Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and increased from December to January.
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
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Jan | Dec | Jan | Jan | Dec | Jan | Jan | Dec | Jan | Jan | Dec | Jan | |
REGION | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 |
County | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) |
NORTHWEST | 47,681 | 47,725 | 47,913 | 44,977 | 45,354 | 44,919 | 2,704 | 2,371 | 2,994 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 6.2 |
Big Horn | 5,581 | 5,609 | 5,422 | 5,308 | 5,353 | 5,090 | 273 | 256 | 332 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
Fremont | 20,442 | 20,377 | 20,670 | 19,166 | 19,306 | 19,331 | 1,276 | 1,071 | 1,339 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
Hot Springs | 2,425 | 2,426 | 2,509 | 2,315 | 2,326 | 2,380 | 110 | 100 | 129 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
Park | 14,954 | 14,990 | 15,004 | 14,117 | 14,232 | 14,057 | 837 | 758 | 947 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 6.3 |
Washakie | 4,279 | 4,323 | 4,308 | 4,071 | 4,137 | 4,061 | 208 | 186 | 247 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
NORTHEAST | 54,150 | 54,184 | 53,938 | 51,677 | 52,109 | 51,177 | 2,473 | 2,075 | 2,761 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
Campbell | 26,239 | 26,383 | 26,004 | 25,248 | 25,546 | 24,853 | 991 | 837 | 1,151 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
Crook | 3,672 | 3,637 | 3,781 | 3,507 | 3,488 | 3,599 | 165 | 149 | 182 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
Johnson | 4,334 | 4,281 | 4,463 | 4,067 | 4,075 | 4,189 | 267 | 206 | 274 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
Sheridan | 15,961 | 15,943 | 15,710 | 15,072 | 15,182 | 14,714 | 889 | 761 | 996 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 6.3 |
Weston | 3,944 | 3,940 | 3,980 | 3,783 | 3,818 | 3,822 | 161 | 122 | 158 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
SOUTHWEST | 59,052 | 59,316 | 60,359 | 56,164 | 56,622 | 57,096 | 2,888 | 2,694 | 3,263 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
Lincoln | 8,058 | 7,985 | 8,117 | 7,544 | 7,559 | 7,540 | 514 | 426 | 577 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 7.1 |
Sublette | 4,985 | 4,799 | 4,905 | 4,718 | 4,570 | 4,652 | 267 | 229 | 253 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
Sweetwater | 22,791 | 23,111 | 23,664 | 21,749 | 22,198 | 22,519 | 1,042 | 913 | 1,145 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
Teton | 13,676 | 13,698 | 13,808 | 13,093 | 13,013 | 13,110 | 583 | 685 | 698 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
Uinta | 9,542 | 9,723 | 9,865 | 9,060 | 9,282 | 9,275 | 482 | 441 | 590 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
SOUTHEAST | 82,624 | 83,687 | 82,587 | 78,872 | 80,361 | 78,511 | 3,752 | 3,326 | 4,076 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
Albany | 20,504 | 21,043 | 20,616 | 19,730 | 20,376 | 19,789 | 774 | 667 | 827 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
Goshen | 7,214 | 7,294 | 7,354 | 6,939 | 7,057 | 7,048 | 275 | 237 | 306 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
Laramie | 48,891 | 49,420 | 48,513 | 46,458 | 47,220 | 45,867 | 2,433 | 2,200 | 2,646 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
Niobrara | 1,328 | 1,304 | 1,410 | 1,280 | 1,262 | 1,355 | 48 | 42 | 55 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
Platte | 4,687 | 4,626 | 4,694 | 4,465 | 4,446 | 4,452 | 222 | 180 | 242 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
CENTRAL | 60,444 | 59,771 | 60,071 | 57,821 | 57,482 | 57,078 | 2,623 | 2,289 | 2,993 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 |
Carbon | 8,113 | 8,100 | 8,499 | 7,742 | 7,759 | 8,085 | 371 | 341 | 414 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
Converse | 8,413 | 8,331 | 8,342 | 8,115 | 8,081 | 8,020 | 298 | 250 | 322 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
Natrona | 43,918 | 43,340 | 43,230 | 41,964 | 41,642 | 40,973 | 1,954 | 1,698 | 2,257 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
STATEWIDE | 303,954 | 304,686 | 304,869 | 289,513 | 291,927 | 288,781 | 14,441 | 12,759 | 16,088 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | |||||||||
U.S. | 6.1 | 5.4 | 7.0 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.6 | |||||||||
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2015. Run Date 03/2015. Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. |