Wyoming NormalizedaUnemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
Statewide continued weeks claimed rose 13.0% compared to December and 68.9% compared to January 2009. Claims for extended benefits declined slightly compared to December (-4.6%) .
a An average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.
