Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
From July to August, most county jobless rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and fell slightly.
| Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | Jul | Aug | Aug | Jul | Aug | Aug | Jul | Aug | Aug | Jul | Aug | |
| 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 | 48,828 | 49,229 | 49,298 | 46,009 | 46,261 | 46,396 | 2,819 | 2,968 | 2,902 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 |
| Big Horn | 5,213 | 5,225 | 5,373 | 4,895 | 4,877 | 5,020 | 318 | 348 | 353 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Fremont | 19,843 | 19,790 | 19,862 | 18,538 | 18,402 | 18,530 | 1,305 | 1,388 | 1,332 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| Hot Springs | 2,601 | 2,620 | 2,650 | 2,480 | 2,505 | 2,517 | 121 | 115 | 133 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| Park | 16,867 | 17,244 | 16,983 | 16,018 | 16,363 | 16,147 | 849 | 881 | 836 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Washakie | 4,304 | 4,350 | 4,430 | 4,078 | 4,114 | 4,182 | 226 | 236 | 248 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| NORTHEAST | 55,331 | 55,555 | 54,575 | 52,651 | 52,725 | 51,669 | 2,680 | 2,830 | 2,906 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Campbell | 28,275 | 28,266 | 27,362 | 27,061 | 27,037 | 26,123 | 1,214 | 1,229 | 1,239 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Crook | 3,645 | 3,650 | 3,528 | 3,465 | 3,471 | 3,344 | 180 | 179 | 184 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| Johnson | 4,069 | 4,121 | 4,088 | 3,854 | 3,888 | 3,833 | 215 | 233 | 255 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| Sheridan | 16,130 | 16,311 | 16,351 | 15,215 | 15,292 | 15,299 | 915 | 1,019 | 1,052 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| Weston | 3,212 | 3,207 | 3,246 | 3,056 | 3,037 | 3,070 | 156 | 170 | 176 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| SOUTHWEST | 68,774 | 68,862 | 68,538 | 65,630 | 65,556 | 65,095 | 3,144 | 3,306 | 3,443 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Lincoln | 8,405 | 8,442 | 8,224 | 7,870 | 7,839 | 7,613 | 535 | 603 | 611 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Sublette | 7,901 | 7,859 | 8,140 | 7,626 | 7,573 | 7,883 | 275 | 286 | 257 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Sweetwater | 25,321 | 25,284 | 25,513 | 24,207 | 24,109 | 24,274 | 1,114 | 1,175 | 1,239 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Teton | 15,491 | 15,742 | 15,605 | 14,853 | 15,088 | 14,895 | 638 | 654 | 710 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Uinta | 11,656 | 11,535 | 11,056 | 11,074 | 10,947 | 10,430 | 582 | 588 | 626 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| SOUTHEAST | 76,432 | 77,197 | 76,314 | 72,167 | 72,761 | 71,702 | 4,265 | 4,436 | 4,612 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| Albany | 18,650 | 19,023 | 18,968 | 17,755 | 18,094 | 18,028 | 895 | 929 | 940 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| Goshen | 6,400 | 6,396 | 6,445 | 6,028 | 6,013 | 6,060 | 372 | 383 | 385 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Laramie | 45,893 | 46,247 | 45,546 | 43,186 | 43,426 | 42,585 | 2,707 | 2,821 | 2,961 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Niobrara | 1,313 | 1,318 | 1,280 | 1,258 | 1,257 | 1,214 | 55 | 61 | 66 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| Platte | 4,176 | 4,213 | 4,075 | 3,940 | 3,971 | 3,815 | 236 | 242 | 260 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| CENTRAL | 59,967 | 60,122 | 58,519 | 57,049 | 57,164 | 55,231 | 2,918 | 2,958 | 3,288 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| Carbon | 8,053 | 8,118 | 7,894 | 7,633 | 7,673 | 7,426 | 420 | 445 | 468 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Converse | 8,137 | 8,076 | 7,728 | 7,799 | 7,733 | 7,356 | 338 | 343 | 372 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Natrona | 43,777 | 43,928 | 42,897 | 41,617 | 41,758 | 40,449 | 2,160 | 2,170 | 2,448 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| STATEWIDE | 309,330 | 310,966 | 307,245 | 293,505 | 294,468 | 290,092 | 15,825 | 16,498 | 17,153 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| U.S. | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 8.1 | 8.3 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2012. Run Date 09/2012. | ||||||||||||
| Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. | ||||||||||||
| (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. | ||||||||||||