Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

"Statewide initial unemployment claims were down in August in comparison to both July 2001 (-10.4%) and August 2000 (-5.7%)."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			July 01	Aug 00
			Aug 01	July 01	Aug 00	Aug 01	Aug 01

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			796	888	844	-10.4	-5.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			252	250	318	0.8	-20.8
	Mining		60	65	87	-7.7	-31.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	50	51	45	-2.0	11.1
	Construction		133	132	183	0.8	-27.3
	Manufacturing		59	53	48	11.3	22.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			429	522	437	-17.8	-1.8
	Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities		34	46	35	-26.1	-2.9
		Transportation	22	31	25	-29.0	-12.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	12	15	10	-20.0	20.0
	Trade		133	152	142	-12.5	-6.3
		Wholesale Trade	23	23	31	0.0	-25.8
		Retail Trade	110	129	111	-14.7	-0.9
	Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate		17	17	12	0.0	41.7
	Services		170	239	179	-28.9	-5.0
		Personal & Business Services	48	77	48	-37.7	0.0
		Health Services	24	29	20	-17.2	20.0
	Government		75	68	69	10.3	8.7
		Local Government	39	41	30	-4.9	30.0
		Local Education	10	17	19	-41.2	-47.4
UNCLASSIFIED			115	116	89	-0.9	29.2

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			124	125	96	-0.8	29.2

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			29	20	21	45.0	38.1
	Mining		0	1	0	0.0	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	1	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		18	13	18	38.5	0.0
	Manufacturing		11	6	3	83.3	266.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			82	86	63	-4.7	30.2
	Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities		14	13	7	7.7	100.0
		Transportation	10	12	4	-16.7	150.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	4	1	3	300.0	33.3
	Trade		20	18	17	11.1	17.6
		Wholesale Trade	5	3	0	66.7	0.0
		Retail Trade	15	15	17	0.0	-11.8
	Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate		5	6	3	-16.7	66.7
	Services		31	40	23	-22.5	34.8
		Personal & Business Services	13	16	5	-18.8	160.0
		Health Services	3	3	6	0.0	-50.0
	Government		12	9	13	33.3	-7.7
		Local Government	2	4	3	-50.0	-33.3
		Local Education	0	3	3	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			13	19	12	-31.6	8.3

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			111	124	139	-10.5	-20.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			33	50	53	-34	-37.7
	Mining		7	13	15	-46.2	-53.3
		Oil & Gas Extraction	5	12	10	-58.3	-50
	Construction		16	23	35	-30.4	-54.3
	Manufacturing		10	14	3	-28.6	233.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			65	70	79	-7.1	-17.7
	Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities		6	5	6	20	0
		Transportation	3	2	3	50	0
		Communications & Public Utilities	3	3	3	0	0
	Trade		19	29	28	-34.5	-32.1
		Wholesale Trade	3	4	10	-25	-70
		Retail Trade	16	25	18	-36	-11.1
	Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate		3	0	3	0	0
	Services		30	31	36	-3.2	-16.7
		Personal & Business Services	10	10	11	0	-9.1
		Health Services	5	6	6	-16.7	-16.7
	Government		7	5	6	40	16.7
		Local Government	6	2	2	200	200
		Local Education	2	2	1	0	100
UNCLASSIFIED			13	4	7	225	85.7