"December statewide initial Unemployment Insurance claims were up 8.4 percent over the previous year."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Nov 01	Dec 00
			Dec 01	Nov 01	Dec 00	Dec 01	Dec 01

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,765	2,601	2,551	6.3	8.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,494	1,179	1,425	26.7	4.8
	Mining		309	309	181	0.0	70.7
		Oil & Gas Extraction	257	270	101	-4.8	154.5
	Construction		1,000	782	1,077	27.9	-7.1
	Manufacturing		185	88	167	110.2	10.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,045	1,196	919	-12.6	13.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		109	94	105	16.0	3.8
		Transportation	94	75	83	25.3	13.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	15	19	22	-21.1	-31.8
	Trade		309	315	265	-1.9	16.6
		Wholesale Trade	41	52	32	-21.2	28.1
		Retail Trade	268	263	233	1.9	15.0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		15	26	37	-42.3	-59.5
	Services		418	524	364	-20.2	14.8
		Personal & Business Services	152	144	116	5.6	31.0
		Health Services	28	40	23	-30.0	21.7
	Government		194	237	148	-18.1	31.1
		Local Government	74	53	47	39.6	57.4
		Local Education	22	11	10	100.0	120.0
UNCLASSIFIED			226	226	207	0.0	9.2

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			357	296	361	20.6	-1.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			184	150	212	22.7	-13.2
	Mining		8	3	15	166.7	-46.7
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	3	1	0.0	0.0
	Construction		153	139	168	10.1	-8.9
	Manufacturing		23	8	29	187.5	-20.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			151	121	130	24.8	16.2
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		31	14	23	121.4	34.8
		Transportation	22	6	9	266.7	144.4
		Communications & Public Utilities	9	8	14	12.5	-35.7
	Trade		42	41	36	2.4	16.7
		Wholesale Trade	8	2	2	300.0	300.0
		Retail Trade	34	39	34	-12.8	0.0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		4	10	8	-60.0	-50.0
	Services		63	40	50	57.5	26.0
		Personal & Business Services	32	13	26	146.2	23.1
		Health Services	8	5	4	60.0	100.0
	Government		11	16	13	-31.3	-15.4
		Local Government	5	3	4	66.7	25.0
		Local Education	2	2	0	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			22	25	19	-12.0	15.8

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			407	336	327	21.1	24.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			258	176	225	46.6	14.7
	Mining		55	55	20	0.0	175.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	54	47	17	14.9	217.6
	Construction		179	108	186	65.7	-3.8
	Manufacturing		24	13	19	84.6	26.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			136	148	93	-8.1	46.2
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		10	13	7	-23.1	42.9
		Transportation	10	11	6	-9.1	66.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	0	2	1	0.0	0.0
	Trade		53	47	37	12.8	43.2
		Wholesale Trade	6	21	6	-71.4	0.0
		Retail Trade	47	26	31	80.8	51.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		1	2	5	-50.0	-80.0
	Services		65	69	42	-5.8	54.8
		Personal & Business Services	22	26	10	-15.4	120.0
		Health Services	10	9	10	11.1	0.0
	Government		7	17	2	-58.8	250.0
		Local Government	2	8	1	-75.0	100.0
		Local Education	1	3	0	-66.7	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			13	12	9	8.3	44.4