Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Unemployment rates fell in every county from September 2010 to September 2011, suggesting improvement in the state's labor market.

  Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
Sep Aug Sep Sep Aug Sep Sep Aug Sep Sep Aug Sep
REGION 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010
County (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
NORTHWEST 45,998 46,714 46,316 43,518 43,941 43,446 2,480 2,773 2,870 5.4 5.9 6.2
Big Horn 5,029 4,982 5,047 4,733 4,640 4,698 296 342 349 5.9 6.9 6.9
Fremont 19,030 18,964 19,122 17,910 17,699 17,821 1,120 1,265 1,301 5.9 6.7 6.8
Hot Springs 2,528 2,540 2,511 2,423 2,413 2,387 105 127 124 4.2 5.0 4.9
Park 15,145 15,964 15,389 14,393 15,159 14,524 752 805 865 5.0 5.0 5.6
Washakie 4,266 4,264 4,247 4,059 4,030 4,016 207 234 231 4.9 5.5 5.4
NORTHEAST 52,954 53,005 53,941 50,424 50,228 52,391 2,530 2,777 3,041 4.8 5.2 5.6
Campbell 26,510 26,730 27,594 25,442 25,562 26,209 1,068 1,168 1,385 4.0 4.4 5.0
Crook 3,554 3,475 3,401 3,399 3,300 3,242 155 175 159 4.4 5.0 4.7
Johnson 3,977 3,981 3,910 3,752 3,733 3,643 225 248 267 5.7 6.2 6.8
Sheridan 15,700 15,706 15,798 14,768 14,688 14,753 932 1,018 1,045 5.9 6.5 6.6
Weston 3,213 3,113 3,238 3,063 2,945 3,053 150 168 185 4.7 5.4 5.7
SOUTHWEST 64,303 65,827 64,803 61,269 62,577 61,049 3,034 3,250 3,754 4.7 4.9 5.8
Lincoln 8,312 8,386 8,282 7,787 7,810 7,670 525 576 612 6.3 6.9 7.4
Sublette 7,142 7,121 7,279 6,932 6,891 7,012 210 230 267 2.9 3.2 3.7
Sweetwater 23,996 24,295 23,673 22,948 23,131 22,299 1,048 1,164 1,374 4.4 4.8 5.8
Teton 13,828 14,953 13,992 13,121 14,273 13,164 707 680 828 5.1 4.5 5.9
Uinta 11,025 11,072 11,577 10,481 10,472 10,904 544 600 673 4.9 5.4 5.8
SOUTHEAST 73,927 72,875 73,525 70,054 68,502 69,062 3,873 4,373 4,463 5.2 6.0 6.1
Albany 19,758 18,085 19,586 18,998 17,209 18,731 760 876 855 3.8 4.8 4.4
Goshen 6,307 6,127 6,122 5,986 5,768 5,760 321 359 362 5.1 5.9 5.9
Laramie 42,321 43,295 42,511 39,785 40,467 39,582 2,536 2,828 2,929 6.0 6.5 6.9
Niobrara 1,313 1,265 1,246 1,259 1,202 1,186 54 63 60 4.1 5.0 4.8
Platte 4,228 4,103 4,060 4,026 3,856 3,803 202 247 257 4.8 6.0 6.3
CENTRAL 56,361 56,359 55,151 53,440 53,200 51,545 2,921 3,159 3,606 5.2 5.6 6.5
Carbon 7,812 7,827 7,706 7,395 7,376 7,175 417 451 531 5.3 5.8 6.9
Converse 7,520 7,435 7,354 7,181 7,075 6,972 339 360 382 4.5 4.8 5.2
Natrona 41,029 41,097 40,091 38,864 38,749 37,398 2,165 2,348 2,693 5.3 5.7 6.7
STATEWIDE 293,542 294,780 293,736 278,703 278,450 276,002 14,839 16,330 17,734 5.1 5.5 6.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted. 5.8 5.8 6.7
U.S. 8.8 9.1 9.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. 9.1 9.1 9.6
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2011. Run Date 10/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.


Last modified by Phil Ellsworth.