1999 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 260,347 260,815 262,996 262,315 263,247 270,543 269,660 267,565 264,608 265,311 264,662 264,045 264,676
EMPLOYMENT 244,365 245,325 248,022 248,402 250,344 257,195 258,109 256,654 253,723 254,258 253,188 252,354 251,828
UNEMPLOYMENT 15,982 15,490 14,974 13,913 12,903 13,348 11,551 10,911 10,885 11,053 11,474 11,691 12,848
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.9
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 33,942 34,066 34,662 34,242 33,827 34,048 34,076 33,943 33,892 33,807 33,991 34,455 34,079
EMPLOYMENT 31,827 31,988 32,652 32,218 31,886 31,998 32,372 32,276 32,231 32,110 32,354 32,764 32,223
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,115 2,078 2,010 2,024 1,941 2,050 1,704 1,667 1,661 1,697 1,637 1,691 1,856
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.4
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,812 25,908 26,369 26,047 25,733 25,896 25,939 25,839 25,800 25,733 25,877 26,229 25,932
EMPLOYMENT 24,320 24,442 24,951 24,619 24,364 24,450 24,736 24,663 24,628 24,535 24,722 25,036 24,622
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,492 1,466 1,418 1,428 1,369 1,446 1,203 1,176 1,172 1,198 1,155 1,193 1,310
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.5 5.1
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 40,056 40,052 40,573 40,151 39,636 40,424 40,951 40,507 39,750 40,265 40,690 40,870 40,327
EMPLOYMENT 38,273 38,486 39,104 38,816 38,389 39,016 39,603 39,199 38,421 38,855 39,387 39,412 38,913
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,783 1,566 1,469 1,335 1,247 1,408 1,348 1,308 1,329 1,410 1,303 1,458 1,414
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.5
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,128 28,126 28,492 28,198 27,835 28,388 28,759 28,448 27,916 28,277 28,578 28,702 28,320
EMPLOYMENT 26,892 27,041 27,475 27,273 26,972 27,413 27,826 27,542 26,995 27,300 27,675 27,691 27,341
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,236 1,085 1,017 925 863 975 933 906 921 977 903 1,011 979
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,851 18,944 18,952 18,800 18,434 17,940 17,469 17,341 17,830 18,753 19,027 18,831 18,431
EMPLOYMENT 18,361 18,490 18,559 18,399 18,106 17,615 17,185 17,049 17,574 18,492 18,717 18,546 18,091
UNEMPLOYMENT 490 454 393 401 328 325 284 292 256 261 310 285 340
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.8
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,223 16,304 16,311 16,180 15,868 15,442 15,038 14,928 15,347 16,144 16,379 16,210 15,864
EMPLOYMENT 15,814 15,926 15,984 15,846 15,594 15,171 14,800 14,684 15,135 15,927 16,120 15,973 15,581
UNEMPLOYMENT 409 378 327 334 274 271 238 244 212 217 259 237 283
UNEMPL. RATE 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.8
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,749 5,714 5,748 5,813 5,862 5,842 5,697 5,706 5,869 6,009 6,051 6,021 5,840
EMPLOYMENT 5,307 5,268 5,277 5,414 5,452 5,440 5,320 5,381 5,568 5,721 5,698 5,640 5,457
UNEMPLOYMENT 442 446 471 399 410 402 377 325 301 288 353 381 383
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.8 8.2 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.6 5.7 5.1 4.8 5.8 6.3 6.6
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,376 19,184 19,376 19,677 19,701 20,240 20,046 20,235 19,730 20,003 20,136 20,269 19,831
EMPLOYMENT 17,990 17,979 18,138 18,469 18,646 19,141 19,126 19,349 18,837 19,155 19,343 19,479 18,804
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,386 1,205 1,238 1,208 1,055 1,099 920 886 893 848 793 790 1,027
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.9 5.2
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,337 8,412 8,378 8,406 8,565 8,826 8,440 8,446 8,650 8,504 8,428 8,248 8,470
EMPLOYMENT 7,664 7,773 7,796 7,927 8,127 8,419 8,109 8,129 8,308 8,138 8,043 7,851 8,024
UNEMPLOYMENT 673 639 582 479 438 407 331 317 342 366 385 397 446
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 7.6 6.9 5.7 5.1 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.3
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,625 6,819 6,922 6,532 6,544 6,629 6,790 6,760 6,615 6,864 6,801 6,726 6,719
EMPLOYMENT 6,181 6,395 6,499 6,207 6,232 6,309 6,495 6,481 6,324 6,553 6,448 6,334 6,372
UNEMPLOYMENT 444 424 423 325 312 320 295 279 291 311 353 392 347
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.5 5.2 5.8 5.2
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,029 3,025 2,957 3,016 3,082 3,274 3,131 3,143 3,076 3,059 3,231 3,071 3,091
EMPLOYMENT 2,792 2,812 2,767 2,844 2,952 3,133 3,021 3,039 2,971 2,934 3,065 2,899 2,936
UNEMPLOYMENT 237 213 190 172 130 141 110 104 105 125 166 172 155
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.0 6.4 5.7 4.2 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.4 4.1 5.1 5.6 5.0
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,050 18,155 18,268 18,416 18,372 18,167 18,013 17,842 18,429 18,144 18,209 18,047 18,176
EMPLOYMENT 16,389 16,495 16,779 16,939 16,952 16,689 16,672 16,597 17,260 17,023 16,922 16,731 16,787
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,661 1,660 1,489 1,477 1,420 1,478 1,341 1,245 1,169 1,121 1,287 1,316 1,389
UNEMPL. RATE 9.2 9.1 8.2 8.0 7.7 8.1 7.4 7.0 6.3 6.2 7.1 7.3 7.6
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,585 6,602 6,559 6,651 6,524 6,596 6,399 6,312 6,327 6,789 6,917 6,695 6,580
EMPLOYMENT 6,164 6,232 6,235 6,429 6,323 6,355 6,171 6,094 6,133 6,606 6,736 6,526 6,334
UNEMPLOYMENT 421 370 324 222 201 241 228 218 194 183 181 169 246
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.6 4.9 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,380 2,403 2,394 2,465 2,461 2,581 2,565 2,497 2,450 2,433 2,426 2,417 2,456
EMPLOYMENT 2,225 2,264 2,254 2,322 2,324 2,427 2,442 2,402 2,328 2,320 2,325 2,319 2,329
UNEMPLOYMENT 155 139 140 143 137 154 123 95 122 113 101 98 127
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.0 4.8 3.8 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.1 5.2
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,648 3,714 3,729 3,914 4,035 4,240 4,130 4,088 4,008 4,040 3,967 3,812 3,944
EMPLOYMENT 3,471 3,537 3,569 3,773 3,914 4,106 4,002 3,970 3,900 3,923 3,840 3,675 3,807
UNEMPLOYMENT 177 177 160 141 121 134 128 118 108 117 127 137 137
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.5
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,271 6,189 6,352 6,433 6,647 6,825 6,994 7,003 6,957 6,878 6,814 6,785 6,679
EMPLOYMENT 5,776 5,738 5,802 5,962 6,237 6,391 6,640 6,689 6,601 6,514 6,510 6,381 6,270
UNEMPLOYMENT 495 451 550 471 410 434 354 314 356 364 304 404 409
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 7.3 8.7 7.3 6.2 6.4 5.1 4.5 5.1 5.3 4.5 6.0 6.1
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,329 1,322 1,292 1,339 1,341 1,373 1,303 1,297 1,322 1,428 1,402 1,320 1,339
EMPLOYMENT 1,268 1,277 1,245 1,299 1,303 1,338 1,278 1,261 1,294 1,386 1,368 1,290 1,301
UNEMPLOYMENT 61 45 47 40 38 35 25 36 28 42 34 30 38
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 3.4 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.5 1.9 2.8 2.1 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.8
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,396 14,482 14,538 14,576 15,762 17,474 17,538 17,057 15,840 15,395 14,782 14,284 15,510
EMPLOYMENT 13,523 13,652 13,748 13,773 15,016 16,742 16,899 16,478 15,273 14,778 14,079 13,594 14,796
UNEMPLOYMENT 873 830 790 803 746 732 639 579 567 617 703 690 714
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.5 4.7 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.6 4.0 4.8 4.8 4.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,579 4,563 4,620 4,609 4,895 4,803 4,758 4,547 4,762 4,837 4,784 4,552 4,693
EMPLOYMENT 4,287 4,290 4,375 4,397 4,715 4,608 4,556 4,353 4,580 4,674 4,597 4,370 4,484
UNEMPLOYMENT 292 273 245 212 180 195 202 194 182 163 187 182 209
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 6.0 5.3 4.6 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.5
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,613 13,660 13,833 13,818 13,740 14,272 13,977 13,836 13,744 13,790 13,788 13,819 13,824
EMPLOYMENT 12,672 12,742 12,901 13,108 13,092 13,615 13,429 13,334 13,197 13,286 13,224 13,175 13,148
UNEMPLOYMENT 941 918 932 710 648 657 548 502 547 504 564 644 676
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.1 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.1 4.7 4.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,007 2,961 3,028 2,992 3,102 3,381 3,496 3,427 3,294 3,201 3,117 3,043 3,171
EMPLOYMENT 2,864 2,806 2,847 2,808 2,953 3,245 3,396 3,334 3,217 3,135 3,053 2,964 3,052
UNEMPLOYMENT 143 155 181 184 149 136 100 93 77 66 64 79 119
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 5.2 6.0 6.1 4.8 4.0 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.6 3.8
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,056 20,982 21,280 20,956 20,866 21,000 20,438 20,448 20,682 20,772 20,734 20,756 20,831
EMPLOYMENT 19,515 19,371 19,688 19,659 19,534 19,582 19,274 19,347 19,600 19,585 19,595 19,597 19,529
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,541 1,611 1,592 1,297 1,332 1,418 1,164 1,101 1,082 1,187 1,139 1,159 1,302
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 7.7 7.5 6.2 6.4 6.8 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.6 6.3
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,486 10,638 10,563 10,531 10,918 13,287 14,611 14,460 12,675 11,355 10,295 11,120 11,745
EMPLOYMENT 10,246 10,356 10,348 10,050 10,585 13,083 14,462 14,299 12,518 11,130 9,818 10,856 11,479
UNEMPLOYMENT 240 282 215 481 333 204 149 161 157 225 477 264 266
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.7 2.0 4.6 3.1 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.2 2.0 4.6 2.4 2.3
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,489 10,492 10,550 10,589 10,618 11,170 10,787 10,645 10,484 10,497 10,564 10,519 10,617
EMPLOYMENT 9,645 9,559 9,698 9,811 9,872 10,343 10,074 9,992 9,811 9,816 9,937 9,959 9,876
UNEMPLOYMENT 844 933 852 778 746 827 713 653 673 681 627 560 741
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 8.9 8.1 7.3 7.0 7.4 6.6 6.1 6.4 6.5 5.9 5.3 7.0
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,109 4,985 4,995 4,975 4,893 4,706 4,780 4,777 4,838 5,080 5,050 4,985 4,931
EMPLOYMENT 4,798 4,631 4,557 4,585 4,500 4,336 4,452 4,488 4,549 4,849 4,821 4,758 4,610
UNEMPLOYMENT 311 354 438 390 393 370 328 289 289 231 229 227 321
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 7.1 8.8 7.8 8.0 7.9 6.9 6.0 6.0 4.5 4.5 4.6 6.5
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,381 3,454 3,431 3,415 3,423 3,445 3,271 3,242 3,389 3,409 3,456 3,402 3,393
EMPLOYMENT 3,125 3,185 3,182 3,191 3,240 3,263 3,130 3,108 3,232 3,274 3,306 3,235 3,206
UNEMPLOYMENT 256 269 249 224 183 182 141 134 157 135 150 167 187
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 7.8 7.3 6.6 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.1 4.6 4.0 4.3 4.9 5.5
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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