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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued claims slightly increased compared to November 2011 (16.7%) and declined 18.6% over the year. Benefit exhaustions (602) were 18.3% less than at this time last year.

Continued Claims Continued Weeks Claimed Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Dec 11 Dec 11
Dec 11 Nov 11 Dec 10 Nov 11 Dec 10
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 29,010 24,859 35,654 16.7 -18.6
EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED 10,633 10,842 18,852 -1.9 -43.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb 8,652 6,349 8,903 36.3 -2.8
Benefit Exhaustions 602 541 737 11.3 -18.3
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 7.0% 8.5% 8.3% -1.6% -1.3%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 8,463 5,419 11,390 56.2 -25.7
Natural Res. & Mining 1,251 1,009 1,582 24.0 -20.9
Mining 1,016 844 1,328 20.4 -23.5
Oil & Gas Extraction 111 111 103 0.0 7.8
Construction 6,426 3,754 8,953 71.2 -28.2
Manufacturing 786 656 855 19.8 -8.1
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 13,563 13,774 16,830 -1.5 -19.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 3,229 3,059 4,391 5.6 -26.5
Wholesale Trade 507 421 558 20.4 -9.1
Retail Trade 1,876 1,814 2,827 3.4 -33.6
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 846 824 1,006 2.7 -15.9
Information 172 167 168 3.0 2.4
Financial Activities 670 666 792 0.6 -15.4
Prof. & Business Services 2,278 1,723 2,793 32.2 -18.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 1,351 1,377 1,709 -1.9 -20.9
Leisure and Hospitality 5,280 6,287 6,305 -16.0 -16.3
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 583 495 672 17.8 -13.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 3,065 2,648 3,909 15.7 -21.6
Federal Government 1,574 1,144 2,229 37.6 -29.4
State Government 312 331 258 -5.7 20.9
Local Government 1,179 1,173 1,422 0.5 -17.1
Local Education 268 284 336 -5.6 -20.2
UNCLASSIFIED 3,919 3,018 3,525 29.9 11.2
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 3,603 2,823 4,496 27.6 -19.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 1,094 744 1,136 47.0 -3.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,263 714 1,655 76.9 -23.7
Construction 1,123 615 1,499 82.6 -25.1
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,782 1,596 2,113 11.7 -15.7
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 573 448 611 27.9 -6.2
Financial Activities 164 166 149 -1.2 10.1
Prof. & Business Svcs. 460 343 497 34.1 -7.4
Educational and Health Svcs. 239 273 426 -12.5 -43.9
Leisure & Hospitality 231 244 293 -5.3 -21.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 371 377 569 -1.6 -34.8
UNCLASSIFIED 187 136 159 37.5 17.6
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,827 2,248 3,887 25.8 -27.3
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 839 578 953 45.2 -12.0
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 999 733 1,154 36.3 -13.4
Construction 780 481 830 62.2 -6.0
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,565 1,300 2,386 20.4 -34.4
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 462 391 1,004 18.2 -54.0
Financial Activities 90 92 107 -2.2 -15.9
Professional & Business Svcs. 307 221 401 38.9 -23.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 303 292 326 3.8 -7.1
Leisure & Hospitality 263 188 392 39.9 -32.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 187 157 285 19.1 -34.4
UNCLASSIFIED 76 58 62 31.0 22.6
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.

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