Unemployment Numbers Look promising

The Wyoming Department of Employment reports that the countied un-employment dropped in Feb. when compared to Janaury----Sweetwater Counties unemployment rate in feb was 5.9 percent, down from janaurys figure of 6.5 percent. In feb. of last year, the counties unemployment rate was 8.4 percent. Statewide, the unemplyment rate is 7.0 percent, down from janaurys figure of 7.4 percent. Our neighbors to the north, Lincoln county, continues to struggle with the highest unemployment rate in the state, at 10.2 percent. Sweetwater county currently has just over 1,300 un-employed residents, down from over 1,500 in Janaury and right at 2,000 a year ag