Unemployment rate drops

Wyoming’s unemployment rates for March were recently released by the Research and Planning section of the Department of Workforce Services showing a statewide fall from 3.9 percent in February to 3.7 percent in March.

In Hot Springs County we added 18 more people to the labor force during March, but that is still 86 fewer than March of last year.

Six more people were unemployed in March than were in February, but that is still 15 fewer than a year ago.

According to the report, most counties didn’t change much in the unemployment arena and Wyoming is sitting very close to the national average of 3.8 percent in March.

The lowest unemployment rates in the state of Wyoming were found in Teton, Niobrara, Albany and Converse Counties with the highest found in Washakie, Park and Fremont counties.