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January 2011

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Statewide initial claims declined 0.8% compared to November 2009. Claims in wholesale trade, construction, educational & health services, leisure & hospitality, and federal government were greater than in November 2009.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Nov_10 Nov_10
Nov_10 Oct_10 Nov_09 Oct_10 Nov_09
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  5,184  4,732  5,227 9.6 -0.8
Goods-Producing  2,067  1,137  2,004 81.8 3.1
   Natural Resources and Mining     269     142     302 89.4 -10.9
      Mining     238     120     268 98.3 -11.2
         Oil & Gas Extraction       18       13       28 38.5 -35.7
   Construction  1,693     911  1,482 85.8 14.2
   Manufacturing     105       84     220 25.0 -52.3
Service-Providing  2,072  2,758  2,217 -24.9 -6.5
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     489     575     557 -15.0 -12.2
      Wholesale Trade     103     107       71 -3.7 45.1
      Retail Trade     268     332     324 -19.3 -17.3
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.     118     136     162 -13.2 -27.2
   Information       16       18       22 -11.1 -27.3
   Financial Activities       59       73       76 -19.2 -22.4
   Prof. and Business Services     378     335     479 12.8 -21.1
   Educational and Health Services     157     158     144 -0.6 9.0
   Leisure and Hospitality     900  1,530     831 -41.2 8.3
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       73       69     108 5.8 -32.4
Government     497     432     444 15.0 11.9
   Federal Government     301     280     249 7.5 20.9
   State Government       25       37       32 -32.4 -21.9
   Local Government     171     115     163 48.7 4.9
      Local Education       19       28       32 -32.1 -40.6
Unclassified     548     405     562 35.3 -2.5
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     658     461     601 42.7 9.5
Goods-Producing     326     175     297 86.3 9.8
   Construction     312     155     266 101.3 17.3
Service-Providing     252     219     257 15.1 -1.9
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities       72       72       85 0.0 -15.3
   Financial Activities       11       14       18 -21.4 -38.9
   Prof. and Business Services       68       51       74 33.3 -8.1
   Educational and Health Services       50       35       30 42.9 66.7
   Leisure and Hospitality       41       37       43 10.8 -4.7
Government       45       48       31 -6.3 45.2
Unclassified       35       19       16 84.2 118.8
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     537     432     538 24.3 -0.2
Goods-Producing     264     133     233 98.5 13.3
   Construction     221     101     169 118.8 30.8
Service-Providing     233     259     268 -10.0 -13.1
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       82     118       93 -30.5 -11.8
   Financial Activities        8        8       10 0.0 -20.0
   Professional and Business Services       53       42       69 26.2 -23.2
   Educational and Health Services       23       31       26 -25.8 -11.5
   Leisure and Hospitality       51       38       41 34.2 24.4
Government       21       29       23 -27.6 -8.7
Unclassified       19       11       14 72.7 35.7

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aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.


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