Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

"Statewide continued weeks claimed climbed by 40.1 percent compared to August 2001, but the over-the-year increase was less than in July 2002."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Jul 02	Aug 01
			Aug 02	Jul 02	Aug 01	Aug 02	Aug 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			10,174	11,122	7,261	-8.5	40.1
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			3,277	3,025	1,952	8.3	67.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			3,630	4,251	1,759	-14.6	106.4
	Mining		1,028	1,219	408	-15.7	152.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	949	1,132	287	-16.2	230.7
	Construction		2,058	2,359	941	-12.8	118.7
	Manufacturing		544	673	410	-19.2	32.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			5,569	5,782	4,514	-3.7	23.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		483	491	320	-1.6	50.9
		Transportation	290	275	213	5.5	36.2
		Communications & Public Utilities	193	216	107	-10.6	80.4
	Trade		1,437	1,513	1,314	-5.0	9.4
		Wholesale Trade	300	308	201	-2.6	49.3
		Retail Trade	1,137	1,205	1,113	-5.6	2.2
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		185	212	139	-12.7	33.1
	Services		2,508	2,551	2,191	-1.7	14.5
		Personal & Business Services	658	696	598	-5.5	10.0
		Health Services	297	277	226	7.2	31.4
	Government		956	1,015	550	-5.8	73.8
		Local Government	633	680	340	-6.9	86.2
		Local Education	305	339	163	-10.0	87.1
UNCLASSIFIED			975	1,089	988	-10.5	-1.3

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,202	1,324	993	-9.2	21.0
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			383	354	273	8.2	40.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			241	280	175	-13.9	37.7
	Mining		4	3	2	33.3	100.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	4	3	0	33.3	0.0
	Construction		186	211	107	-11.8	73.8
	Manufacturing		51	66	66	-22.7	-22.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			859	947	732	-9.3	17.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		119	137	109	-13.1	9.2
		Transportation	28	38	75	-26.3	-62.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	91	99	34	-8.1	167.6
	Trade		197	218	176	-9.6	11.9
		Wholesale Trade	38	44	24	-13.6	58.3
		Retail Trade	159	174	152	-8.6	4.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		28	42	44	-33.3	-36.4
	Services		388	421	318	-7.8	22.0
		Personal & Business Services	127	137	103	-7.3	23.3
		Health Services	56	72	34	-22.2	64.7
	Government		127	129	85	-1.6	49.4
		Local Government	37	48	49	-22.9	-24.5
		Local Education	26	25	28	4.0	-7.1
UNCLASSIFIED			102	97	86	5.2	18.6

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,533	1,634	985	-6.2	55.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			494	466	259	6.0	90.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			527	585	228	-9.9	131.1
	Mining		218	206	49	5.8	344.9
		Oil & Gas Extraction	207	197	44	5.1	370.5
	Construction		251	285	129	-11.9	94.6
	Manufacturing		58	94	50	-38.3	16.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			964	983	690	-1.9	39.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		61	67	41	-9.0	48.8
		Transportation	40	50	31	-20.0	29.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	21	17	10	23.5	110.0
	Trade		281	287	203	-2.1	38.4
		Wholesale Trade	80	86	60	-7.0	33.3
		Retail Trade	201	201	143	0.0	40.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		38	39	24	-2.6	58.3
	Services		515	498	370	3.4	39.2
		Personal & Business Services	110	131	78	-16.0	41.0
		Health Services	68	40	61	70.0	11.5
	Government		69	92	52	-25.0	32.7
		Local Government	48	69	35	-30.4	37.1
		Local Education	27	42	26	-35.7	3.8
UNCLASSIFIED			42	66	67	-36.4	-37.3