Niobrara County had the lowest unemployment rate (2.6%) in June, followed by Teton (2.7%), Crook (3.1%), and Weston (3.2%) counties. The highest unemployment rates were reported in Fremont (5.1%), Uinta (4.8%), Natrona (4.7%), and Sweetwater (4.7%) counties.
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
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REGION | Jun | May | Jun | Jun | May | Jun | Jun | May | Jun | Jun | May | Jun |
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) | |
NORTHWEST | 51,394 | 49,261 | 50,589 | 49,206 | 47,211 | 48,325 | 2,188 | 2,050 | 2,264 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Big Horn | 5,908 | 5,769 | 5,827 | 5,673 | 5,557 | 5,568 | 235 | 212 | 259 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
Fremont | 20,922 | 20,698 | 20,699 | 19,857 | 19,701 | 19,669 | 1,065 | 997 | 1,030 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
Hot Springs | 2,554 | 2,463 | 2,559 | 2,458 | 2,376 | 2,453 | 96 | 87 | 106 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
Park | 17,594 | 16,039 | 17,172 | 16,979 | 15,451 | 16,495 | 615 | 588 | 677 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
Washakie | 4,416 | 4,292 | 4,332 | 4,239 | 4,126 | 4,140 | 177 | 166 | 192 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
NORTHEAST | 56,343 | 54,885 | 55,527 | 54,293 | 52,941 | 53,374 | 2,050 | 1,944 | 2,153 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Campbell | 26,948 | 26,521 | 26,682 | 25,928 | 25,602 | 25,754 | 1,020 | 919 | 928 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Crook | 4,007 | 3,775 | 3,797 | 3,881 | 3,653 | 3,640 | 126 | 122 | 157 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
Johnson | 4,805 | 4,481 | 4,809 | 4,618 | 4,290 | 4,604 | 187 | 191 | 205 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Sheridan | 16,561 | 16,115 | 16,198 | 15,971 | 15,530 | 15,480 | 590 | 585 | 718 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
Weston | 4,022 | 3,993 | 4,041 | 3,895 | 3,866 | 3,896 | 127 | 127 | 145 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
SOUTHWEST | 63,595 | 59,606 | 62,997 | 61,006 | 56,967 | 60,296 | 2,589 | 2,639 | 2,701 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
Lincoln | 8,861 | 8,115 | 8,763 | 8,509 | 7,776 | 8,347 | 352 | 339 | 416 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
Sublette | 5,293 | 4,958 | 4,981 | 5,068 | 4,743 | 4,763 | 225 | 215 | 218 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Sweetwater | 23,171 | 23,204 | 23,500 | 22,085 | 22,198 | 22,498 | 1,086 | 1,006 | 1,002 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Teton | 16,196 | 13,623 | 15,859 | 15,756 | 13,000 | 15,301 | 440 | 623 | 558 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
Uinta | 10,074 | 9,706 | 9,894 | 9,588 | 9,250 | 9,387 | 486 | 456 | 507 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
SOUTHEAST | 82,598 | 83,681 | 82,001 | 79,677 | 81,098 | 78,474 | 2,921 | 2,583 | 3,527 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
Albany | 19,531 | 20,923 | 19,778 | 18,884 | 20,377 | 18,976 | 647 | 546 | 802 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
Goshen | 7,321 | 7,259 | 7,162 | 7,068 | 7,044 | 6,866 | 253 | 215 | 296 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
Laramie | 49,260 | 49,136 | 48,730 | 47,453 | 47,501 | 46,560 | 1,807 | 1,635 | 2,170 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
Niobrara | 1,452 | 1,353 | 1,398 | 1,414 | 1,323 | 1,346 | 38 | 30 | 52 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
Platte | 5,034 | 5,010 | 4,933 | 4,858 | 4,853 | 4,726 | 176 | 157 | 207 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
CENTRAL | 61,094 | 60,087 | 60,966 | 58,424 | 57,581 | 58,491 | 2,670 | 2,506 | 2,475 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
Carbon | 8,865 | 8,309 | 9,060 | 8,567 | 8,036 | 8,701 | 298 | 273 | 359 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
Converse | 8,714 | 8,501 | 8,535 | 8,401 | 8,200 | 8,253 | 313 | 301 | 282 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Natrona | 43,515 | 43,277 | 43,371 | 41,456 | 41,345 | 41,537 | 2,059 | 1,932 | 1,834 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
STATEWIDE | 315,023 | 307,520 | 312,078 | 302,607 | 295,798 | 298,960 | 12,416 | 11,722 | 13,118 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | |||||||||
U.S. | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 | |||||||||
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2015. Run Date 07/2015. Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. |