"Total statewide initial claims for February 2002 show a 32.0 percent increase over the prior year. In particular, claims for oil & gas extraction are up by 278 claims."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Feb 02	Feb 02
			Feb 02	Jan 02	Feb 01	Jan 02	Feb 01

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,184	2,978	1,654	-26.7	32.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,227	1,535	776	-20.1	58.1
	Mining		382	417	103	-8.4	270.9
		Oil & Gas Extraction	360	385	82	-6.5	339.0
	Construction		670	965	538	-30.6	24.5
	Manufacturing		175	153	135	14.4	29.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			809	1,212	715	-33.3	13.1
	Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities		100	133	96	-24.8	4.2
		Transportation	86	104	82	-17.3	4.9
		Communications & Public Utilities	14	29	14	-51.7	0.0
	Trade		302	380	254	-20.5	18.9
		Wholesale Trade	51	42	52	21.4	-1.9
		Retail Trade	251	338	202	-25.7	24.3
	Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate		30	16	10	87.5	200.0
	Services		286	474	265	-39.7	7.9
		Personal & Business Services	82	160	79	-48.8	3.8
		Health Services	32	25	30	28.0	6.7
	Government		91	209	90	-56.5	1.1
		Local Government	36	78	33	-53.8	9.1
		Local Education	4	10	10	-60.0	-60.0
UNCLASSIFIED			148	231	163	-35.9	-9.2

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			197	339	195	-41.9	1.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			84	148	92	-43.2	-8.7
	Mining		5	3	1	66.7	400.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	5	1	0	400.0	0.0
	Construction		67	130	80	-48.5	-16.3
	Manufacturing		12	15	11	-20.0	9.1
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			94	171	89	-45.0	5.6
	Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities		13	25	14	-48.0	-7.1
		Transportation	10	15	10	-33.3	0.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	3	10	4	-70.0	-25.0
	Trade		35	64	35	-45.3	0.0
		Wholesale Trade	6	6	9	0.0	-33.3
		Retail Trade	29	58	26	-50.0	11.5
	Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate		5	2	1	150.0	400.0
	Services		33	63	28	-47.6	17.9
		Personal & Business Services	16	32	16	-50.0	0.0
		Health Services	3	3	3	0.0	0.0
	Government		8	17	11	-52.9	-27.3
		Local Government	2	7	2	-71.4	0.0
		Local Education	0	1	0	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			19	20	14	-5.0	35.7

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			322	379	214	-15.0	50.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			179	213	101	-16.0	77.2
	Mining		65	65	10	0.0	550.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	57	60	8	-5.0	612.5
	Construction		96	132	79	-27.3	21.5
	Manufacturing		18	16	12	12.5	50.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			134	156	100	-14.1	34.0
	Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities		11	15	6	-26.7	83.3
		Transportation	8	12	6	-33.3	33.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	3	3	0	0.0	0.0
	Trade		61	56	48	8.9	27.1
		Wholesale Trade	17	8	17	112.5	0.0
		Retail Trade	44	48	31	-8.3	41.9
	Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate		6	3	1	100.0	500.0
	Services		49	69	40	-29.0	22.5
		Personal & Business Services	13	28	15	-53.6	-13.3
		Health Services	8	3	8	166.7	0.0
	Government		7	13	5	-46.2	40.0
		Local Government	4	10	0	-60.0	0.0
		Local Education	0	3	0	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			9	10	13	-10.0	-30.8