Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Youths and Nonresidents in Wyoming's Labor Force, PART 1:

How it Works and Why it Matters

by: Michael Moore, Research Analyst

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Tables 1, 2, 3 Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Table 1: Total Employment Across All Industries in Wyoming by Resident and Nonresident Status, 2000-2012

Year	Employed Resident Females			Employed Resident Males			Subtotal, All Employed Residents			Employed Nonresidents			Total Employment
		Over-the-Year Change			Over-the-Year Change			Over-the-Year Change			Over-the-Year Change			Over-the-Year Change
	N	N	%	N	N	%	N	N	%	N	N	%	N	N	%
2000	134,156	—	—	149,438	—	—	283,594	—	—	27,882	—	—	311,476	—	—
2001	134,930	774	0.6%	153,294	3,856	2.6%	288,224	4,630	1.6%	36,356	8,474	30.4%	324,580	13,104	4.2%
2002	134,579	-351	-0.3%	153,750	456	0.3%	288,329	105	0.0%	34,170	-2,186	-6.0%	322,499	-2,081	-0.6%
2003	134,110	-469	-0.3%	153,881	131	0.1%	287,991	-338	-0.1%	36,003	1,833	5.4%	323,994	1,495	0.5%
2004	136,547	2,437	1.8%	157,695	3,814	2.5%	294,242	6,251	2.2%	34,346	-1,657	-4.6%	328,588	4,594	1.4%
2005	138,567	2,020	1.5%	161,744	4,049	2.6%	300,311	6,069	2.1%	33,085	-1,261	-3.7%	333,396	4,808	1.5%
2006	141,351	2,784	2.0%	169,170	7,426	4.6%	310,521	10,210	3.4%	41,526	8,441	25.5%	352,047	18,651	5.6%
2007	145,792	4,441	3.1%	177,945	8,775	5.2%	323,737	13,216	4.3%	48,588	7,062	17.0%	372,325	20,278	5.8%
2008	147,889	2,097	1.4%	183,652	5,707	3.2%	331,541	7,804	2.4%	51,930	3,342	6.9%	383,471	11,146	3.0%
2009	145,751	-2,138	-1.4%	180,196	-3,456	-1.9%	325,947	-5,594	-1.7%	42,239	-9,691	-18.7%	368,186	-15,285	-4.0%
2010	142,689	-3,062	-2.1%	173,398	-6,798	-3.8%	316,087	-9,860	-3.0%	37,248	-4,991	-11.8%	353,335	-14,851	-4.0%
2011	143,253	564	0.4%	175,419	2,021	1.2%	318,672	2,585	0.8%	41,052	3,804	10.2%	359,724	6,389	1.8%
2012	140,715	-2,538	-1.8%	171,711	-3,708	-2.1%	312,426	-6,246	-2.0%	50,170	9,118	22.2%	362,596	2,872	0.8%

Table 2: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Recipients for Wyoming, 1997 to 2012

Year	UI Benefit Recipients						Over-the-Year Change
	Residents		Nonresidents		Total		Residents		Nonresidents		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1997	12,696	68.4%	5,862	31.6%	18,558	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	11,835	67.9%	5,584	32.1%	17,419	100.0%	-861	-6.8%	-278	-4.7%	-1,139	-6.1%
1999	11,455	67.2%	5,579	32.8%	17,034	100.0%	-380	-3.2%	-5	-0.1%	-385	-2.2%
2000	10,487	67.5%	5,049	32.5%	15,536	100.0%	-968	-8.5%	-530	-9.5%	-1,498	-8.8%
2001	10,323	66.4%	5,230	33.6%	15,553	100.0%	-164	-1.6%	181	3.6%	17	0.1%
2002	11,808	68.6%	5,403	31.4%	17,211	100.0%	1,485	14.4%	173	3.3%	1,658	10.7%
2003	13,615	72.1%	5,281	27.9%	18,896	100.0%	1,807	15.3%	-122	-2.3%	1,685	9.8%
2004	12,311	71.3%	4,958	28.7%	17,269	100.0%	-1,304	-9.6%	-323	-6.1%	-1,627	-8.6%
2005	10,359	69.9%	4,465	30.1%	14,824	100.0%	-1,952	-15.9%	-493	-9.9%	-2,445	-14.2%
2006	8,562	70.2%	3,639	29.8%	12,201	100.0%	-1,797	-17.3%	-826	-18.5%	-2,623	-17.7%
2007	9,227	70.6%	3,837	29.4%	13,064	100.0%	665	7.8%	198	5.4%	863	7.1%
2008	11,788	69.7%	5,128	30.3%	16,916	100.0%	2,561	27.8%	1,291	33.6%	3,852	29.5%
2009	24,929	66.9%	12,322	33.1%	37,251	100.0%	13,141	111.5%	7,194	140.3%	20,335	120.2%
2010	22,870	66.5%	11,518	33.5%	34,388	100.0%	-2,059	-8.3%	-804	-6.5%	-2,863	-7.7%
2011	18,262	65.8%	9,494	34.2%	27,756	100.0%	-4,608	-20.1%	-2,024	-17.6%	-6,632	-19.3%
2012	15,671	61.2%	9,946	38.8%	25,617	100.0%	-2,591	-14.2%	452	4.8%	-2,139	-7.7%

 

 

Table 3: Total Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits Paid in Wyoming, 1997-2012

Year	Total UI Benefits Paid (in Millions)	UI Benefits Paid to Out-of-State Claimants
		Total (in Millions)	Row %
1997	$28.6	$3.5	12.1%
1998	$27.0	$3.2	11.8%
1999	$29.5	$3.4	11.7%
2000	$27.0	$3.2	11.8%
2001	$27.9	$3.6	13.1%
2002	$45.8	$6.3	13.8%
2003	$55.4	$8.4	15.2%
2004	$44.0	$6.8	15.4%
2005	$36.0	$5.6	15.6%
2006	$31.0	$5.0	16.1%
2007	$35.7	$5.7	16.1%
2008	$54.1	$11.3	21.0%
2009	$218.2	$55.6	25.5%
2010	$231.0	$69.2	27.2%
2011	$150.0	$41.7	27.8%
2012	$113.8	$31.2	27.4%
The benefits here include benefits paid from all UI programs.
The 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012's data include benefits paid by both regular UI programs and the Federal TEUC or EUC programs.