© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 2

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

December initial claims declined by 7.4 percent over the year, led by declines in Construction and Manufacturing. Over-the-year claims in Other Services were flat.

							Percent Change
							Claims Filed
				Claims Filed			Nov04	Dec03
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Dec04	Nov04	Dec03	Dec04	Dec04

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				2,960	2,889	3,196	2.5	-7.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				1,571	1,118	1,796	40.5	-12.5
	Natural Resources and Mining			181	158	187	14.6	-3.2
		Mining		152	122	160	24.6	-5.0
			Oil & Gas Extraction	17	16	22	6.3	-22.7
	Construction			1,218	884	1,386	37.8	-12.1
	Manufacturing			172	76	223	126.3	-22.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				933	1,211	935	-23.0	-0.2
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			304	287	275	5.9	10.5
		Wholesale Trade		35	44	34	-20.5	2.9
		Retail Trade		182	176	157	3.4	15.9
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		87	67	84	29.9	3.6
	Information			10	21	15	-52.4	-33.3
	Financial Activities			48	38	39	26.3	23.1
	Professional & Business Services			198	253	235	-21.7	-15.7
	Educational & Health Services			100	84	94	19.0	6.4
	Leisure & Hospitality			240	489	244	-50.9	-1.6
	Other Services			33	39	33	-15.4	0.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				234	350	237	-33.1	-1.3
	Federal Government			131	251	119	-47.8	10.1
	State Government			20	21	18	-4.8	11.1
	Local Government			83	78	100	6.4	-17.0
		Local Education		13	11	21	18.2	-38.1
UNCLASSIFIED				222	210	228	5.7	-2.6

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				464	424	477	9.4	-2.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				277	247	282	12.1	-1.8
	Construction			223	224	229	-0.4	-2.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				140	137	150	2.2	-6.7
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			51	36	47	41.7	8.5
	Financial Activities			9	7	7	28.6	28.6
	Professional & Business Services			41	51	55	-19.6	-25.5
	Educational & Health Services			13	16	13	-18.8	0.0
	Leisure & Hospitality			18	19	17	-5.3	5.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				25	27	16	-7.4	56.3
UNCLASSIFIED				22	13	29	69.2	-24.1

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				458	343	449	33.5	2.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				300	179	296	67.6	1.4
	Construction			249	143	251	74.1	-0.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				131	136	126	-3.7	4.0
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			40	41	44	-2.4	-9.1
	Financial Activities			14	6	5	133.3	180.0
	Professional & Business Services			26	38	33	-31.6	-21.2
	Educational & Health Services			17	11	13	54.5	30.8
	Leisure & Hospitality			28	29	26	-3.4	7.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				12	17	15	-29.4	-20.0
UNCLASSIFIED				15	11	12	36.4	25.0