| Table 2: Wyoming New Firms and Associated Initial Jobsa by Region/County, 2007-2009 | ||||||||||||||
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2009 / 2007 | |||||||||||
Regions |
New Firms |
Initial Jobs |
New Firms |
Initial Jobs |
New Firms |
Initial Jobs |
Percentage Changes |
|||||||
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
New Firms |
Initial Jobs |
|
| Northwest | 343 |
14.6% |
931 |
8.9% |
300 |
13.5% |
729 |
8.6% |
249 |
13.6% |
734 |
11.1% |
-27.4% |
-21.2% |
| Big Horn | 43 |
1.8% |
135 |
1.3% |
27 |
1.2% |
57 |
0.7% |
18 |
1.0% |
63 |
1.0% |
-58.1% |
-53.3% |
| Fremont | 130 |
5.5% |
320 |
3.1% |
127 |
5.7% |
338 |
4.0% |
96 |
5.2% |
213 |
3.2% |
-26.2% |
-33.4% |
| Hot Springs | 18 |
0.8% |
42 |
0.4% |
14 |
0.6% |
24 |
0.3% |
16 |
0.9% |
50 |
0.8% |
-11.1% |
19.0% |
| Park | 127 |
5.4% |
357 |
3.4% |
109 |
4.9% |
275 |
3.2% |
91 |
5.0% |
331 |
5.0% |
-28.3% |
-7.3% |
| Washakie | 25 |
1.1% |
77 |
0.7% |
23 |
1.0% |
35 |
0.4% |
28 |
1.5% |
77 |
1.2% |
12.0% |
0.0% |
| Northeast | 386 |
16.4% |
1,837 |
17.5% |
377 |
16.9% |
1,472 |
17.4% |
321 |
17.5% |
1,176 |
17.9% |
-16.8% |
-36.0% |
| Campbell | 186 |
7.9% |
1,175 |
11.2% |
170 |
7.6% |
786 |
9.3% |
148 |
8.1% |
667 |
10.1% |
-20.4% |
-43.2% |
| Crook | 27 |
1.1% |
89 |
0.8% |
24 |
1.1% |
54 |
0.6% |
22 |
1.2% |
47 |
0.7% |
-18.5% |
-47.2% |
| Johnson | 50 |
2.1% |
150 |
1.4% |
47 |
2.1% |
141 |
1.7% |
44 |
2.4% |
90 |
1.4% |
-12.0% |
-40.0% |
| Sheridan | 110 |
4.7% |
374 |
3.6% |
118 |
5.3% |
445 |
5.2% |
92 |
5.0% |
311 |
4.7% |
-16.4% |
-16.8% |
| Weston | 13 |
0.6% |
49 |
0.5% |
18 |
0.8% |
46 |
0.5% |
15 |
0.8% |
61 |
0.9% |
15.4% |
24.5% |
| Southwest: | 653 |
27.8% |
3,433 |
32.8% |
598 |
26.9% |
2,008 |
23.7% |
498 |
27.2% |
1,772 |
26.9% |
-23.7% |
-48.4% |
| Lincoln | 105 |
4.5% |
1,017 |
9.7% |
80 |
3.6% |
285 |
3.4% |
72 |
3.9% |
307 |
4.7% |
-31.4% |
-69.8% |
| Sublette | 87 |
3.7% |
320 |
3.1% |
65 |
2.9% |
184 |
2.2% |
63 |
3.4% |
240 |
3.6% |
-27.6% |
-25.0% |
| Sweetwater | 163 |
6.9% |
1,070 |
10.2% |
148 |
6.7% |
614 |
7.2% |
120 |
6.6% |
487 |
7.4% |
-26.4% |
-54.5% |
| Teton | 207 |
8.8% |
540 |
5.2% |
225 |
10.1% |
712 |
8.4% |
186 |
10.2% |
565 |
8.6% |
-10.1% |
4.6% |
| Uinta | 91 |
3.9% |
486 |
4.6% |
80 |
3.6% |
213 |
2.5% |
57 |
3.1% |
173 |
2.6% |
-37.4% |
-64.4% |
| Southeast | 527 |
22.4% |
2,195 |
21.0% |
512 |
23.0% |
1,670 |
19.7% |
409 |
22.3% |
1,268 |
19.2% |
-22.4% |
-42.2% |
| Albany | 98 |
4.2% |
287 |
2.7% |
115 |
5.2% |
368 |
4.3% |
85 |
4.6% |
196 |
3.0% |
-13.3% |
-31.7% |
| Goshen | 36 |
1.5% |
100 |
1.0% |
41 |
1.8% |
121 |
1.4% |
30 |
1.6% |
93 |
1.4% |
-16.7% |
-7.0% |
| Laramie | 354 |
15.1% |
1,696 |
16.2% |
319 |
14.3% |
1,110 |
13.1% |
260 |
14.2% |
832 |
12.6% |
-26.6% |
-50.9% |
| Niobrara | 8 |
0.3% |
22 |
0.2% |
8 |
0.4% |
15 |
0.2% |
6 |
0.3% |
7 |
0.1% |
-25.0% |
-68.2% |
| Platte | 31 |
1.3% |
90 |
0.9% |
29 |
1.3% |
56 |
0.7% |
28 |
1.5% |
140 |
2.1% |
-9.7% |
55.6% |
| Central | 352 |
15.0% |
1,168 |
11.2% |
355 |
16.0% |
1,716 |
20.2% |
293 |
16.0% |
1,174 |
17.8% |
-16.8% |
0.5% |
| Carbon | 65 |
2.8% |
284 |
2.7% |
66 |
3.0% |
470 |
5.5% |
48 |
2.6% |
201 |
3.1% |
-26.2% |
-29.2% |
| Converse | 40 |
1.7% |
109 |
1.0% |
54 |
2.4% |
253 |
3.0% |
40 |
2.2% |
190 |
2.9% |
0.0% |
74.3% |
| Natrona | 247 |
10.5% |
775 |
7.4% |
235 |
10.6% |
993 |
11.7% |
205 |
11.2% |
783 |
11.9% |
-17.0% |
1.0% |
| Othersb | 91 |
3.9% |
911 |
8.7% |
83 |
3.7% |
883 |
10.4% |
62 |
3.4% |
464 |
7.0% |
-31.9% |
-49.1% |
| Statewide | 2,352 |
100.0% |
10,475 |
100.0% |
2,225 |
100.0% |
8,478 |
100.0% |
1,832 |
100.0% |
6,588 |
100.0% |
-22.1% |
-37.1% |
| a Initial Jobs represent the starting level employment, which is the highest average quarterly employment during the first two quarters a firm is in business. | ||||||||||||||
| b Others include all firms missing county information, having more than one county location (multi-county firms), having foreign location, and out of state firms. | ||||||||||||||