The lowest unemployment rates were found in Niobrara (3.3%), Goshen (3.4%), and Albany (3.5%) counties.
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
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REGION | Feb | Jan | Feb | Feb | Jan | Feb | Feb | Jan | Feb | Feb | Jan | Feb |
County | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 |
(p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | |
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2015. Run Date 03/2015. Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. |
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NORTHWEST | 47,389 | 47,672 | 47,640 | 44,775 | 44,968 | 44,807 | 2,614 | 2,704 | 2,833 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
Big Horn | 5,490 | 5,580 | 5,363 | 5,215 | 5,307 | 5,055 | 275 | 273 | 308 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
Fremont | 20,476 | 20,438 | 20,649 | 19,238 | 19,162 | 19,371 | 1,238 | 1,276 | 1,278 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
Hot Springs | 2,425 | 2,425 | 2,515 | 2,313 | 2,315 | 2,388 | 112 | 110 | 127 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
Park | 14,797 | 14,952 | 14,883 | 14,017 | 14,114 | 13,995 | 780 | 838 | 888 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
Washakie | 4,201 | 4,277 | 4,230 | 3,992 | 4,070 | 3,998 | 209 | 207 | 232 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
NORTHEAST | 53,900 | 54,140 | 53,730 | 51,532 | 51,667 | 51,182 | 2,368 | 2,473 | 2,548 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Campbell | 26,354 | 26,235 | 26,051 | 25,363 | 25,243 | 25,024 | 991 | 992 | 1,027 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Crook | 3,547 | 3,671 | 3,630 | 3,389 | 3,506 | 3,458 | 158 | 165 | 172 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
Johnson | 4,262 | 4,333 | 4,403 | 4,008 | 4,066 | 4,139 | 254 | 267 | 264 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
Sheridan | 15,818 | 15,956 | 15,700 | 15,008 | 15,069 | 14,758 | 810 | 887 | 942 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
Weston | 3,919 | 3,945 | 3,946 | 3,764 | 3,783 | 3,803 | 155 | 162 | 143 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
SOUTHWEST | 59,017 | 59,041 | 59,999 | 56,081 | 56,151 | 56,962 | 2,936 | 2,890 | 3,037 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
Lincoln | 8,022 | 8,058 | 8,089 | 7,517 | 7,543 | 7,551 | 505 | 515 | 538 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
Sublette | 4,881 | 4,985 | 4,708 | 4,594 | 4,718 | 4,471 | 287 | 267 | 237 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
Sweetwater | 22,988 | 22,788 | 23,676 | 21,885 | 21,745 | 22,596 | 1,103 | 1,043 | 1,080 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Teton | 13,593 | 13,671 | 13,686 | 13,059 | 13,087 | 13,059 | 534 | 584 | 627 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
Uinta | 9,533 | 9,539 | 9,840 | 9,026 | 9,058 | 9,285 | 507 | 481 | 555 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
SOUTHEAST | 83,487 | 82,816 | 82,959 | 80,068 | 79,063 | 79,120 | 3,419 | 3,753 | 3,839 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Albany | 21,054 | 20,500 | 21,112 | 20,320 | 19,726 | 20,324 | 734 | 774 | 788 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
Goshen | 7,006 | 7,213 | 7,154 | 6,771 | 6,938 | 6,871 | 235 | 275 | 283 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
Laramie | 49,537 | 49,090 | 48,698 | 47,345 | 46,656 | 46,195 | 2,192 | 2,434 | 2,503 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
Niobrara | 1,284 | 1,327 | 1,370 | 1,241 | 1,279 | 1,320 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Platte | 4,606 | 4,686 | 4,625 | 4,391 | 4,464 | 4,410 | 215 | 222 | 215 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
CENTRAL | 59,958 | 60,305 | 59,860 | 57,356 | 57,682 | 57,138 | 2,602 | 2,623 | 2,722 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
Carbon | 8,002 | 8,111 | 8,357 | 7,630 | 7,740 | 7,966 | 372 | 371 | 391 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Converse | 8,367 | 8,408 | 8,249 | 8,069 | 8,110 | 7,964 | 298 | 298 | 285 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Natrona | 43,589 | 43,786 | 43,254 | 41,657 | 41,832 | 41,208 | 1,932 | 1,954 | 2,046 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
STATEWIDE | 303,750 | 303,977 | 304,187 | 289,810 | 289,532 | 289,209 | 13,940 | 14,445 | 14,978 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | |||||||||
U.S. | 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.0 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 |