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August 2010


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued weeks claimed declined by 16.8% compared to May and 23.8% compared to June 2009. Several industries posted large over-the-year percentage declines, including mining (-77.1%).

Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Continued Weeks Claimed Jun_10 Jun_10
Jun_10 May_10 Jun_09 May_10 Jun_09
Wyoming Statewide
Total Continued Weeks Claimed         36,010         43,281      47,257 -16.8 -23.8
Extend. Benefit Weeks Claimed         16,663         20,628        6,981 -19.2 138.7
Total Unique Claimantsb           8,870         12,678     13,487 -30.0 -34.2
Benefit Exhaustions         1,391 1,557 1,007 -10.7 38.1
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 15.7% 12.3% 7.5% 3.4% 8.2%
Goods-Producing         13,245         16,547      23,316 -20.0 -43.2
   Natural Resources & Mining         2,830         3,355      11,602 -15.6 -75.6
      Mining           2,593           3,068      11,339 -15.5 -77.1
         Oil & Gas Extraction             158 181 596 -12.7 -73.5
   Construction           8,745         11,150      9,431 -21.6 -7.3
   Manufacturing           1,670           2,042 2,283 -18.2 -26.9
Service-Providing         16,389         20,245      17,532 -19.0 -6.5
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities           5,412           6,359 6,529 -14.9 -17.1
      Wholesale Trade           1,004           1,009 1,527 -0.5 -34.3
      Retail Trade           3,211           3,734 2,938 -14.0 9.3
      Transp., Warehs. & Utilities           1,197           1,616  2,064 -25.9 -42.0
   Information              300 329 323 -8.8 -7.1
   Financial Activities           1,020 1,045 1,113 -2.4 -8.4
   Professional & Business Svcs.           2,604 3,256 3,176 -20.0 -18.0
   Educational & Health Services           2,140 1,853 1,834 15.5 16.7
   Leisure & Hospitality           3,856 6,343 3,493 -39.2 10.4
   Other Svcs, exc. Pub. Admin.           1,057 1,060 1,064 -0.3 -0.7
Government           2,711 2,739 2,039 -1.0 33.0
   Federal Government              775 823 412 -5.8 88.1
   State Government              352 364 337 -3.3 4.5
   Local Government           1,584 1,552 1,290 2.1 22.8
      Local Education              398 289 304 37.7 30.9
Unclassified           3,665 3,750 4,370 -2.3 -16.1
 
Laramie County
Total Continued Weeks Claimed           4,484           5,066        4,520 -11.5 -0.8
Total Unique Claimants           1,115           1,506       1,341 -26.0 -16.9
Goods-Producing           1,269           1,718        1,337 -26.1 -5.1
   Construction           1,024           1,417 936 -27.7 9.4
Service-Providing           2,565           2,695        2,579 -4.8 -0.5
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities              930           1,040        982 -10.6 -5.3
   Financial Activities              203 236          111 -14.0 82.9
   Professional & Business Services            413 501          532 -17.6 -22.4
   Educational & Health Services              398 343          411 16.0 -3.2
   Leisure & Hospitality              373 348          376 7.2 -0.8
Government              523 531          362 -1.5 44.5
Unclassified              127 122          242 4.1 -47.5
 
Natrona County
Total Continued Weeks Claimed           4,344           4,607        6,042 -5.7 -28.1
Total Unique Claimants           1,058           1,374       1,701 -23.0 -37.8
Goods-Producing           1,471           1,737        2,941 -15.3 -50.0
   Construction              839           1,054          799 -20.4 5.0
Service-Providing           2,582           2,559        2,792 0.9 -7.5
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities              949 956 1,168 -0.7 -18.8
   Financial Activities              187 164 193 14.0 -3.1
   Prof. & Business Services              334 443 428 -24.6 -22.0
   Educational & Health Services              428 402 264 6.5 62.1
   Leisure & Hospitality              421 336 371 25.3 13.5
Government              204 200 127 2.0 60.6
Unclassified                87 111 182 -21.6 -52.2

 

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.
bDoes not include claimants receiving extended benefits.



Last modified by Michael Moore.