"Total statewide initial claims were up in January by 486 claims over the prior year. Claims in oil & gas extraction account for 58 percent of this increase."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Dec 01	Jan 01
			Jan 02	Dec 01	Jan 01	Jan 02	Jan 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,978	2,765	2,492	7.7	19.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,535	1,494	1,155	2.7	32.9
	Mining		417	309	156	35.0	167.3
		Oil & Gas Extraction	385	257	104	49.8	270.2
	Construction		965	1,000	824	-3.5	17.1
	Manufacturing		153	185	175	-17.3	-12.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,212	1,045	1,141	16.0	6.2
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		133	109	143	22.0	-7.0
		Transportation	104	94	107	10.6	-2.8
		Communications & Public Utilities	29	15	36	93.3	-19.4
	Trade		380	309	391	23.0	-2.8
		Wholesale Trade	42	41	47	2.4	-10.6
		Retail Trade	338	268	344	26.1	-1.7
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		16	15	23	6.7	-30.4
	Services		474	418	399	13.4	18.8
		Personal & Business Services	160	152	112	5.3	42.9
		Health Services	25	28	37	-10.7	-32.4
	Government		209	194	185	7.7	13.0
		Local Government	78	74	63	5.4	23.8
		Local Education	10	22	23	-54.5	-56.5
UNCLASSIFIED			231	226	196	2.2	17.9

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			339	357	355	-5.0	-4.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			148	184	146	-19.6	1.4
	Mining		3	8	3	-62.5	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	1	0	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		130	153	122	-15.0	6.6
	Manufacturing		15	23	21	-34.8	-28.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			171	151	179	13.2	-4.5
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		25	31	51	-19.4	-51.0
		Transportation	15	22	22	-31.8	-31.8
		Communications & Public Utilities	10	9	29	11.1	-65.5
	Trade		64	42	64	52.4	0.0
		Wholesale Trade	6	8	4	-25.0	50.0
		Retail Trade	58	34	60	70.6	-3.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		2	4	2	-50.0	0.0
	Services		63	63	46	0.0	37.0
		Personal & Business Services	32	32	23	0.0	39.1
		Health Services	3	8	9	-62.5	-66.7
	Government		17	11	16	54.5	6.3
		Local Government	7	5	7	40.0	0.0
		Local Education	1	2	3	-50.0	-66.7
UNCLASSIFIED			20	22	30	-9.1	-33.3

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			379	407	297	-6.9	27.6

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			213	258	153	-17.4	39.2
	Mining		65	55	26	18.2	150.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	60	54	22	11.1	172.7
	Construction		132	179	110	-26.3	20.0
	Manufacturing		16	24	17	-33.3	-5.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			156	136	134	14.7	16.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		15	10	15	50.0	0.0
		Transportation	12	10	12	20.0	0.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
	Trade		56	53	47	5.7	19.1
		Wholesale Trade	8	6	12	33.3	-33.3
		Retail Trade	48	47	35	2.1	37.1
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		3	1	5	200.0	-40.0
	Services		69	65	54	6.2	27.8
		Personal & Business Services	28	22	16	27.3	75.0
		Health Services	3	10	6	-70.0	-50.0
	Government		13	7	13	85.7	0.0
		Local Government	10	2	3	400.0	233.3
		Local Education	3	1	0	200.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			10	13	10	-23.1	0.0