"Total statewide initial claims for November were up 2.9 percent over the previous year."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Nov 01	Nov 01
			Nov 01	Oct 01	Nov 00	Oct 01	Nov 00

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,601	1,753	2,528	48.4	2.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,179	522	1,177	125.9	0.2
	Mining		309	147	118	110.2	161.9
		Oil & Gas Extraction	270	138	61	95.7	342.6
	Construction		782	272	965	187.5	-19.0
	Manufacturing		88	103	94	-14.6	-6.4
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,196	1,079	1,144	10.8	4.5
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		94	59	76	59.3	23.7
		Transportation	75	49	61	53.1	23.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	19	10	15	90.0	26.7
	Trade		315	301	306	4.7	2.9
		Wholesale Trade	52	39	27	33.3	92.6
		Retail Trade	263	262	279	0.4	-5.7
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		26	13	29	100.0	-10.3
	Services		524	544	520	-3.7	0.8
		Personal & Business Services	144	103	121	39.8	19.0
		Health Services	40	38	34	5.3	17.6
	Government		237	162	213	46.3	11.3
		Local Government	53	59	61	-10.2	-13.1
		Local Education	11	9	11	22.2	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			226	152	207	48.7	9.2

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			296	154	269	92.2	10.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			150	28	144	435.7	4.2
	Mining		3	1	2	200.0	50.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	3	0	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		139	23	135	504.3	3.0
	Manufacturing		8	4	7	100.0	14.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			121	116	110	4.3	10.0
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		14	13	15	7.7	-6.7
		Transportation	6	10	11	-40.0	-45.5
		Communications & Public Utilities	8	3	4	166.7	100.0
	Trade		41	38	29	7.9	41.4
		Wholesale Trade	2	6	4	-66.7	-50.0
		Retail Trade	39	32	25	21.9	56.0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		10	3	3	233.3	233.3
	Services		40	44	55	-9.1	-27.3
		Personal & Business Services	13	14	17	-7.1	-23.5
		Health Services	5	7	9	-28.6	-44.4
	Government		16	18	8	-11.1	100.0
		Local Government	3	5	3	-40.0	0.0
		Local Education	2	2	2	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			25	10	15	150.0	66.7

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			336	176	320	90.9	5.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			176	68	181	158.8	-2.8
	Mining		55	24	17	129.2	223.5
		Oil & Gas Extraction	47	24	14	95.8	235.7
	Construction		108	37	154	191.9	-29.9
	Manufacturing		13	7	10	85.7	30.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			148	98	122	51.0	21.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		13	6	11	116.7	18.2
		Transportation	11	6	9	83.3	22.2
		Communications & Public Utilities	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
	Trade		47	34	27	38.2	74.1
		Wholesale Trade	21	11	4	90.9	425.0
		Retail Trade	26	23	23	13.0	13.0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		2	3	7	-33.3	-71.4
	Services		69	45	60	53.3	15.0
		Personal & Business Services	26	16	23	62.5	13.0
		Health Services	9	8	4	12.5	125.0
	Government		17	10	17	70.0	0.0
		Local Government	8	7	11	14.3	-27.3
		Local Education	3	2	2	50.0	50.0
UNCLASSIFIED			12	10	17	20.0	-29.4