Continued Claims

"Statewide continued claims were 29.6 percent higher than in December 2001. This is the third consecutive month that claims are increasing at a decreasing rate."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Nov 02	Dec 01
			Dec 02	Nov 02	Dec 01	Dec 02	Dec 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			20,667	15,757	15,952	31.2	29.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			6,674	5,247	5,311	27.2	25.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			8,675	5,952	6,321	45.7	37.2
	Mining		1,697	1,256	1,408	35.1	20.5
		Oil & Gas Extraction	1,453	1,078	1,166	34.8	24.6
	Construction		6,051	4,075	4,215	48.5	43.6
	Manufacturing		927	621	698	49.3	32.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			10,205	8,540	8,107	19.5	25.9
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		762	608	648	25.3	17.6
		Transportation	619	454	509	36.3	21.6
		Communications & Public Utilities	143	154	139	-7.1	2.9
	Trade		2,461	2,084	2,030	18.1	21.2
		Wholesale Trade	392	365	325	7.4	20.6
		Retail Trade	2,069	1,719	1,705	20.4	21.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		232	231	170	0.4	36.5
	Services		4,760	4,143	3,826	14.9	24.4
		Personal & Business Services	1,478	1,157	1,075	27.7	37.5
		Health Services	343	299	270	14.7	27.0
	Government		1,990	1,474	1,433	35.0	38.9
		Local Government	693	550	422	26.0	64.2
		Local Education	189	201	78	-6.0	142.3
UNCLASSIFIED			1,787	1,265	1,524	41.3	17.3

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,265	1,825	1,888	24.1	20.0
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			736	611	631	20.5	16.6

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			913	678	736	34.7	24.0
	Mining		4	6	10	-33.3	-60.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	4	5	10	-20.0	-60.0
	Construction		816	585	653	39.5	25.0
	Manufacturing		93	87	73	6.9	27.4
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,210	1,015	1,009	19.2	19.9
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		148	158	143	-6.3	3.5
		Transportation	100	95	86	5.3	16.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	48	63	57	-23.8	-15.8
	Trade		278	214	294	29.9	-5.4
		Wholesale Trade	30	30	48	0.0	-37.5
		Retail Trade	248	184	246	34.8	0.8
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		42	29	60	44.8	-30.0
	Services		577	456	361	26.5	59.8
		Personal & Business Services	279	199	168	40.2	66.1
		Health Services	64	61	34	4.9	88.2
	Government		165	158	151	4.4	9.3
		Local Government	50	35	29	42.9	72.4
		Local Education	18	18	11	0.0	63.6
UNCLASSIFIED			142	132	143	7.6	-0.7

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,649	2,157	1,825	22.8	45.2
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			864	716	642	20.7	34.6

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,288	1,052	901	22.4	43.0
	Mining		219	230	269	-4.8	-18.6
		Oil & Gas Extraction	183	193	247	-5.2	-25.9
	Construction		947	731	549	29.5	72.5
	Manufacturing		122	91	83	34.1	47.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,243	992	844	25.3	47.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		90	60	69	50.0	30.4
		Transportation	76	51	54	49.0	40.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	14	9	15	55.6	-6.7
	Trade		357	287	292	24.4	22.3
		Wholesale Trade	104	99	97	5.1	7.2
		Retail Trade	253	188	195	34.6	29.7
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		43	49	10	-12.2	330.0
	Services		617	505	408	22.2	51.2
		Personal & Business Services	207	166	175	24.7	18.3
		Health Services	77	56	62	37.5	24.2
	Government		136	91	65	49.5	109.2
		Local Government	63	50	40	26.0	57.5
		Local Education	15	14	12	7.1	25.0
UNCLASSIFIED			118	113	80	4.4	47.5