Initial Claims

"Statewide initial claims fell by 12.7 percent compared to December 2001. Mining and Construction accounted for the majority of the change."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Nov 02	Dec 01
			Dec 02	Nov 02	Dec 01	Dec 02	Dec 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,415	2,424	2,765	-0.4	-12.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,271	977	1,494	30.1	-14.9
	Mining		233	226	309	3.1	-24.6
		Oil & Gas Extraction	195	197	257	-1.0	-24.1
	Construction		890	656	1,000	35.7	-11.0
	Manufacturing		148	95	185	55.8	-20.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			963	1,276	1,045	-24.5	-7.8
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		80	81	109	-1.2	-26.6
		Transportation	71	64	94	10.9	-24.5
		Communications & Public Utilities	9	17	15	-47.1	-40.0
	Trade		307	370	309	-17.0	-0.6
		Wholesale Trade	35	52	41	-32.7	-14.6
		Retail Trade	272	318	268	-14.5	1.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		12	18	15	-33.3	-20.0
	Services		380	563	418	-32.5	-9.1
		Personal & Business Services	107	184	152	-41.8	-29.6
		Health Services	31	34	28	-8.8	10.7
	Government		184	244	194	-24.6	-5.2
		Local Government	51	87	74	-41.4	-31.1
		Local Education	14	19	22	-26.3	-36.4
UNCLASSIFIED			181	171	226	5.8	-19.9

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			278	281	357	-1.1	-22.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			136	115	184	18.3	-26.1
	Mining		13	1	8	1200.0	62.5
		Oil & Gas Extraction	2	0	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		109	108	153	0.9	-28.8
	Manufacturing		14	6	23	133.3	-39.1
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			131	148	151	-11.5	-13.2
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		13	14	31	-7.1	-58.1
		Transportation	13	11	22	18.2	-40.9
		Communications & Public Utilities	0	3	9	0.0	0.0
	Trade		45	32	42	40.6	7.1
		Wholesale Trade	4	1	8	300.0	-50.0
		Retail Trade	41	31	34	32.3	20.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		4	5	4	-20.0	0.0
	Services		47	70	63	-32.9	-25.4
		Personal & Business Services	24	38	32	-36.8	-25.0
		Health Services	4	5	8	-20.0	-50.0
	Government		22	27	11	-18.5	100.0
		Local Government	5	9	5	-44.4	0.0
		Local Education	1	3	2	-66.7	-50.0
UNCLASSIFIED			11	18	22	-38.9	-50.0

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			336	276	407	21.7	-17.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			204	120	258	70	-20.9
	Mining		25	26	55	-3.8	-54.5
		Oil & Gas Extraction	23	24	54	-4.2	-57.4
	Construction		137	88	179	55.7	-23.5
	Manufacturing		42	6	24	600	75
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			126	139	136	-9.4	-7.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		3	9	10	-66.7	-70
		Transportation	2	6	10	-66.7	-80
		Communications & Public Utilities	1	3	0	-66.7	0
	Trade		54	44	53	22.7	1.9
		Wholesale Trade	10	14	6	-28.6	66.7
		Retail Trade	44	30	47	46.7	-6.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		3	0	1	0	200
	Services		59	70	65	-15.7	-9.2
		Personal & Business Services	14	36	22	-61.1	-36.4
		Health Services	10	11	10	-9.1	0
	Government		7	16	7	-56.3	0
		Local Government	2	6	2	-66.7	0
		Local Education	1	1	1	0	0
UNCLASSIFIED			6	17	13	-64.7	-53.8