Wyoming Economic Indicators
by: Julie Barnish, Statistical Technician

"When compared to February 2001, the number of Wyoming building permits increased 90.4 percent."

				Percent Change
	March 2001 (p)	February 2001 (r)	March 2000 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	265,409	262,925	265,134	0.9	0.1
--Unemployed	11,209	12,041	12,022	-6.9	-6.8
--Employed	254,200	250,884	253,112	1.3	0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/3.4%	4.6%/3.3%	4.5%/3.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.6%/4.3%	4.6%/4.2%	4.6%/4.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,609,000	7,592,000	7,707,000	0.2	-1.3
--As a percent of all workers	5.6%	5.6%	5.7%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	350,000	289,000	257,000	21.1	36.2
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,338,000	3,424,000	3,306,000	-2.5	1.0
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$885.43	$874.78	$840.45	1.2	5.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	44.7	43.3	0.4	3.7
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$780.68	$770.24	$758.59	1.4	2.9
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	44.6	43.9	1.1	2.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$593.44	$592.34	$615.34	0.2	-3.6
--Average Weekly Hours	37.3	36.7	39.3	1.6	-5.1
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$596.41	$591.86	$590.13	0.8	1.1
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	40.4	41.9	0.5	-3.1
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	15,564	16,154	15,707	-3.7	-0.9
--Benefits Paid	$3,256,216	$3,394,032	$2,988,754	-4.1	8.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$209.21	$210.10	$190.28	-0.4	9.9
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	209,175	207,084	208,041	1.0	0.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.9%	2.1%	1.9%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	176.2	175.8	171.2	0.2	2.9
----Food & Beverages	172.2	171.8	167.1	0.2	3.1
----Housing	175.4	174.7	167.8	0.4	4.5
----Apparel	132.2	128.4	132.5	3.0	-0.2
----Transportation	153.9	154.9	153.4	-0.6	0.3
----Medical Care	270.0	268.9	258.1	0.4	4.6
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	104.3	104.3	102.9	0.0	1.4
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	104.3	104.0	102.0	0.3	2.3
----Other Goods & Services	277.7	277.2	268.0	0.2	3.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	135.9	136.5	130.8	-0.4	3.9
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	158	83	175	90.4	-9.7
--Valuation	$25,209,000	$15,089,000	$45,640,000	67.1	-44.8

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized

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