The economic news in Sweetwater County continues to look good----The Wyoming Department of workforce services reports that Sweetwater Counties un-employment rate in continues to decline---in May, the rat stood at 3.6 percent compared to 3.9 percent in April of this year. Last May, the rate stood at 4.5 percent. There are currently over 25,000 residents in the labor force in the county. The number of residents looking for work declined from over 1,000 in April to 917 in May. The statewide un-employment rate stood at 4.2 percent in May, down from 4.9 percent in April. The highest un-employment rate in Wyoming is in Teton county at 6.4 percent, while the lowest is Ni-oh-brair-ah county (Niobrara) at 3.1 percent.
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