Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: David Bullard, Senior Economist
Lincoln County posted the highest unemployment rate (7.2%) in July 2012.
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Labor Force
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Employed
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Unemployed
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Unemployment Rates
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Jul
2012
(p)
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Jun
2012
(r)
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Jul
2011
(b)
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Jul
2012
(p)
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Jun
2012
(r)
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Jul
2011
(b)
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Jul
2012
(p)
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Jun
2012
(r)
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Jul
2011
(b)
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Jul
2012
(p)
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Jun
2012
(r)
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Jul
2011
(b)
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NORTHWEST
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49,144
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49,267
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49,300
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46,178
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46,272
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46,471
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2,966
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2,995
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2,829
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6.0
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6.1
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5.7
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Big Horn
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5,216
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5,344
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5,370
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4,867
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4,998
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5,031
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349
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346
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339
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6.7
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6.5
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6.3
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Fremont
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19,758
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19,840
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19,434
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18,371
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18,475
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18,114
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1,387
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1,365
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1,320
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7.0
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6.9
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6.8
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Hot Springs
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2,613
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2,682
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2,678
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2,500
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2,555
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2,545
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113
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127
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133
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4.3
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4.7
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5.0
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Park
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17,215
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17,053
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17,302
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16,334
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16,138
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16,514
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881
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915
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788
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5.1
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5.4
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4.6
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Washakie
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4,342
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4,348
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4,516
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4,106
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4,106
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4,267
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236
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242
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249
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5.4
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5.6
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5.5
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NORTHEAST
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55,457
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56,843
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54,415
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52,630
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53,837
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51,556
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2,827
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3,006
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2,859
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5.1
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5.3
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5.3
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Campbell
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28,217
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28,986
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27,110
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26,990
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27,645
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25,891
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1,227
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1,341
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1,219
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4.3
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4.6
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4.5
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Crook
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3,645
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3,750
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3,597
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3,465
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3,555
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3,413
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180
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195
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184
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4.9
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5.2
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5.1
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Johnson
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4,113
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4,207
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4,131
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3,881
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3,955
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3,873
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232
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252
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258
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5.6
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6.0
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6.2
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Sheridan
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16,280
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16,654
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16,399
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15,263
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15,619
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15,377
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1,017
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1,035
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1,022
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6.2
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6.2
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6.2
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Weston
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3,202
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3,246
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3,178
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3,031
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3,063
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3,002
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171
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183
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176
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5.3
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5.6
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5.5
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SOUTHWEST
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68,749
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68,390
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68,495
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65,441
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64,843
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65,022
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3,308
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3,547
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3,473
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4.8
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5.2
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5.1
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Lincoln
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8,432
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8,568
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8,538
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7,825
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7,957
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7,926
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607
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611
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612
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7.2
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7.1
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7.2
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Sublette
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7,843
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7,735
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8,018
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7,559
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7,436
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7,765
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284
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299
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253
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3.6
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3.9
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3.2
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Sweetwater
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25,244
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25,607
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25,222
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24,068
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24,355
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23,994
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1,176
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1,252
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1,228
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4.7
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4.9
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4.9
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Teton
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15,711
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15,001
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15,785
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15,062
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14,229
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15,022
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649
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772
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763
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4.1
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5.1
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4.8
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Uinta
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11,519
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11,479
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10,932
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10,927
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10,866
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10,315
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592
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613
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617
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5.1
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5.3
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5.6
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SOUTHEAST
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76,842
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77,599
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76,586
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72,409
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72,940
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72,109
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4,433
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4,659
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4,477
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5.8
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6.0
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5.8
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Albany
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18,990
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19,354
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19,001
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18,059
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18,319
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18,124
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931
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1,035
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877
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4.9
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5.3
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4.6
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Goshen
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6,383
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6,536
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6,407
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6,002
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6,138
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6,027
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381
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398
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380
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6.0
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6.1
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5.9
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Laramie
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45,947
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45,974
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45,641
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43,132
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43,071
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42,729
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2,815
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2,903
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2,912
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6.1
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6.3
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6.4
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Niobrara
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1,315
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1,353
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1,339
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1,254
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1,288
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1,278
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61
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65
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61
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4.6
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4.8
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4.6
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Platte
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4,207
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4,382
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4,198
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3,962
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4,124
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3,951
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245
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258
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247
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5.8
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5.9
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5.9
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CENTRAL
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60,011
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60,232
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58,878
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57,050
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57,102
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55,649
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2,961
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3,130
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3,229
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4.9
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5.2
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5.5
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Carbon
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8,098
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8,304
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7,924
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7,657
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7,830
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7,459
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441
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474
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465
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5.4
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5.7
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5.9
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Converse
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8,059
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8,127
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7,660
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7,715
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7,750
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7,300
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344
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377
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360
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4.3
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4.6
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4.7
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Natrona
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43,854
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43,801
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43,294
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41,678
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41,522
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40,890
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2,176
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2,279
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2,404
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5.0
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5.2
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5.6
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STATEWIDE
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310,205
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312,329
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307,675
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293,709
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294,994
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290,807
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16,496
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17,335
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16,868
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5.3
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5.6
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5.5
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Statewide Seasonally Adjusted
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5.6
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5.4
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6.0
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U.S.
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8.6
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8.4
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9.3
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U.S. Seasonally Adjusted
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8.3
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8.2
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9.1
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Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2012. Run Date 08/2012.
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Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
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(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
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Last modified
by Phil Ellsworth.
