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

	CLAIMS FILED			% CHANGE IN CLAIMS FILED
	JAN 97	DEC 96	JAN 96	DEC 96-JAN 97	JAN 96-97
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	380	368	661	3.3	-42.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	217	224	199	-3.1	9.0
--Manufacturing	20	22	16	-9.1	25.0
--Mining	11	23	10	-52.2	10.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction	11	23	10	-52.2	10.0
--Construction	186	179	173	3.9	7.5
	CLAIMS FILED			% CHANGE IN CLAIMS FILED
	JAN 97	DEC 96	JAN 96	DEC 96-JAN 97	JAN 96-97
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	136	126	440	7.9	-69.1
--Transportation & Public Utilities	18	11	25	63.6	-28.0
----Transportation	16	10	24	60.0	-33.3
----Communications & Public Utilities	2	1	1	100.0	100.0
--Trade	51	58	72	-12.1	-29.2
----Wholesale Trade	3	1	8	200.0	-62.5
----Retail Trade	48	57	64	-15.8	-25.0
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	10	6	7	66.7	42.9
--Services	42	23	61	82.6	-31.1
----Personal & Business Services	13	4	24	225.0	-45.8
----Health Services	5	3	5	66.7	0.0
--Government	15	28	275	-46.4	-94.5
----Local Government	4	8	5	-50.0	-20.0
------Local Education	1	2	0	-50.0	N/A
UNCLASSIFIED	27	18	22	50.0	22.7