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

In Wyoming, unemployment rates for July 1996 compared to July 1995 were slightly lower in the Northwest and Northeast regions, slightly higher in the Southwest and Central regions, and substantially lower in the Southeast region (2.6% versus 3.1%).

LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b) Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b) Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b)
NORTHWEST 47,534 47,550 46,813 2,229 2,071 2,317 4.7 4.4 4.9
Big Horn 5,044 5,290 5,002 230 230 257 4.6 4.3 5.1
Fremont 17,212 17,535 16,976 1,134 1,038 1,128 6.6 5.9 6.6
Hot Springs 2,239 2,318 2,390 94 87 102 4.2 3.8 4.3
Park 17,963 17,331 17,543 494 472 514 2.8 2.7 2.9
Washakie 5,076 5,076 4,902 277 244 316 5.5 4.8 6.4
NORTHEAST 42,259 43,407 42,240 1,460 1,543 1,663 3.5 3.6 3.9
Campbell 18,123 18,276 18,392 681 718 836 3.8 3.9 4.5
Crook 3,243 3,404 3,132 121 115 94 3.7 3.4 3.0
Johnson 3,719 3,845 3,759 96 99 104 2.6 2.6 2.8
Sheridan 13,826 14,436 13,644 431 484 505 3.1 3.4 3.7
Weston 3,348 3,446 3,313 131 127 124 3.9 3.7 3.7
REGION-or-County Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b) Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b) Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST 56,173 56,136 55,334 2,537 2,462 2,388 4.5 4.4 4.3
Lincoln 6,623 7,021 6,411 338 376 385 5.1 5.4 6.0
Sublette 3,181 3,156 3,283 78 78 87 2.5 2.5 2.7
Sweetwater 21,018 21,537 21,391 1,210 1,170 1,112 5.8 5.4 5.2
Teton 13,997 12,808 13,316 189 184 120 1.4 1.4 0.9
Uinta 11,354 11,614 10,933 722 654 684 6.4 5.6 6.3
SOUTHEAST 68,864 68,216 68,398 1,824 1,761 2,142 2.6 2.6 3.1
Albany 16,800 16,544 16,413 254 260 344 1.5 1.6 2.1
Goshen 6,176 6,304 6,297 279 251 294 4.5 4.0 4.7
Laramie 40,408 39,529 40,284 1,120 1,092 1,319 2.8 2.8 3.3
Niobrara 1,302 1,335 1,246 21 25 22 1.6 1.9 1.8
Platte 4,178 4,504 4,158 150 133 163 3.6 3.0 3.9
REGION-or-County Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b) Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b) Jul 96 (p) Jun 96 (r) Jul 95 (b)
CENTRAL 47,562 48,041 48,490 2,291 2,209 2,290 4.8 4.6 4.7
Carbon 8,375 8,779 8,608 306 339 372 3.7 3.9 4.3
Converse 6,410 6,395 6,408 289 288 279 4.5 4.5 4.4
Natrona 32,777 32,867 33,474 1,696 1,582 1,639 5.2 4.8 4.9
STATEWIDE 262,390 263,350 261,274 10,339 10,045 10,799 3.9 3.8 4.1
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.5 4.2 4.7
U.S. 5.6 5.5 5.9
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 5.4 5.3 5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 08/96.


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


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.


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