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Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:

National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)
NORTHWEST	45,558	45,805	44,848	2,375	2,135	2,325	5.2	4.7	5.2
Big Horn	5,362	5,334	5,266	261	213	248	4.9	4.0	4.7
Fremont	18,206	17,909	17,917	1,195	1,069	1,141	6.6	6.0	6.4
Hot Springs	2,187	2,224	2,358	95	88	117	4.3	4.0	5.0
Park	14,619	15,099	14,258	632	532	571	4.3	3.5	4.0
Washakie	5,184	5,239	5,049	192	233	248	3.7	4.4	4.9
NORTHEAST	41,910	42,095	41,614	1,725	1,563	1,594	4.1	3.7	3.8
Campbell	17,907	17,957	17,992	757	763	671	4.2	4.2	3.7
Crook	3,166	3,172	3,061	115	103	119	3.6	3.2	3.9
Johnson	3,537	3,619	3,545	144	108	115	4.1	3.0	3.2
Sheridan	13,804	13,905	13,626	539	427	576	3.9	3.1	4.2
Weston	3,496	3,442	3,390	170	162	113	4.9	4.7	3.3
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST	51,133	52,732	51,055	2,482	2,364	2,555	4.9	4.5	5.0
Lincoln	6,600	6,770	6,384	314	329	354	4.8	4.9	5.5
Sublette	2,818	2,948	2,903	68	66	85	2.4	2.2	2.9
Sweetwater	21,118	21,170	21,791	1,034	1,109	1,084	4.9	5.2	5.0
Teton	9,069	10,282	8,826	415	181	406	4.6	1.8	4.6
Uinta	11,528	11,562	11,151	651	679	626	5.6	5.9	5.6
SOUTHEAST	68,874	68,572	68,834	1,835	1,922	2,008	2.7	2.8	2.9
Albany	17,344	17,406	17,002	278	289	311	1.6	1.7	1.8
Goshen	6,395	6,390	6,453	188	235	217	2.9	3.7	3.4
Laramie	39,648	39,155	40,035	1,199	1,226	1,308	3.0	3.1	3.3
Niobrara	1,335	1,369	1,243	33	37	20	2.5	2.7	1.6
Platte	4,152	4,252	4,101	137	135	152	3.3	3.2	3.7
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)	Nov 96 (p)	Oct 96 (r)	Nov 95 (b)
CENTRAL	48,053	47,931	49,220	2,382	2,379	2,501	5.0	5.0	5.1
Carbon	8,517	8,738	8,638	378	361	391	4.4	4.1	4.5
Converse	6,520	6,538	6,548	292	316	311	4.5	4.8	4.7
Natrona	33,016	32,655	34,034	1,712	1,702	1,799	5.2	5.2	5.3
STATEWIDE	255,528	257,135	255,571	10,797	10,365	10,983	4.2	4.0	4.3
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.6	4.7	4.6
U.S.							5.0	4.9	5.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.4	5.2	5.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 12/96.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.