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April 2011

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

February's statewide initial claims total of 3,422 was 17.4% less than in February 2010 and 39.8% less than January 2011.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Feb_11 Feb_11
Feb_11 Jan_11 Feb_10 Jan_11 Feb_10
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  3,422  5,687  4,144 -39.8 -17.4
Goods-Producing  1,571  2,573  1,920 -38.9 -18.2
   Natural Resources and Mining     211     368     295 -42.7 -28.5
      Mining     194     318     273 -39.0 -28.9
         Oil & Gas Extraction       11       24       14 -54.2 -21.4
   Construction  1,195  1,908  1,439 -37.4 -17.0
   Manufacturing     165     297     186 -44.4 -11.3
Service-Providing  1,283  2,132  1,654 -39.8 -22.4
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     440     658     592 -33.1 -25.7
      Wholesale Trade       60       83       83 -27.7 -27.7
      Retail Trade     235     401     340 -41.4 -30.9
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.     145     174     169 -16.7 -14.2
   Information       17       26       17 -34.6 0.0
   Financial Activities       57       58       95 -1.7 -40.0
   Prof. and Business Services     237     492     293 -51.8 -19.1
   Educational and Health Services     157     196     163 -19.9 -3.7
   Leisure and Hospitality     293     626     385 -53.2 -23.9
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       82       76     109 7.9 -24.8
Government     227     403     207 -43.7 9.7
   Federal Government       83     165       75 -49.7 10.7
   State Government       25       29       18 -13.8 38.9
   Local Government     119     209     114 -43.1 4.4
      Local Education       28       47       36 -40.4 -22.2
Unclassified     341     579     363 -41.1 -6.1
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     426     745     561 -42.8 -24.1
Goods-Producing     195     373     235 -47.7 -17.0
   Construction     161     287     202 -43.9 -20.3
Service-Providing     187     300     274 -37.7 -31.8
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities       74     106     126 -30.2 -41.3
   Financial Activities       13        9       17 44.4 -23.5
   Prof. and Business Services       30       84       37 -64.3 -18.9
   Educational and Health Services       28       34       39 -17.6 -28.2
   Leisure and Hospitality       23       54       39 -57.4 -41.0
Government       29       53       36 -45.3 -19.4
Unclassified       15       19       16 -21.1 -6.3
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     453     650     487 -30.3 -7.0
Goods-Producing     200     282     217 -29.1 -7.8
   Construction     166     202     170 -17.8 -2.4
Service-Providing     226     336     247 -32.7 -8.5
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       75     116       73 -35.3 2.7
   Financial Activities        4       16       20 -75.0 -80.0
   Professional and Business Services       39       78       48 -50.0 -18.8
   Educational and Health Services       35       43       40 -18.6 -12.5
   Leisure and Hospitality       39       51       43 -23.5 -9.3
Government       15       16       11 -6.3 36.4
Unclassified       12       16       12 -25.0 0.0

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aAn 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.


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