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February 2011


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims declined by 11.6% from November and 23.2% from December 2009. A substantial decline was observed both over the month (-24.1%) and over the year (-14.1%) in service-providing industries.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Nov_10 Dec_10
Dec_10 Nov_10 Dec_09 Oct_10 Dec_09
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  4,585  5,184  5,973 -11.6 -23.2
Goods-Producing  2,145  2,067  3,205 3.8 -33.1
   Natural Resources and Mining     285     269     441 5.9 -35.4
      Mining     252     238     406 5.9 -37.9
         Oil & Gas Extraction       17       18       18 -5.6 -5.6
   Construction  1,671  1,693  2,462 -1.3 -32.1
   Manufacturing     189     105     302 80.0 -37.4
Service-Providing  1,573  2,072  1,831 -24.1 -14.1
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     476     489     595 -2.7 -20.0
      Wholesale Trade       68     103       78 -34.0 -12.8
      Retail Trade     239     268     333 -10.8 -28.2
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.     169     118     184 43.2 -8.2
   Information       11       16       16 -31.3 -31.3
   Financial Activities       53       59       60 -10.2 -11.7
   Prof. and Business Services     330     378     394 -12.7 -16.2
   Educational and Health Services     179     157     170 14.0 5.3
   Leisure and Hospitality     458     900     509 -49.1 -10.0
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       66       73       87 -9.6 -24.1
Government     310     497     313 -37.6 -1.0
   Federal Government     185     301     149 -38.5 24.2
   State Government       23       25       23 -8.0 0.0
   Local Government     102     171     141 -40.4 -27.7
      Local Education       23       19       28 21.1 -17.9
Unclassified     557     548     624 1.6 -10.7
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     661     658     806 0.5 -18.0
Goods-Producing     314     326     455 -3.7 -31.0
   Construction     267     312     380 -14.4 -29.7
Service-Providing     282     252     296 11.9 -4.7
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     111       72     121 54.2 -8.3
   Financial Activities       14       11       12 27.3 16.7
   Prof. and Business Services       64       68       75 -5.9 -14.7
   Educational and Health Services       39       50       27 -22.0 44.4
   Leisure and Hospitality       44       41       48 7.3 -8.3
Government       43       45       27 -4.4 59.3
Unclassified       22       35       28 -37.1 -21.4
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     534     537     767 -0.6 -30.4
Goods-Producing     289     264     483 9.5 -40.2
   Construction     210     221     377 -5.0 -44.3
Service-Providing     209     233     250 -10.3 -16.4
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       85       82       86 3.7 -1.2
   Financial Activities        5        8        8 -37.5 -37.5
   Professional and Business Services       40       53       59 -24.5 -32.2
   Educational and Health Services       24       23       32 4.3 -25.0
   Leisure and Hospitality       40       51       50 -21.6 -20.0
Government       24       21       17 14.3 41.2
Unclassified       12       19       17 -36.8 -29.4

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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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