© Copyright 2000 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

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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