"Total statewide continued claims in January were up by 9.7 percent over the prior year."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Dec 01	Jan 01
			Jan 02	Dec 01	Jan 01	Jan 02	Jan 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			20,567	15,952	18,741	28.9	9.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			5,761	5,311	5,362	8.5	7.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			9,512	6,321	8,858	50.5	7.4
	Mining		1,884	1,408	1,020	33.8	84.7
		Oil & Gas Extraction	1,563	1,166	551	34.0	183.7
	Construction		6,523	4,215	6,784	54.8	-3.8
	Manufacturing		1,105	698	1,054	58.3	4.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			9,219	8,107	8,304	13.7	11.0
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		846	648	787	30.6	7.5
		Transportation	670	509	545	31.6	22.9
		Communications & Public Utilities	176	139	242	26.6	-27.3
	Trade		2,434	2,030	2,244	19.9	8.5
		Wholesale Trade	378	325	290	16.3	30.3
		Retail Trade	2,056	1,705	1,954	20.6	5.2
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		152	170	255	-10.6	-40.4
	Services		4,026	3,826	3,282	5.2	22.7
		Personal & Business Services	1,296	1,075	979	20.6	32.4
		Health Services	258	270	246	-4.4	4.9
	Government		1,761	1,433	1,736	22.9	1.4
		Local Government	559	422	476	32.5	17.4
		Local Education	117	78	117	50.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			1,836	1,524	1,579	20.5	16.3

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,525	1,888	2,328	33.7	8.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			698	631	688	10.6	1.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,106	736	1,113	50.3	-0.6
	Mining		20	10	50	100.0	-60.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	10	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		966	653	944	47.9	2.3
	Manufacturing		120	73	119	64.4	0.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,242	1,009	1,073	23.1	15.8
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		208	143	213	45.5	-2.3
		Transportation	129	86	101	50.0	27.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	79	57	112	38.6	-29.5
	Trade		373	294	289	26.9	29.1
		Wholesale Trade	47	48	36	-2.1	30.6
		Retail Trade	326	246	253	32.5	28.9
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		40	60	59	-33.3	-32.2
	Services		445	361	407	23.3	9.3
		Personal & Business Services	218	168	170	29.8	28.2
		Health Services	36	34	62	5.9	-41.9
	Government		176	151	105	16.6	67.6
		Local Government	46	29	24	58.6	91.7
		Local Education	14	11	10	27.3	40.0
UNCLASSIFIED			177	143	142	23.8	24.6

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			2,605	1,825	2,275	42.7	14.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			753	642	687	17.3	9.6

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			1,376	901	1,170	52.7	17.6
	Mining		322	269	171	19.7	88.3
		Oil & Gas Extraction	293	247	129	18.6	127.1
	Construction		934	549	912	70.1	2.4
	Manufacturing		120	83	87	44.6	37.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,135	844	1,017	34.5	11.6
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		105	69	111	52.2	-5.4
		Transportation	88	54	56	63.0	57.1
		Communications & Public Utilities	17	15	55	13.3	-69.1
	Trade		403	292	289	38.0	39.4
		Wholesale Trade	90	97	59	-7.2	52.5
		Retail Trade	313	195	230	60.5	36.1
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		17	10	36	70.0	-52.8
	Services		512	408	415	25.5	23.4
		Personal & Business Services	202	175	154	15.4	31.2
		Health Services	58	62	52	-6.5	11.5
	Government		98	65	166	50.8	-41.0
		Local Government	55	40	33	37.5	66.7
		Local Education	13	12	12	8.3	8.3
UNCLASSIFIED			94	80	88	17.5	6.8