Wyoming State Profile

Wyoming's cost-of living stable due to drops in gasoline prices and greatly reduced price increases for housing and food; number of foreclosures decline in Q3 2009; business tax climate rated among best in nation.

• State job growth fell 3.6% in August 2009 from a year ago; national job growth fell 4.4%.
• State unemployment averaged 6.6% in August 2009; the national average was 9.7%
• Personal income fell 3.1% to $25 billion in Q2 2009 from a year ago.
• Tax revenue fell 5.2% in Q2 2009 from the previous year.
• Exports fell 19.4% to $155 million in the first seven months of 2009 from a year ago.