Continued Claims

" Statewide continued weeks claimed were 38.9 percent higher than in November 2001, but this increase was smaller than in recent months."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Oct 02	Nov 01
			Nov 02	Oct 02	Nov 01	Nov 02	Nov 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			15,757	10,334	11,342	52.5	38.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			5,247	3,034	3,757	72.9	39.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			5,952	3,754	3,306	58.6	80.0
	Mining		1,256	1,066	905	17.8	38.8
		Oil & Gas Extraction	1,078	916	773	17.7	39.5
	Construction		4,075	2,185	1,848	86.5	120.5
	Manufacturing		621	503	553	23.5	12.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			8,540	5,737	6,909	48.9	23.6
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		608	452	478	34.5	27.2
		Transportation	454	332	343	36.7	32.4
		Communications & Public Utilities	154	120	135	28.3	14.1
	Trade		2,084	1,511	1,796	37.9	16.0
		Wholesale Trade	365	307	283	18.9	29.0
		Retail Trade	1,719	1,204	1,513	42.8	13.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		231	201	157	14.9	47.1
	Services		4,143	2,656	3,424	56.0	21.0
		Personal & Business Services	1,157	779	827	48.5	39.9
		Health Services	299	294	229	1.7	30.6
	Government		1,474	917	1,054	60.7	39.8
		Local Government	550	449	356	22.5	54.5
		Local Education	201	208	77	-3.4	161.0
UNCLASSIFIED			1,265	843	1,127	50.1	12.2

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,825	1,259	1,266	45.0	44.2
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			611	349	406	75.1	50.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			678	252	265	169.0	155.8
	Mining		6	3	4	100.0	50.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	5	3	4	66.7	25.0
	Construction		585	188	210	211.2	178.6
	Manufacturing		87	61	51	42.6	70.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,015	928	904	9.4	12.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		158	135	142	17.0	11.3
		Transportation	95	74	92	28.4	3.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	63	61	50	3.3	26.0
	Trade		214	206	213	3.9	0.5
		Wholesale Trade	30	28	40	7.1	-25.0
		Retail Trade	184	178	173	3.4	6.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		29	29	50	0.0	-42.0
	Services		456	393	354	16.0	28.8
		Personal & Business Services	199	142	155	40.1	28.4
		Health Services	61	73	30	-16.4	103.3
	Government		158	165	145	-4.2	9.0
		Local Government	35	48	32	-27.1	9.4
		Local Education	18	29	10	-37.9	80.0
UNCLASSIFIED			132	79	97	67.1	36.1

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,157	1,560	1,140	38.3	89.2
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			716	440	386	62.7	85.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,052	654	448	60.9	134.8
	Mining		230	225	159	2.2	44.7
		Oil & Gas Extraction	193	193	156	0.0	23.7
	Construction		731	359	242	103.6	202.1
	Manufacturing		91	70	47	30.0	93.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			992	855	625	16.0	58.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		60	41	43	46.3	39.5
		Transportation	51	27	34	88.9	50.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	9	14	9	-35.7	0.0
	Trade		287	290	233	-1.0	23.2
		Wholesale Trade	99	100	78	-1.0	26.9
		Retail Trade	188	190	155	-1.1	21.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		49	50	23	-2.0	113.0
	Services		505	419	265	20.5	90.6
		Personal & Business Services	166	111	99	49.5	67.7
		Health Services	56	61	42	-8.2	33.3
	Government		91	55	61	65.5	49.2
		Local Government	50	28	36	78.6	38.9
		Local Education	14	14	14	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			113	51	67	121.6	68.7