Initial Claims

" Statewide initial claims declined 6.8 percent compared to November 2001, led by decreases in oil & gas and Construction."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Oct 02	Nov 01
			Nov 02	Oct 02	Nov 01	Nov 02	Nov 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,424	1,767	2,601	37.2	-6.8

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			977	628	1,179	55.6	-17.1
	Mining		226	126	309	79.4	-26.9
		Oil & Gas Extraction	197	104	270	89.4	-27.0
	Construction		656	403	782	62.8	-16.1
	Manufacturing		95	99	88	-4.0	8.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,276	1,020	1,196	25.1	6.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		81	56	94	44.6	-13.8
		Transportation	64	46	75	39.1	-14.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	17	10	19	70.0	-10.5
	Trade		370	249	315	48.6	17.5
		Wholesale Trade	52	36	52	44.4	0.0
		Retail Trade	318	213	263	49.3	20.9
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		18	26	26	-30.8	-30.8
	Services		563	531	524	6.0	7.4
		Personal & Business Services	184	133	144	38.3	27.8
		Health Services	34	36	40	-5.6	-15.0
	Government		244	158	237	54.4	3.0
		Local Government	87	61	53	42.6	64.2
		Local Education	19	14	11	35.7	72.7
UNCLASSIFIED			171	119	226	43.7	-24.3

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			281	225	296	24.9	-5.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			115	84	150	36.9	-23.3
	Mining		1	1	3	0.0	-66.7
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	0	3	0.0	0.0
	Construction		108	73	139	47.9	-22.3
	Manufacturing		6	10	8	-40.0	-25.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			148	127	121	16.5	22.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		14	13	14	7.7	0.0
		Transportation	11	9	6	22.2	83.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	3	4	8	-25.0	-62.5
	Trade		32	32	41	0.0	-22.0
		Wholesale Trade	1	3	2	-66.7	-50.0
		Retail Trade	31	29	39	6.9	-20.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		5	3	10	66.7	-50.0
	Services		70	59	40	18.6	75.0
		Personal & Business Services	38	29	13	31.0	192.3
		Health Services	5	3	5	66.7	0.0
	Government		27	20	16	35.0	68.8
		Local Government	9	5	3	80.0	200.0
		Local Education	3	1	2	200.0	50.0
UNCLASSIFIED			18	14	25	28.6	-28.0

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			276	237	336	16.5	-17.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			120	104	176	15.4	-31.8
	Mining		26	19	55	36.8	-52.7
		Oil & Gas Extraction	24	15	47	60	-48.9
	Construction		88	74	108	18.9	-18.5
	Manufacturing		6	11	13	-45.5	-53.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			139	118	148	17.8	-6.1
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		9	3	13	200	-30.8
		Transportation	6	3	11	100	-45.5
		Communications & Public Utilities	3	0	2	0	50
	Trade		44	37	47	18.9	-6.4
		Wholesale Trade	14	10	21	40	-33.3
		Retail Trade	30	27	26	11.1	15.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		0	4	2	0	0
	Services		70	59	69	18.6	1.4
		Personal & Business Services	36	25	26	44	38.5
		Health Services	11	7	9	57.1	22.2
	Government		16	15	17	6.7	-5.9
		Local Government	6	11	8	-45.5	-25
		Local Education	1	2	3	-50	-66.7
UNCLASSIFIED			17	15	12	13.3	41.7