1997 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 252,168 251,958 255,336 254,904 254,257 261,381 261,918 259,632 255,715 256,042 256,010 255,837 256,263
EMPLOYMENT 235,221 236,242 239,907 240,896 242,671 249,470 251,387 249,921 246,498 246,507 245,190 243,419 243,944
UNEMPLOYMENT 16,947 15,716 15,429 14,008 11,586 11,911 10,531 9,711 9,217 9,535 10,820 12,418 12,319
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.5 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.9 4.8
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 33,184 33,165 33,692 33,368 32,718 32,844 32,972 32,422 32,137 32,584 33,337 33,660 33,007
EMPLOYMENT 30,847 30,904 31,438 31,325 30,925 30,973 31,278 30,867 30,664 31,082 31,710 31,804 31,151
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,337 2,261 2,254 2,043 1,793 1,871 1,694 1,555 1,473 1,502 1,627 1,856 1,856
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.1 5.5 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.5 5.6
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,220 25,209 25,613 25,378 24,895 24,988 25,095 24,684 24,470 24,810 25,379 25,610 25,113
EMPLOYMENT 23,571 23,614 24,022 23,936 23,630 23,667 23,900 23,586 23,430 23,750 24,230 24,301 23,803
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,649 1,595 1,591 1,442 1,265 1,321 1,195 1,098 1,040 1,060 1,149 1,309 1,310
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 6.3 6.2 5.7 5.1 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.2
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 39,641 39,499 39,523 39,883 38,718 39,227 39,704 38,838 37,942 38,776 39,738 39,834 39,277
EMPLOYMENT 37,603 37,673 37,894 38,346 37,475 37,914 38,510 37,705 36,863 37,638 38,297 38,183 37,842
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,038 1,826 1,629 1,537 1,243 1,313 1,194 1,133 1,079 1,138 1,441 1,651 1,435
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.6 4.1 3.7
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,833 27,734 27,754 28,008 27,192 27,548 27,886 27,277 26,648 27,234 27,907 27,972 27,582
EMPLOYMENT 26,421 26,470 26,625 26,943 26,331 26,639 27,058 26,492 25,900 26,445 26,908 26,828 26,588
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,412 1,264 1,129 1,065 861 909 828 785 748 789 999 1,144 994
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.6 4.1 3.6
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,064 17,259 17,459 17,350 16,868 16,458 16,303 16,228 16,846 17,103 17,209 17,217 16,947
EMPLOYMENT 16,625 16,838 17,014 16,935 16,550 16,159 16,007 15,950 16,618 16,862 16,932 16,853 16,612
UNEMPLOYMENT 439 421 445 415 318 299 296 278 228 241 277 364 335
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.1 2.0
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,684 14,854 15,025 14,932 14,519 14,166 14,033 13,969 14,501 14,723 14,814 14,819 14,587
EMPLOYMENT 14,317 14,502 14,654 14,585 14,254 13,917 13,786 13,737 14,312 14,522 14,583 14,515 14,307
UNEMPLOYMENT 367 352 371 347 265 249 247 232 189 201 231 304 280
UNEMPL. RATE 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.9
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,419 5,351 5,509 5,511 5,532 5,672 5,510 5,623 5,835 5,824 5,784 5,640 5,601
EMPLOYMENT 5,007 4,982 5,075 5,150 5,248 5,373 5,239 5,383 5,607 5,604 5,531 5,304 5,292
UNEMPLOYMENT 412 369 434 361 284 299 271 240 228 220 253 336 309
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 6.9 7.9 6.6 5.1 5.3 4.9 4.3 3.9 3.8 4.4 6.0 5.5
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,881 18,896 19,050 18,915 18,605 19,170 18,894 18,954 18,421 18,866 19,027 19,103 18,898
EMPLOYMENT 17,544 17,695 17,847 17,777 17,725 18,270 18,084 18,208 17,676 18,092 18,246 18,286 17,954
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,337 1,201 1,203 1,138 880 900 810 746 745 774 781 817 944
UNEMPL. RATE 7.1 6.4 6.3 6.0 4.7 4.7 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 5.0
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,139 8,087 8,300 8,311 8,314 8,739 8,702 8,611 8,329 8,419 8,337 8,164 8,371
EMPLOYMENT 7,477 7,538 7,754 7,886 7,981 8,328 8,401 8,344 8,101 8,094 7,966 7,688 7,963
UNEMPLOYMENT 662 549 546 425 333 411 301 267 228 325 371 476 408
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 6.8 6.6 5.1 4.0 4.7 3.5 3.1 2.7 3.9 4.5 5.8 4.9
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,510 6,456 6,609 6,512 6,525 6,617 6,860 7,033 6,724 6,674 6,598 6,441 6,630
EMPLOYMENT 5,957 5,943 6,115 6,073 6,158 6,225 6,502 6,698 6,434 6,376 6,297 6,115 6,241
UNEMPLOYMENT 553 513 494 439 367 392 358 335 290 298 301 326 389
UNEMPL. RATE 8.5 7.9 7.5 6.7 5.6 5.9 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,785 2,767 2,891 2,902 3,006 3,202 3,151 3,115 3,162 3,109 3,078 2,923 3,007
EMPLOYMENT 2,600 2,599 2,699 2,738 2,883 3,084 3,046 3,012 3,057 2,995 2,961 2,769 2,870
UNEMPLOYMENT 185 168 192 164 123 118 105 103 105 114 117 154 137
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.1 6.6 5.7 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.8 5.3 4.6
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,617 17,601 17,869 17,909 17,791 17,272 17,295 17,327 17,524 17,693 17,725 17,329 17,579
EMPLOYMENT 15,779 15,840 16,159 16,446 16,451 15,867 16,042 16,126 16,398 16,583 16,551 16,019 16,188
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,838 1,761 1,710 1,463 1,340 1,405 1,253 1,201 1,126 1,110 1,174 1,310 1,391
UNEMPL. RATE 10.4 10.0 9.6 8.2 7.5 8.1 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.6 7.6 7.9
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,284 6,310 6,363 6,507 6,402 6,519 6,261 6,280 6,389 6,761 6,753 6,522 6,446
EMPLOYMENT 5,829 5,864 5,987 6,152 6,132 6,259 6,018 6,033 6,141 6,534 6,503 6,231 6,140
UNEMPLOYMENT 455 446 376 355 270 260 243 247 248 227 250 291 306
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 7.1 5.9 5.5 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.7 4.5 4.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,357 2,428 2,429 2,430 2,436 2,535 2,524 2,474 2,392 2,413 2,359 2,401 2,431
EMPLOYMENT 2,217 2,317 2,295 2,323 2,346 2,426 2,434 2,389 2,322 2,327 2,266 2,289 2,329
UNEMPLOYMENT 140 111 134 107 90 109 90 85 70 86 93 112 102
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 4.6 5.5 4.4 3.7 4.3 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.6 3.9 4.7 4.2
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,508 3,516 3,610 3,658 3,793 4,126 3,934 3,930 3,886 3,809 3,715 3,586 3,756
EMPLOYMENT 3,277 3,291 3,374 3,463 3,643 3,968 3,810 3,823 3,777 3,692 3,579 3,407 3,592
UNEMPLOYMENT 231 225 236 195 150 158 124 107 109 117 136 179 164
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.4 6.5 5.3 4.0 3.8 3.2 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.7 5.0 4.4
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,143 6,164 6,279 6,247 6,455 6,715 6,626 6,604 6,410 6,225 6,198 6,198 6,356
EMPLOYMENT 5,644 5,690 5,755 5,773 6,060 6,317 6,312 6,320 6,102 5,948 5,897 5,748 5,964
UNEMPLOYMENT 499 474 524 474 395 398 314 284 308 277 301 450 392
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 7.7 8.3 7.6 6.1 5.9 4.7 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.9 7.3 6.2
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,143 1,130 1,194 1,200 1,235 1,209 1,217 1,256 1,301 1,316 1,285 1,215 1,225
EMPLOYMENT 1,099 1,105 1,166 1,180 1,221 1,189 1,196 1,239 1,282 1,292 1,259 1,184 1,201
UNEMPLOYMENT 44 25 28 20 14 20 21 17 19 24 26 31 24
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 2.2 2.3 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.6 2.0
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,972 13,805 14,091 14,063 14,827 17,007 17,529 17,100 15,620 14,882 14,188 14,034 15,093
EMPLOYMENT 12,898 12,825 13,190 13,386 14,253 16,387 16,997 16,650 15,174 14,385 13,531 13,291 14,414
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,074 980 901 677 574 620 532 450 446 497 657 743 679
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.1 6.4 4.8 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.6 2.9 3.3 4.6 5.3 4.5
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,187 4,179 4,330 4,281 4,520 4,414 4,334 4,313 4,519 4,582 4,440 4,342 4,370
EMPLOYMENT 3,940 3,920 4,100 4,099 4,386 4,267 4,183 4,183 4,387 4,441 4,268 4,152 4,194
UNEMPLOYMENT 247 259 230 182 134 147 151 130 132 141 172 190 176
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 6.2 5.3 4.3 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.9 4.4 4.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,391 13,364 13,626 13,576 13,555 14,034 13,769 13,720 13,573 13,623 13,654 13,586 13,623
EMPLOYMENT 12,324 12,440 12,662 12,769 12,945 13,439 13,274 13,247 13,123 13,119 13,049 12,840 12,936
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,067 924 964 807 610 595 495 473 450 504 605 746 687
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 6.9 7.1 5.9 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.7 4.4 5.5 5.0
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,818 2,738 2,816 2,811 3,028 3,284 3,203 3,343 3,306 3,050 2,878 2,820 3,008
EMPLOYMENT 2,697 2,616 2,686 2,709 2,942 3,203 3,142 3,286 3,239 2,995 2,818 2,749 2,924
UNEMPLOYMENT 121 122 130 102 86 81 61 57 67 55 60 71 84
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.5 4.6 3.6 2.8 2.5 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.8
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,847 20,874 21,159 21,157 20,978 20,989 20,657 20,381 20,808 20,979 21,189 21,560 20,965
EMPLOYMENT 19,181 19,428 19,745 19,833 19,797 19,742 19,565 19,375 19,891 20,098 20,316 20,484 19,788
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,666 1,446 1,414 1,324 1,181 1,247 1,092 1,006 917 881 873 1,076 1,177
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 6.9 6.7 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 5.0 5.6
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,583 9,709 9,694 9,447 10,299 12,535 13,594 13,342 11,719 10,224 9,271 10,082 10,792
EMPLOYMENT 9,286 9,414 9,406 8,945 10,024 12,356 13,432 13,190 11,591 10,043 8,854 9,791 10,528
UNEMPLOYMENT 297 295 288 502 275 179 162 152 128 181 417 291 264
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 3.0 3.0 5.3 2.7 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.8 4.5 2.9 2.4
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,614 10,606 10,628 10,616 10,526 10,877 10,980 10,906 10,712 10,800 10,889 10,875 10,753
EMPLOYMENT 9,781 9,839 9,923 9,891 9,878 10,226 10,403 10,392 10,201 10,288 10,358 10,291 10,123
UNEMPLOYMENT 833 767 705 725 648 651 577 514 511 512 531 584 630
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.8 6.2 6.0 5.3 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.9
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,765 4,762 4,892 4,904 4,876 4,726 4,730 4,671 4,871 5,016 5,001 4,985 4,850
EMPLOYMENT 4,548 4,435 4,543 4,603 4,575 4,441 4,474 4,452 4,669 4,826 4,788 4,775 4,594
UNEMPLOYMENT 217 327 349 301 301 285 256 219 202 190 213 210 256
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 6.9 7.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.4 4.7 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.2 5.3
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,318 3,287 3,323 3,341 3,250 3,207 3,168 3,165 3,288 3,317 3,355 3,318 3,278
EMPLOYMENT 3,064 3,044 3,080 3,088 3,071 3,056 3,036 3,053 3,179 3,195 3,214 3,166 3,104
UNEMPLOYMENT 254 243 243 253 179 151 132 112 109 122 141 152 174
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.4 7.3 7.6 5.5 4.7 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.6 5.3
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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