© Copyright 2006 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 43 No. 1

 Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
Data produced by: Douglas Leonard, Senior Research Analyst

Wyoming Statewide | Laramie County | Natrona County

November's total continued weeks claimed was the second lowest for November since 1997. Over the year, claims were substantially lower in Construction (-24.2%) and Manufacturing (-15.8).

 

										Percent Change
										Weeks Claimed
							Weeks Claimed			Oct05	Nov04
WYOMING STATEWIDE							Nov05	Oct05	Nov04	Nov05	Nov05
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED							11,565	8,077	14,146	43.2	-18.2
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS							3,228	2,765	4,535	16.7	-28.8
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING							2,730	2,229	3,484	22.5	-21.6
	Natural Resources and Mining						621	594	744	4.5	-16.5
		Mining					543	553	536	-1.8	1.3
			Oil & Gas Extraction				70	55	67	27.3	4.5
	Construction						1,778	1,315	2,347	35.2	-24.2
	Manufacturing						331	320	393	3.4	-15.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING							6,403	4,243	7,898	50.9	-18.9
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.						1,426	1,210	1,681	17.9	-15.2
		Wholesale Trade					226	170	303	32.9	-25.4
		Retail Trade					914	766	958	19.3	-4.6
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities					286	274	420	4.4	-31.9
	Information						124	105	441	18.1	-71.9
	Financial Activities						281	270	323	4.1	-13.0
	Professional & Business Services						917	652	1,498	40.6	-38.8
	Educational & Health Services						651	688	651	-5.4	0.0
	Leisure & Hospitality						2,738	1,085	3,041	152.4	-10.0
	Other Services						266	233	263	14.2	1.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT							1,729	1,051	1,730	64.5	-0.1
	Federal Government						900	309	942	191.3	-4.5
	State Government						221	191	231	15.7	-4.3
	Local Government						608	551	557	10.3	9.2
		Local Education					170	179	142	-5.0	19.7
UNCLASSIFIED							703	554	1,034	26.9	-32.0
LARAMIE COUNTY
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED							1,418	1,301	2,268	9.0	-37.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS							392	434	706	-9.7	-44.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING							326	290	439	12.4	-25.7
	Construction						271	238	367	13.9	-26.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING							830	778	1,508	6.7	-45.0
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.						217	201	369	8.0	-41.2
	Financial Activities						77	70	107	10.0	-28.0
	Professional & Business Services						170	164	488	3.7	-65.2
	Educational & Health Services						166	169	126	-1.8	31.7
	Leisure & Hospitality						134	102	102	31.4	31.4
TOTAL GOVERNMENT							191	185	261	3.2	-26.8
UNCLASSIFIED							71	48	60	47.9	18.3
NATRONA COUNTY
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED							1,215	1,052	1,378	15.5	-11.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS							356	359	447	-0.8	-20.4
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING							398	308	429	29.2	-7.2
	Construction						249	183	294	36.1	-15.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING							675	645	804	4.7	-16.0
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.						232	228	259	1.8	-10.4
	Financial Activities						68	58	67	17.2	1.5
	Professional & Business Services						126	98	240	28.6	-47.5
	Educational & Health Services						67	87	89	-23.0	-24.7
	Leisure & Hospitality						106	97	103	9.3	2.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT							91	73	85	24.7	7.1
UNCLASSIFIED							51	26	60	96.2	-15.0