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June 2011

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Initial claims declined by 3.3% compared to April 2010. Education and health services (24.3%) and leisure & hospitality (+2.6%) both had increased claims compared to one year ago.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Apr_11 Apr_11
Apr_11 Mar_11 Apr_10 Mar_11 Apr_10
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  4,229  3,252  4,375 30.0 -3.3
Goods-Producing  1,270  1,214  1,359 4.6 -6.5
   Natural Resources and Mining     267     276     278 -3.3 -4.0
      Mining     242     248     259 -2.4 -6.6
         Oil & Gas Extraction       13       19       12 -31.6 8.3
   Construction     893     788     947 13.3 -5.7
   Manufacturing     110     150     134 -26.7 -17.9
Service-Providing  2,250  1,448  2,383 55.4 -5.6
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     500     398     622 25.6 -19.6
      Wholesale Trade       54       46       82 17.4 -34.1
      Retail Trade     278     236     350 17.8 -20.6
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.     168     116     190 44.8 -11.6
   Information       21       15       27 40.0 -22.2
   Financial Activities       55       37       61 48.6 -9.8
   Prof. and Business Services     204     182     255 12.1 -20.0
   Educational and Health Services     169     163     136 3.7 24.3
   Leisure and Hospitality  1,222     579  1,191 111.1 2.6
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       79       74       91 6.8 -13.2
Government     222     222     249 0.0 -10.8
   Federal Government       87       89     106 -2.2 -17.9
   State Government       27       23       25 17.4 8.0
   Local Government     108     110     118 -1.8 -8.5
      Local Education       24       27       21 -11.1 14.3
Unclassified     487     368     384 32.3 26.8
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     355     365     441 -2.7 -19.5
Goods-Producing     134     135     163 -0.7 -17.8
   Construction     122     113     143 8.0 -14.7
Service-Providing     171     172     224 -0.6 -23.7
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities       61       54       90 13.0 -32.2
   Financial Activities        9        9       14 0.0 -35.7
   Prof. and Business Services       27       35       38 -22.9 -28.9
   Educational and Health Services       37       27       31 37.0 19.4
   Leisure and Hospitality       27       34       29 -20.6 -6.9
Government       31       43       41 -27.9 -24.4
Unclassified       19       15       13 26.7 46.2
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     343     308     437 11.4 -21.5
Goods-Producing     119     124     153 -4.0 -22.2
   Construction       82       87     100 -5.7 -18.0
Service-Providing     195     167     251 16.8 -22.3
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       57       49     102 16.3 -44.1
   Financial Activities        6        6       10 0.0 -40.0
   Professional and Business Services       39       28       41 39.3 -4.9
   Educational and Health Services       34       27       25 25.9 36.0
   Leisure and Hospitality       37       36       46 2.8 -19.6
Government       13        8       21 62.5 -38.1
Unclassified       16        9       12 77.8 33.3

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aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.

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