Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 5

Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
Data produced by: Douglas Leonard, Senior Research Analyst

The March 2005 continued claims level was the third lowest seen for March in the last eight years.


							Percent Change
							Weeks Claimed
				Weeks Claimed			Feb05	Mar04
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Mar05	Feb05	Mar04	Mar05	Mar05

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				10,437	9,777	11,084	6.8	-5.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				3,476	2,718	3,176	27.9	9.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				2,752	2,698	2,955	2.0	-6.9
	Natural Resources and Mining			626	670	607	-6.6	3.1
		Mining		479	488	519	-1.8	-7.7
			Oil & Gas Extraction	48	60	72	-20.0	-33.3
	Construction			1,801	1,654	1,830	8.9	-1.6
	Manufacturing			325	374	518	-13.1	-37.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				5,728	5,290	5,927	8.3	-3.4
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			1,408	1,423	1,765	-1.1	-20.2
		Wholesale Trade		259	277	389	-6.5	-33.4
		Retail Trade		813	836	963	-2.8	-15.6
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		336	310	413	8.4	-18.6
	Information			438	360	165	21.7	165.5
	Financial Activities			304	333	421	-8.7	-27.8
	Professional & Business Services			1,253	1,232	984	1.7	27.3
	Educational & Health Services			678	781	792	-13.2	-14.4
	Leisure & Hospitality			1,410	871	1,555	61.9	-9.3
	Other Services			237	290	245	-18.3	-3.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				1,079	1,083	1,331	-0.4	-18.9
	Federal Government			394	248	421	58.9	-6.4
	State Government			186	191	217	-2.6	-14.3
	Local Government			499	644	693	-22.5	-28.0
		Local Education		132	195	222	-32.3	-40.5
UNCLASSIFIED				878	706	871	24.4	0.8

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				2,197	2,142	1,620	2.6	35.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				691	581	432	18.9	60.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				364	330	280	10.3	30.0
	Construction			278	236	215	17.8	29.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				1,525	1,524	1,009	0.1	51.1
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			345	346	339	-0.3	1.8
	Financial Activities			106	93	72	14.0	47.2
	Professional & Business Services			528	582	191	-9.3	176.4
	Educational & Health Services			132	148	147	-10.8	-10.2
	Leisure & Hospitality			93	106	167	-12.3	-44.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				246	228	261	7.9	-5.7
UNCLASSIFIED				62	60	70	3.3	-11.4

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				1,132	1,170	1,605	-3.2	-29.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				373	344	451	8.4	-17.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				337	338	489	-0.3	-31.1
	Construction			238	209	278	13.9	-14.4
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				701	762	953	-8.0	-26.4
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			184	220	294	-16.4	-37.4
	Financial Activities			57	70	100	-18.6	-43.0
	Professional & Business Services			222	169	166	31.4	33.7
	Educational & Health Services			106	141	167	-24.8	-36.5
	Leisure & Hospitality			86	97	153	-11.3	-43.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				57	44	124	29.5	-54.0
UNCLASSIFIED				37	26	39	42.3	-5.1