Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Wyoming
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as bandy around the idea of a by 2023. The last economic recession鈥攖he Great Recession of 2008-2010鈥攕ent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate , ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Wyoming using data from the . Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
#23. Teton County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 17,120 (321 unemployed)
#22. Weston County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,753 (81 unemployed)
#21. Crook County
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 3,910 (92 unemployed)
#20. Hot Springs County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 2,243 (54 unemployed)
#19. Niobrara County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 1,225 (30 unemployed)
#18. Albany County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 21,656 (592 unemployed)
#17. Converse County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 7,568 (204 unemployed)
#16. Goshen County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 6,330 (170 unemployed)
#15. Park County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 16,064 (437 unemployed)
#14. Johnson County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,308 (122 unemployed)
#13. Lincoln County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 9,761 (273 unemployed)
#12. Sheridan County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 16,036 (453 unemployed)
#11. Platte County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,380 (127 unemployed)
#10. Big Horn County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 5,304 (166 unemployed)
#9. Laramie County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 49,711 (1,529 unemployed)
#8. Carbon County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 7,681 (248 unemployed)
#7. Campbell County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 21,897 (717 unemployed)
#6. Fremont County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 18,895 (637 unemployed)
#5. Sublette County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 3,966 (133 unemployed)
#4. Washakie County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,853 (131 unemployed)
#3. Uinta County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 8,694 (301 unemployed)
#2. Natrona County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 38,576 (1,439 unemployed)
#1. Sweetwater County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 18,984 (716 unemployed)