Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
From April 2011 to April 2012, unemployment rates increased slightly in Niobrara, Washakie, and Platte counties.
| Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr | Mar | Apr | Apr | Mar | Apr | Apr | Mar | Apr | Apr | Mar | Apr | |
| REGION | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 |
| County | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) |
| NORTHWEST | 47,410 | 46,658 | 46,239 | 44,498 | 43,414 | 43,232 | 2,912 | 3,244 | 3,007 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| Big Horn | 5,324 | 5,175 | 5,079 | 4,998 | 4,811 | 4,726 | 326 | 364 | 353 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Fremont | 19,772 | 19,746 | 19,774 | 18,476 | 18,333 | 18,405 | 1,296 | 1,413 | 1,369 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| Hot Springs | 2,618 | 2,565 | 2,598 | 2,502 | 2,436 | 2,464 | 116 | 129 | 134 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Park | 15,318 | 14,838 | 14,341 | 14,398 | 13,785 | 13,435 | 920 | 1,053 | 906 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| Washakie | 4,378 | 4,334 | 4,447 | 4,124 | 4,049 | 4,202 | 254 | 285 | 245 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| NORTHEAST | 55,380 | 55,315 | 54,945 | 52,573 | 52,189 | 51,826 | 2,807 | 3,126 | 3,119 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Campbell | 28,257 | 28,406 | 27,998 | 27,094 | 27,130 | 26,729 | 1,163 | 1,276 | 1,269 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Crook | 3,579 | 3,502 | 3,532 | 3,387 | 3,291 | 3,334 | 192 | 211 | 198 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.6 |
| Johnson | 3,970 | 3,898 | 3,883 | 3,717 | 3,613 | 3,581 | 253 | 285 | 302 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| Sheridan | 16,266 | 16,211 | 16,258 | 15,236 | 15,048 | 15,096 | 1,030 | 1,163 | 1,162 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| Weston | 3,308 | 3,298 | 3,274 | 3,139 | 3,107 | 3,086 | 169 | 191 | 188 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| SOUTHWEST | 64,570 | 65,072 | 64,232 | 60,514 | 61,301 | 59,611 | 4,056 | 3,771 | 4,621 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 7.2 |
| Lincoln | 8,066 | 8,064 | 8,200 | 7,382 | 7,343 | 7,413 | 684 | 721 | 787 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.6 |
| Sublette | 8,110 | 8,232 | 7,474 | 7,838 | 7,944 | 7,197 | 272 | 288 | 277 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| Sweetwater | 25,317 | 25,459 | 25,181 | 24,195 | 24,163 | 23,931 | 1,122 | 1,296 | 1,250 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Teton | 12,424 | 12,667 | 12,323 | 11,034 | 11,826 | 10,666 | 1,390 | 841 | 1,657 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 13.4 |
| Uinta | 10,653 | 10,650 | 11,054 | 10,065 | 10,025 | 10,404 | 588 | 625 | 650 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| SOUTHEAST | 78,086 | 78,532 | 78,133 | 73,826 | 73,784 | 73,701 | 4,260 | 4,748 | 4,432 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| Albany | 20,842 | 20,892 | 20,654 | 19,994 | 19,902 | 19,775 | 848 | 990 | 879 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Goshen | 6,684 | 6,523 | 6,570 | 6,298 | 6,131 | 6,184 | 386 | 392 | 386 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 |
| Laramie | 44,979 | 45,707 | 45,205 | 42,249 | 42,662 | 42,326 | 2,730 | 3,045 | 2,879 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| Niobrara | 1,299 | 1,267 | 1,274 | 1,238 | 1,203 | 1,220 | 61 | 64 | 54 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Platte | 4,282 | 4,143 | 4,430 | 4,047 | 3,886 | 4,196 | 235 | 257 | 234 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| CENTRAL | 58,825 | 59,031 | 58,273 | 55,921 | 55,854 | 54,919 | 2,904 | 3,177 | 3,354 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| Carbon | 7,672 | 7,570 | 7,647 | 7,226 | 7,059 | 7,125 | 446 | 511 | 522 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Converse | 7,840 | 7,852 | 7,726 | 7,489 | 7,475 | 7,366 | 351 | 377 | 360 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Natrona | 43,313 | 43,609 | 42,900 | 41,206 | 41,320 | 40,428 | 2,107 | 2,289 | 2,472 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| STATEWIDE | 304,272 | 304,608 | 301,820 | 287,333 | 286,542 | 283,288 | 16,939 | 18,066 | 18,532 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| U.S. | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.7 | |||||||||
| U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | |||||||||
| Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2012. Run Date 05/2012. | ||||||||||||
| Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. | ||||||||||||
| (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. | ||||||||||||