"December statewide continued claims remained relatively flat (0.9% increase) in comparison to the previous year."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Nov 01	Dec 00
			Dec 01	Nov 01	Dec 00	Dec 01	Dec 01

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			15,952	11,342	15,812	40.6	0.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			5,311	3,757	5,234	41.4	1.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			6,321	3,306	6,859	91.2	-7.8
	Mining		1,408	905	708	55.6	98.9
		Oil & Gas Extraction	1,166	773	356	50.8	227.5
	Construction		4,215	1,848	5,444	128.1	-22.6
	Manufacturing		698	553	707	26.2	-1.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			8,107	6,909	7,600	17.3	6.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		648	478	507	35.6	27.8
		Transportation	509	343	370	48.4	37.6
		Communications & Public Utilities	139	135	137	3.0	1.5
	Trade		2,030	1,796	1,916	13.0	5.9
		Wholesale Trade	325	283	228	14.8	42.5
		Retail Trade	1,705	1,513	1,688	12.7	1.0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		170	157	252	8.3	-32.5
	Services		3,826	3,424	3,243	11.7	18.0
		Personal & Business Services	1,075	827	831	30.0	29.4
		Health Services	270	229	234	17.9	15.4
	Government		1,433	1,054	1,682	36.0	-14.8
		Local Government	422	356	472	18.5	-10.6
		Local Education	78	77	140	1.3	-44.3
UNCLASSIFIED			1,524	1,127	1,353	35.2	12.6

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,888	1,266	1,774	49.1	6.4
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			631	406	595	55.4	6.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			736	265	808	177.7	-8.9
	Mining		10	4	24	150.0	-58.3
		Oil & Gas Extraction	10	4	0	150.0	0.0
	Construction		653	210	729	211.0	-10.4
	Manufacturing		73	51	55	43.1	32.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,009	904	840	11.6	20.1
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		143	142	101	0.7	41.6
		Transportation	86	92	75	-6.5	14.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	57	50	26	14.0	119.2
	Trade		294	213	225	38.0	30.7
		Wholesale Trade	48	40	28	20.0	71.4
		Retail Trade	246	173	197	42.2	24.9
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		60	50	66	20.0	-9.1
	Services		361	354	345	2.0	4.6
		Personal & Business Services	168	155	145	8.4	15.9
		Health Services	34	30	58	13.3	-41.4
	Government		151	145	103	4.1	46.6
		Local Government	29	32	30	-9.4	-3.3
		Local Education	11	10	11	10.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			143	97	126	47.4	13.5

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,825	1,140	2,045	60.1	-10.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			642	386	701	66.3	-8.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			901	448	1,010	101.1	-10.8
	Mining		269	159	125	69.2	115.2
		Oil & Gas Extraction	247	156	88	58.3	180.7
	Construction		549	242	799	126.9	-31.3
	Manufacturing		83	47	86	76.6	-3.5
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			844	625	968	35.0	-12.8
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		69	43	91	60.5	-24.2
		Transportation	54	34	44	58.8	22.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	15	9	47	66.7	-68.1
	Trade		292	233	263	25.3	11.0
		Wholesale Trade	97	78	61	24.4	59.0
		Retail Trade	195	155	202	25.8	-3.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		10	23	36	-56.5	-72.2
	Services		408	265	404	54.0	1.0
		Personal & Business Services	175	99	165	76.8	6.1
		Health Services	62	42	48	47.6	29.2
	Government		65	61	174	6.6	-62.6
		Local Government	40	36	44	11.1	-9.1
		Local Education	12	14	16	-14.3	-25.0
UNCLASSIFIED			80	67	67	19.4	19.4