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March 2011

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Continued weeks claimed increased 11.3% compared to December 2010 while declining 26.4% compared to January 2010. Claims in goods-producing industries were sharply lower (-33.6%) than a year ago.

Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Continued Weeks Claimed Jan_11 Jan_11
Jan_11 Dec_10 Jan_10 Dec_10 Jan_10
 
Wyoming Statewide
Total Weeks Claimed 39,670 35,654 53,923 11.3 -26.4
Extended Weeks Claimed 19,006 18,852   26,316 0.8 -27.8
Total Unique Claimants* 11,680 8,903 15,314 31.2 -23.7
Benefit Exhaustions 902    737       1,357 22.4 -33.5
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 7.7% 8.3% 8.9% -0.6% -1.1%
Goods-Producing 15,517 11,390 23,354 36.2 -33.6
Natural Resources & Mining 1,899 1,582 4,212 20.0 -54.9
  Mining 1,614 1,328 3,821 21.5 -57.8
Oil & Gas Extraction 147 103 251 42.7 -41.4
   Construction 12,246 8,953 16,680 36.8 -26.6
   Manufacturing 1,372 855 2,462 60.5 -44.3
Service-Providing 16,214 16,830 21,055 -3.7 -23.0
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities 4,646 4,391 6,580 5.8 -29.4
  Wholesale Trade 611 558 1,073 9.5 -43.1
  Retail Trade 3,006 2,827 3,878 6.3 -22.5
  Transp., Wareh., & Utilities 1,029 1,006 1,629 2.3 -36.8
   Information 175 168 278 4.2 -37.1
   Financial Activities 763 792 911 -3.7 -16.2
   Prof. & Business Services 3,259 2,793 4,531 16.7 -28.1
   Educational & Health Services 1,786 1,709 1,821 4.5 -1.9
   Leisure & Hospitality 4,919 6,305 5,640 -22.0 -12.8
   Other Svcs., ex. Public Admin. 666 672 1,294 -0.9 -48.5
Government 3,788 3,909 3,666 -3.1 3.3
   Federal Government 2,083 2,229 1,621 -6.6 28.5
   State Government 250 258 407 -3.1 -38.6
   Local Government 1,455 1,422 1,638 2.3 -11.2
  Local Education 337 336 380 0.3 -11.3
Unclassified 4,151 3,525 5,848 17.8 -29.0
 
Laramie County
Total Weeks Claimed 5,131 4,496 6,514 14.1 -21.2
Total Unique Claimants 1,565 1,136 1,860 37.8 -15.9
Goods-Producing 2,187 1,655 2,895 32.1 -24.5
   Construction 1,890 1,499 2,405 26.1 -21.4
Service-Providing 2,238 2,113 3,054 5.9 -26.7
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities 680 611 1,015 11.3 -33.0
   Financial Activities 137 149 192 -8.1 -28.6
   Prof. & Business Services 558 497 855 12.3 -34.7
   Educational & Health Svcs. 439 426 327 3.1 34.3
   Leisure and Hospitality 309 293 491 5.5 -37.1
Government 544 569 402 -4.4 35.3
Unclassified 162 159 163 1.9 -0.6
 
Natrona County
Total Weeks Claimed 4,557 3,887 6,437 17.2 -29.2
Total Unique Claimants 1,336 953 1,836 40.2 -27.2
Goods-Producing 1,726 1,154 2,962 49.6 -41.7
   Construction 1,271 830 2,048 53.1 -37.9
Service-Providing 2,475 2,386 3,072 3.7 -19.4
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities 1,065 1,004 1,031 6.1 3.3
   Financial Activities 100 107 101 -6.5 -1.0
   Professional & Business Svcs. 428 401 555 6.7 -22.9
   Educational & Health Services 321 326 404 -1.5 -20.5
   Leisure & Hospitality 391 392 517 -0.3 -24.4
Government 280 285 266 -1.8 5.3
Unclassified 76 62 137 22.6 -44.5
 
*Does not include claimants receiving extended benefits

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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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