From March to April, most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and decreased.
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr | Mar | Apr | Apr | Mar | Apr | Apr | Mar | Apr | Apr | Mar | Apr | |
REGION | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 |
County | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) |
NORTHWEST | 48,231 | 47,938 | 48,048 | 45,969 | 45,160 | 45,671 | 2,262 | 2,778 | 2,377 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
Big Horn | 5,640 | 5,572 | 5,505 | 5,405 | 5,257 | 5,243 | 235 | 315 | 262 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
Fremont | 20,694 | 20,743 | 20,808 | 19,633 | 19,445 | 19,741 | 1,061 | 1,298 | 1,067 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
Hot Springs | 2,458 | 2,449 | 2,498 | 2,347 | 2,325 | 2,387 | 111 | 124 | 111 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
Park | 15,189 | 14,955 | 15,006 | 14,517 | 14,137 | 14,261 | 672 | 818 | 745 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
Washakie | 4,250 | 4,219 | 4,231 | 4,067 | 3,996 | 4,039 | 183 | 223 | 192 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
NORTHEAST | 54,749 | 54,429 | 54,040 | 52,637 | 51,934 | 51,848 | 2,112 | 2,495 | 2,192 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
Campbell | 26,789 | 26,667 | 26,109 | 25,826 | 25,579 | 25,224 | 963 | 1,088 | 885 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
Crook | 3,598 | 3,561 | 3,620 | 3,474 | 3,403 | 3,461 | 124 | 158 | 159 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Johnson | 4,355 | 4,316 | 4,434 | 4,128 | 4,052 | 4,213 | 227 | 264 | 221 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 |
Sheridan | 16,028 | 15,934 | 15,879 | 15,373 | 15,111 | 15,089 | 655 | 823 | 790 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Weston | 3,979 | 3,951 | 3,998 | 3,836 | 3,789 | 3,861 | 143 | 162 | 137 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
SOUTHWEST | 59,357 | 59,606 | 59,438 | 56,218 | 56,540 | 56,203 | 3,139 | 3,066 | 3,235 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
Lincoln | 7,979 | 8,050 | 7,970 | 7,586 | 7,551 | 7,496 | 393 | 499 | 474 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
Sublette | 4,838 | 4,899 | 4,775 | 4,583 | 4,612 | 4,547 | 255 | 287 | 228 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
Sweetwater | 23,481 | 23,357 | 23,536 | 22,424 | 22,159 | 22,601 | 1,057 | 1,198 | 935 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
Teton | 13,375 | 13,666 | 13,254 | 12,453 | 13,137 | 12,173 | 922 | 529 | 1,081 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 8.2 |
Uinta | 9,684 | 9,634 | 9,903 | 9,172 | 9,081 | 9,386 | 512 | 553 | 517 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
SOUTHEAST | 83,938 | 84,114 | 83,497 | 81,176 | 80,640 | 80,256 | 2,762 | 3,474 | 3,241 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
Albany | 21,249 | 21,246 | 20,965 | 20,682 | 20,512 | 20,304 | 567 | 734 | 661 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
Goshen | 7,178 | 7,039 | 7,158 | 6,947 | 6,785 | 6,882 | 231 | 254 | 276 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Laramie | 49,399 | 49,881 | 48,959 | 47,634 | 47,643 | 46,875 | 1,765 | 2,238 | 2,084 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Niobrara | 1,302 | 1,288 | 1,383 | 1,269 | 1,249 | 1,337 | 33 | 39 | 46 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Platte | 4,810 | 4,660 | 5,032 | 4,644 | 4,451 | 4,858 | 166 | 209 | 174 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
CENTRAL | 60,483 | 60,707 | 59,960 | 57,818 | 57,760 | 57,613 | 2,665 | 2,947 | 2,347 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
Carbon | 8,124 | 8,058 | 8,249 | 7,816 | 7,672 | 7,901 | 308 | 386 | 348 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
Converse | 8,480 | 8,449 | 8,285 | 8,187 | 8,112 | 8,039 | 293 | 337 | 246 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
Natrona | 43,879 | 44,200 | 43,426 | 41,815 | 41,976 | 41,673 | 2,064 | 2,224 | 1,753 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
STATEWIDE | 306,760 | 306,795 | 304,982 | 293,818 | 292,034 | 291,591 | 12,942 | 14,761 | 13,391 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | |||||||||
U.S. | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.9 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | |||||||||
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2015. Run Date 05/2015. Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. |