County tops state statistics for employment rates

n a month when unemployment rates fell across the state, Crook County was in the top three Wyoming counties in terms of employment rates.

With just 2% unemployment during the month of September, Crook fell just behind Teton County’s 1.8% and matched Weston County, which also had a 2% unemployment rate.

Unemployment rates decreased in every one of Wyoming’s counties in September, according to the Department of Workforce Services (DWS). This is unsurprising, considering that unemployment rates were higher than usual in September, 2020, due to the pandemic.

The department’s data on unemployment i...