Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims

" October initial claims increased 0.8 percent compared to October 2001. This was the smallest over-the-year increase since August 2001."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			2-Sep	Oct 01
			Oct 02	Sep 02	Oct 01	2-Oct	Oct 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,767	1,098	1,753	60.9	0.8

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			628	366	522	71.6	20.3
	Mining		126	114	147	10.5	-14.3
		Oil & Gas Extraction	104	97	138	7.2	-24.6
	Construction		403	191	272	111.0	48.2
	Manufacturing		99	61	103	62.3	-3.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,020	661	1,079	54.3	-5.5
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		56	59	59	-5.1	-5.1
		Transportation	46	49	49	-6.1	-6.1
		Communications & Public Utilities	10	10	10	0.0	0.0
	Trade		249	210	301	18.6	-17.3
		Wholesale Trade	36	29	39	24.1	-7.7
		Retail Trade	213	181	262	17.7	-18.7
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		26	26	13	0.0	100.0
	Services		531	257	544	106.6	-2.4
		Personal & Business Services	133	94	103	41.5	29.1
		Health Services	36	31	38	16.1	-5.3
	Government		158	109	162	45.0	-2.5
		Local Government	61	49	59	24.5	3.4
		Local Education	14	23	9	-39.1	55.6
UNCLASSIFIED			119	71	152	67.6	-21.7

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			225	156	154	44.2	46.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			84	22	28	281.8	200.0
	Mining		1	0	1	0.0	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		73	13	23	461.5	217.4
	Manufacturing		10	9	4	11.1	150.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			127	128	116	-0.8	9.5
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		13	17	13	-23.5	0.0
		Transportation	9	16	10	-43.8	-10.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	4	1	3	300.0	33.3
	Trade		32	39	38	-17.9	-15.8
		Wholesale Trade	3	3	6	0.0	-50.0
		Retail Trade	29	36	32	-19.4	-9.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		3	6	3	-50.0	0.0
	Services		59	43	44	37.2	34.1
		Personal & Business Services	29	15	14	93.3	107.1
		Health Services	3	9	7	-66.7	-57.1
	Government		20	23	18	-13.0	11.1
		Local Government	5	8	5	-37.5	0.0
		Local Education	1	5	2	-80.0	-50.0
UNCLASSIFIED			14	6	10	133.3	40.0

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			237	169	176	40.2	34.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			104	66	68	57.6	52.9
	Mining		19	21	24	-9.5	-20.8
		Oil & Gas Extraction	15	18	24	-16.7	-37.5
	Construction		74	36	37	105.6	100
	Manufacturing		11	9	7	22.2	57.1
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			118	95	98	24.2	20.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		3	3	6	0	-50
		Transportation	3	1	6	200	-50
		Communications & Public Utilities	0	2	0	0	0
	Trade		37	32	34	15.6	8.8
		Wholesale Trade	10	11	11	-9.1	-9.1
		Retail Trade	27	21	23	28.6	17.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		4	5	3	-20	33.3
	Services		59	52	45	13.5	31.1
		Personal & Business Services	25	14	16	78.6	56.3
		Health Services	7	8	8	-12.5	-12.5
	Government		15	3	10	400	50
		Local Government	11	3	7	266.7	57.1
		Local Education	2	2	2	0	0
UNCLASSIFIED			15	8	10	87.5	50