"The number of new privately owned housing units authorized increased 41.0 percent from February 2001 to February 2002."

			February	January	February	Percent Change
			2002	2002	2001	Month	Year
			______(p)_	_____(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)			267,269	265,597	265,797	0.6	0.6
		Unemployed	12,904	13,307	12,950	-3.0	-0.4
		Employed	254,365	252,290	252,847	0.8	0.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			4.8%/3.6%	5.0%/3.9%	4.9%/3.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			6.1%/5.5%	6.3%/5.6%	4.6%/4.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders			7,398,000	6,953,000	7,592,000	6.4	-2.6
	As a percent of all workers		5.5%	5.3%	5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers			371,000	319,000	289,000	16.3	10.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons			4,414,000	4,470,000	3,424,000	-1.3	28.9

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
	Average Weekly Earnings		$941.34	$872.33	$827.79	7.9	13.7
	Average Weekly Hours		43.5	41.5	41.0	4.8	6.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$767.55	$751.95	$758.44	2.1	1.2
	Average Weekly Hours		43.6	43.0	43.2	1.4	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$630.74	$616.60	$622.54	2.3	1.3
	Average Weekly Hours		37.3	36.9	37.3	1.1	0.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$610.55	$612.46	$591.71	-0.3	3.2
	Average Weekly Hours		40.7	40.6	40.9	0.2	-0.5

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
	Weeks Compensated (2)		18,114	20,212	16,154	-10.4	12.1
	Benefits Paid		$4,006,238	$4,417,935	$3,394,032	-9.3	18.0
	Average Weekly Benefit Payment		$221.16	$218.58	$210.10	1.2	5.3
	State Insured Covered Jobs (1)		212,341	212,335	209,726	0.0	1.2
	Insured Unemployment Rate		2.4%	2.2%	2.1%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Items		177.8	177.1	175.8	0.4	1.1
		Food & Beverages	176.4	171.2	171.8	3.0	2.7
		Housing	178.5	177.6	174.7	0.5	2.2
		Apparel	123.5	128.4	120.4	-3.8	2.6
		Transportation	148.4	148.6	154.9	-0.1	-4.2
		Medical Care	281.0	279.6	268.9	0.5	4.5
		Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	105.9	105.7	104.3	0.2	1.5
		Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	107.3	107.2	104.0	0.1	3.2
		Other Goods & Services	290.2	287.2	277.2	1.0	4.7

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Commodities		128.6	128.5	137.4	0.1	-6.4

Wyoming Building Permits
	New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized		117	75	83	56.0	41.0
	Valuation		$19,531,000	$10,460,000	$15,089,000	86.7	29.4

(p) Preliminary (r) Revised (1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates