Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	Labor Force			Unemployed Number			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Feb 98 (p)	Jan 98 (r)	Feb 97 (b)	Feb 98 (p)	Jan 98 (r)	Feb 97 (b)	Feb 98 (p)	Jan 98 (r)	Feb 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	43,102	42,887	43,170	3,113	3,049	3,883	7.2	7.1	9.0
Big Horn	5,556	5,522	5,249	351	338	404	6.3	6.1	7.7
Fremont	16,876	16,714	17,330	1,609	1,574	1,926	9.5	9.4	11.1
Hot Springs	2,376	2,276	2,376	115	120	122	4.8	5.3	5.1
Park	13,779	13,778	13,544	811	805	1,073	5.9	5.8	7.9
Washakie	4,515	4,597	4,671	227	212	358	5.0	4.6	7.7
NORTHEAST	41,969	41,391	41,012	2,580	2,420	3,020	6.1	5.8	7.4
Campbell	19,020	18,733	18,521	1,052	940	1,314	5.5	5.0	7.1
Crook	2,775	2,736	2,712	200	194	184	7.2	7.1	6.8
Johnson	3,576	3,536	3,446	198	203	246	5.5	5.7	7.1
Sheridan	13,484	13,280	13,108	928	887	1,011	6.9	6.7	7.7
Weston	3,114	3,106	3,225	202	196	265	6.5	6.3	8.2
SOUTHWEST	49,793	49,197	49,088	2,717	2,550	3,397	5.5	5.2	6.9
Lincoln	6,190	6,156	6,052	427	464	519	6.9	7.5	8.6
Sublette	2,782	2,803	2,678	101	72	134	3.6	2.6	5.0
Sweetwater	20,627	20,287	20,474	1,290	1,173	1,582	6.3	5.8	7.7
Teton	9,920	9,803	9,477	225	220	323	2.3	2.2	3.4
Uinta	10,274	10,148	10,407	674	621	839	6.6	6.1	8.1
SOUTHEAST	68,451	68,180	66,856	2,747	2,885	3,260	4.0	4.2	4.9
Albany	17,457	17,241	16,835	465	443	461	2.7	2.6	2.7
Goshen	6,473	6,391	6,191	405	430	488	6.3	6.7	7.9
Laramie	39,268	39,334	38,632	1,607	1,733	1,998	4.1	4.4	5.2
Niobrara	1,073	1,056	1,103	27	35	29	2.5	3.3	2.6
Platte	4,180	4,158	4,095	243	244	284	5.8	5.9	6.9
CENTRAL	47,938	47,581	46,796	2,877	2,763	3,635	6.0	5.8	7.8
Carbon	7,973	7,809	7,930	573	504	600	7.2	6.5	7.6
Converse	6,483	6,429	6,341	362	336	562	5.6	5.2	8.9
Natrona	33,482	33,343	32,525	1,942	1,923	2,473	5.8	5.8	7.6
STATEWIDE	251,254	249,235	246,921	14,035	13,667	17,194	5.6	5.5	7.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.0	4.2	5.3
U.S.							5.0	5.2	5.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.6	4.7	5.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 03/98.


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


NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.