Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics:
Normalized Continued Claims--Laramie County, by Industry

	WEEKS CLAIMED			% CHANGE IN WEEKS CLAIMED
	JAN 97	DEC 96	JAN 96	DEC 96-JAN 97	JAN 96-97
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED	3,112	2,072	2,872	50.2	8.4
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS	798	678	797	17.7	0.1
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	1,770	1,042	1,236	69.9	43.2
--Manufacturing	168	115	74	46.1	127.0
--Mining	104	34	106	205.9	-1.9
----Oil & Gas Extraction	104	34	106	205.9	-1.9
--Construction	1,498	893	1,056	67.7	41.9
	WEEKS CLAIMED			% CHANGE IN WEEKS CLAIMED
	JAN 97	DEC 96	JAN 96	DEC 96-JAN 97	JAN 96-97
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	1,209	909	1,529	33.0	-20.9
--Transportation & Public Utilities	132	86	170	53.5	-22.4
----Transportation	108	70	149	54.3	-27.5
----Communications & Public Utilities	24	15	21	60.0	14.3
--Trade	470	329	426	42.9	10.3
----Wholesale Trade	29	30	42	-3.3	-31.0
----Retail Trade	442	299	384	47.8	15.1
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	69	49	73	40.8	-5.5
--Services	410	332	513	23.5	-20.1
----Personal & Business Services	139	121	240	14.9	-42.1
----Health Services	48	43	36	11.6	33.3
--Government	128	113	347	13.3	-63.1
----Local Government	73	67	69	9.0	5.8
------Local Education	23	24	22	-4.2	4.5
UNCLASSIFIED	133	121	107	9.9	24.3