Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist
"By holding steady at 4.1 percent, the Wyoming seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February matches the U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, which rose from 4.0 percent in January."
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
REGION-or-County | Feb 2000 (p) | Jan 2000 (r) | Feb 1999 (b) | Feb 2000 (p) | Jan 2000 (r) | Feb 1999 (b) | Feb 2000 (p) | Jan 2000 (r) | Feb 1999 (b) | Feb 2000 (p) | Jan 2000 (r) | Feb 1999 (b) |
Northwest | 45,981 | 45,760 | 45,577 | 42,583 | 42,555 | 41,933 | 3,398 | 3,205 | 3,644 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
Big Horn | 5,819 | 5,873 | 5,706 | 5,357 | 5,404 | 5,232 | 462 | 469 | 474 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
Fremont | 18,132 | 17,925 | 18,112 | 16,528 | 16,419 | 16,347 | 1,604 | 1,506 | 1,765 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.7 |
Hot Springs | 2,375 | 2,359 | 2,396 | 2,270 | 2,262 | 2,248 | 105 | 97 | 148 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 6.2 |
Park | 14,742 | 14,662 | 14,411 | 13,872 | 13,787 | 13,530 | 870 | 875 | 881 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
Washakie | 4,913 | 4,941 | 4,952 | 4,556 | 4,683 | 4,576 | 357 | 258 | 376 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 7.6 |
Northeast | 43,811 | 43,622 | 42,823 | 41,424 | 41,259 | 39,866 | 2,387 | 2,363 | 2,957 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.9 |
Campbell | 19,950 | 19,775 | 19,076 | 19,023 | 18,862 | 17,795 | 927 | 913 | 1,281 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.7 |
Crook | 2,965 | 3,013 | 3,020 | 2,774 | 2,814 | 2,794 | 191 | 199 | 226 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
Johnson | 3,677 | 3,720 | 3,698 | 3,523 | 3,552 | 3,510 | 154 | 168 | 188 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
Sheridan | 13,843 | 13,727 | 13,586 | 12,931 | 12,850 | 12,610 | 912 | 877 | 976 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.2 |
Weston | 3,376 | 3,387 | 3,443 | 3,173 | 3,181 | 3,157 | 203 | 206 | 286 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 8.3 |
Southwest | 51,314 | 50,936 | 51,010 | 48,381 | 48,161 | 47,360 | 2,933 | 2,775 | 3,650 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 7.2 |
Lincoln | 6,213 | 6,258 | 6,176 | 5,834 | 5,862 | 5,695 | 379 | 396 | 481 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 7.8 |
Sublette | 2,863 | 2,914 | 2,944 | 2,758 | 2,819 | 2,780 | 105 | 95 | 164 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
Sweetwater | 20,613 | 20,333 | 20,893 | 19,254 | 19,021 | 19,181 | 1,359 | 1,312 | 1,712 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 8.2 |
Teton | 10,996 | 10,862 | 10,514 | 10,686 | 10,590 | 10,214 | 310 | 272 | 300 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
Uinta | 10,629 | 10,569 | 10,483 | 9,849 | 9,869 | 9,490 | 780 | 700 | 993 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 9.5 |
Southeast | 69,240 | 68,762 | 69,490 | 66,720 | 66,113 | 66,617 | 2,520 | 2,649 | 2,873 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
Albany | 17,505 | 17,253 | 17,595 | 17,111 | 16,872 | 17,116 | 394 | 381 | 479 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
Goshen | 6,439 | 6,596 | 6,569 | 6,136 | 6,266 | 6,176 | 303 | 330 | 393 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
Laramie | 39,514 | 39,008 | 39,466 | 37,969 | 37,378 | 37,804 | 1,545 | 1,630 | 1,662 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Niobrara | 1,282 | 1,325 | 1,320 | 1,236 | 1,279 | 1,272 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Platte | 4,500 | 4,580 | 4,540 | 4,268 | 4,318 | 4,249 | 232 | 262 | 291 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
Central | 48,426 | 47,982 | 48,814 | 45,649 | 45,263 | 45,480 | 2,777 | 2,719 | 3,334 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
Carbon | 7,986 | 7,992 | 8,393 | 7,578 | 7,589 | 7,714 | 408 | 403 | 679 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 8.1 |
Converse | 6,562 | 6,581 | 6,794 | 6,146 | 6,153 | 6,344 | 416 | 428 | 450 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
Natrona | 33,878 | 33,409 | 33,627 | 31,925 | 31,521 | 31,422 | 1,953 | 1,888 | 2,205 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
Statewide | 258,771 | 257,062 | 257,713 | 244,756 | 243,351 | 241,255 | 14,015 | 13,711 | 16,458 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |||||||||
U.S. | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 03/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.
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