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

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Jun 98 (p)	May 98 (r)	Jun 97 (b)	Jun 98 (p)	May 98 (r)	Jun 97 (b)	Jun 98 (p)	May 98 (r)	Jun 97 (b)	Jun 98 (p)	May 98 (r)	Jun 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	46,881	45,150	45,776	44,229	42,657	43,076	2,652	2,493	2,700	5.7	5.5	5.9
Big Horn	6,009	5,864	5,498	5,613	5,522	5,201	396	342	297	6.6	5.8	5.4
Fremont	16,554	17,128	16,758	15,342	15,940	15,362	1,212	1,188	1,396	7.3	6.9	8.3
Hot Springs	2,482	2,399	2,456	2,358	2,286	2,348	124	113	108	5.0	4.7	4.4
Park	17,291	15,093	16,482	16,639	14,495	15,866	652	598	616	3.8	4.0	3.7
Washakie	4,545	4,666	4,582	4,277	4,414	4,299	268	252	283	5.9	5.4	6.2
NORTHEAST	43,955	42,405	42,398	42,136	40,716	40,487	1,819	1,689	1,911	4.1	4.0	4.5
Campbell	19,442	18,811	18,583	18,592	18,027	17,688	850	784	895	4.4	4.2	4.8
Crook	3,177	3,013	3,102	3,049	2,887	2,985	128	126	117.0	4.0	4.2	3.8
Johnson	4,204	3,875	3,999	4,076	3,765	3,842	128	110	157	3.0	2.8	3.9
Sheridan	14,057	13,616	13,603	13,486	13,073	13,012	571	543	591	4.1	4.0	4.3
Weston	3,075	3,090	3,111	2,933	2,964	2,960	142	126	151	4.6	4.1	4.9
SOUTHWEST	54,321	50,923	52,735	52,076	48,801	50,194	2,245	2,122	2,541	4.1	4.2	4.8
Lincoln	6,812	6,515	6,512	6,418	6,164	6,116	394	351	396	5.8	5.4	6.1
Sublette	3,374	3,130	3,182	3,289	3,048	3,101	85	82	81	2.5	2.6	2.5
Sweetwater	20,658	20,588	20,353	19,623	19,663	19,114	1,035	925	1,239	5.0	4.5	6.1
Teton	12,883	10,511	12,141	12,728	10,259	11,963	155	252	178	1.2	2.4	1.5
Uinta	10,594	10,179	10,547	10,018	9,667	9,900	576	512	647	5.4	5.0	6.1
SOUTHEAST	68,645	68,068	65,717	66,623	66,244	63,691	2,022	1,824	2,026	2.9	2.7	3.1
Albany	16,570	16,913	15,942	16,255	16,624	15,645	315	289	297	1.9	1.7	1.9
Goshen	6,693	6,637	6,318	6,441	6,394	6,059	252	243	259	3.8	3.7	4.1
Laramie	39,798	38,717	38,007	38,552	37,628	36,703	1,246	1,089	1,304	3.1	2.8	3.4
Niobrara	1,138	1,199	1,172	1,109	1,166	1,152	29	33	20	2.5	2.8	1.7
Platte	4,446	4,602	4,278	4,266	4,432	4,132	180	170	146	4.0	3.7	3.4
CENTRAL	48,735	47,660	46,795	46,434	45,540	44,136	2,301	2,120	2,659	4.7	4.4	5.7
Carbon	8,575	8,239	8,472	8,186	7,868	8,063	389	371	409	4.5	4.5	4.8
Converse	6,735	6,640	6,417	6,409	6,373	6,028	326	267	389	4.8	4.0	6.1
Natrona	33,425	32,781	31,906	31,839	31,299	30,045	1,586	1,482	1,861	4.7	4.5	5.8
STATEWIDE	262,536	254,205	253,417	251,497	243,957	241,582	11,039	10,248	11,835	4.2	4.0	4.7
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.7	4.4	5.2
U.S.										4.7	4.2	5.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.5	4.3	5.0

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 7/98.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(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.