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March 2011

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Claims were less in 2011 than in 2010 in most sectors except construction, information, professional & business services, leisure & hospitality, and government.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Jan_11 Jan_11
Jan_11 Dec_10 Jan_10 Dec_10 Jan_10
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  5,687  4,585  5,859 24.0 -2.9
Goods-Producing  2,573  2,145  2,629 20.0 -2.1
   Natural Resources and Mining     368     285     388 29.1 -5.2
      Mining     318     252     340 26.2 -6.5
         Oil & Gas Extraction       24       17       22 41.2 9.1
   Construction  1,908  1,671  1,882 14.2 1.4
   Manufacturing     297     189     359 57.1 -17.3
Service-Providing  2,132  1,573  2,339 35.5 -8.8
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     658     476     785 38.2 -16.2
      Wholesale Trade       83       68       84 22.1 -1.2
      Retail Trade     401     239     491 67.8 -18.3
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.     174     169     210 3.0 -17.1
   Information       26       11       18 136.4 44.4
   Financial Activities       58       53       81 9.4 -28.4
   Prof. and Business Services     492     330     460 49.1 7.0
   Educational and Health Services     196     179     235 9.5 -16.6
   Leisure and Hospitality     626     458     623 36.7 0.5
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       76       66     137 15.2 -44.5
Government     403     310     388 30.0 3.9
   Federal Government     165     185     178 -10.8 -7.3
   State Government       29       23       38 26.1 -23.7
   Local Government     209     102     172 104.9 21.5
      Local Education       47       23       27 104.3 74.1
Unclassified     579     557     503 3.9 15.1
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     745     661     730 12.7 2.1
Goods-Producing     373     314     354 18.8 5.4
   Construction     287     267     263 7.5 9.1
Service-Providing     300     282     323 6.4 -7.1
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     106     111     138 -4.5 -23.2
   Financial Activities        9       14       19 -35.7 -52.6
   Prof. and Business Services       84       64       82 31.3 2.4
   Educational and Health Services       34       39       23 -12.8 47.8
   Leisure and Hospitality       54       44       52 22.7 3.8
Government       53       43       35 23.3 51.4
Unclassified       19       22       18 -13.6 5.6
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     650     534     644 21.7 0.9
Goods-Producing     282     289     311 -2.4 -9.3
   Construction     202     210     228 -3.8 -11.4
Service-Providing     336     209     296 60.8 13.5
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities     116       85     103 36.5 12.6
   Financial Activities       16        5        7 220.0 128.6
   Professional and Business Services       78       40       51 95.0 52.9
   Educational and Health Services       43       24       35 79.2 22.9
   Leisure and Hospitality       51       40       56 27.5 -8.9
Government       16       24       25 -33.3 -36.0
Unclassified       16       12       12 33.3 33.3

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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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