Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

In January, Lincoln County posted the highest unemployment rate (8.1%), followed by Fremont (7.7%) and Johnson (7.2%) counties.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan
County	2013	2012	2012	2013	2012	2012	2013	2012	2012	2013	2012	2012
	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)
NORTHWEST	46,826	46,791	45,913	43,468	44,057	42,307	3,358	2,734	3,606	7.2	5.8	7.9
Big Horn	5,156	5,213	4,963	4,808	4,915	4,583	348	298	380	6.7	5.7	7.7
Fremont	19,832	19,632	19,563	18,296	18,404	17,944	1,536	1,228	1,619	7.7	6.3	8.3
Hot Springs	2,530	2,554	2,589	2,378	2,428	2,432	152	126	157	6.0	4.9	6.1
Park	14,844	14,920	14,551	13,814	14,047	13,405	1,030	873	1,146	6.9	5.9	7.9
Washakie	4,464	4,472	4,247	4,172	4,263	3,943	292	209	304	6.5	4.7	7.2
NORTHEAST	55,168	54,892	55,107	51,973	52,258	51,730	3,195	2,634	3,377	5.8	4.8	6.1
Campbell	28,305	28,045	28,232	26,937	26,871	26,886	1,368	1,174	1,346	4.8	4.2	4.8
Crook	3,522	3,554	3,531	3,296	3,373	3,325	226	181	206	6.4	5.1	5.8
Johnson	3,819	3,861	3,955	3,545	3,642	3,630	274	219	325	7.2	5.7	8.2
Sheridan	16,171	16,094	16,107	15,035	15,187	14,828	1,136	907	1,279	7.0	5.6	7.9
Weston	3,351	3,338	3,282	3,160	3,185	3,061	191	153	221	5.7	4.6	6.7
SOUTHWEST	64,106	63,887	64,703	60,412	60,528	60,625	3,694	3,359	4,078	5.8	5.3	6.3
Lincoln	7,688	7,607	7,854	7,065	7,065	7,081	623	542	773	8.1	7.1	9.8
Sublette	7,237	6,956	7,809	6,919	6,691	7,516	318	265	293	4.4	3.8	3.8
Sweetwater	25,228	25,110	25,088	23,952	24,054	23,724	1,276	1,056	1,364	5.1	4.2	5.4
Teton	13,003	13,231	12,866	12,160	12,269	11,891	843	962	975	6.5	7.3	7.6
Uinta	10,950	10,983	11,086	10,316	10,449	10,413	634	534	673	5.8	4.9	6.1
SOUTHEAST	78,661	78,619	77,121	74,073	74,679	71,824	4,588	3,940	5,297	5.8	5.0	6.9
Albany	20,329	20,773	20,085	19,392	19,950	19,049	937	823	1,036	4.6	4.0	5.2
Goshen	6,541	6,713	6,528	6,182	6,404	6,100	359	309	428	5.5	4.6	6.6
Laramie	46,536	45,822	45,042	43,568	43,276	41,577	2,968	2,546	3,465	6.4	5.6	7.7
Niobrara	1,292	1,323	1,335	1,233	1,273	1,269	59	50	66	4.6	3.8	4.9
Platte	3,963	3,988	4,131	3,698	3,776	3,829	265	212	302	6.7	5.3	7.3
CENTRAL	60,423	60,100	59,007	57,325	57,453	55,404	3,098	2,647	3,603	5.1	4.4	6.1
Carbon	7,860	7,848	7,655	7,381	7,442	7,093	479	406	562	6.1	5.2	7.3
Converse	8,154	8,077	8,091	7,805	7,777	7,677	349	300	414	4.3	3.7	5.1
Natrona	44,409	44,175	43,261	42,139	42,234	40,634	2,270	1,941	2,627	5.1	4.4	6.1
STATEWIDE	305,186	304,293	301,853	287,252	288,978	281,892	17,934	15,315	19,961	5.9	5.0	6.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted.										4.9	4.9	5.7
U.S.										8.5	7.6	8.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted.										7.9	7.8	8.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2013. Run Date 03/2013.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary. (b) Benchmarked.