.5 6.2 6.5 5.4
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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