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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics:
Normalized Initial Claims--Statewide, by Industry

Statewide, total initial claims filed decreased for the ninth time in a row, falling 23.3 percent from September 1996 to 1997. Laramie and Natrona Counties also showed declines in total initial claims filed (down 5.1% and 32.4%, respectively).

CLAIMS FILED % CHANGE IN CLAIMS FILED
SEP 97 AUG 97 SEP 96 AUG-SEP 97 SEP 96-97
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 795 939 1,036 -15.3 -23.3
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 263 302 370 -12.9 -28.9
--Manufacturing 40 42 57 -4.8 -29.8
--Mining 47 37 73 27.0 -35.6
----Oil & Gas Extraction 31 35 62 -11.4 -50.0
--Construction 176 223 240 -21.1 -26.7
CLAIMS FILED % CHANGE IN CLAIMS FILED
SEP 97 AUG 97 SEP 96 AUG-SEP 97 SEP 96-97
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 476 575 557 -17.2 -14.5
--Transportation & Public Utilities 47 78 45 -39.7 4.4
----Transportation 30 64 39 -53.1 -23.1
----Communications & Public Utilities 16 14 6 14.3 166.7
--Trade 160 180 166 -11.1 -3.6
----Wholesale Trade 23 36 21 -36.1 9.5
----Retail Trade 137 144 145 -4.9 -5.5
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 19 18 11 5.6 72.7
--Services 171 197 232 -13.2 -26.3
----Personal & Business Services 55 49 67 12.2 -17.9
----Health Services 26 36 39 -27.8 -33.3
--Government 79 102 103 -22.5 -23.3
----Local Government 39 45 49 -13.3 -20.4
------Local Education 14 23 16 -39.1 -12.5
UNCLASSIFIED 56 62 109 -9.7 -48.6


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