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May 2011

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued weeks claimed declined by 13,045 compared to a year ago. Total unique claimants declined by 24.6% compared to March 2010.

Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Continued Weeks Claimed Mar_11 Mar_11
Mar_11 Feb_10 Mar_10 Feb_11 Mar_10
 
Wyoming Statewide
Total Weeks Claimed   36,765  40,458   49,810 -9.1 -26.2
Extended Weeks Claimed   18,698  18,854   27,209 -0.8 -31.3
Total Unique Claimants*    8,937  11,305   11,849 -20.9 -24.6
Benefit Exhaustions    1,055      960    1,474 9.9 -28.4
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 11.8% 8.5% 12.4% 3.3% -0.6%
Goods-Producing   15,156  16,539   21,917 -8.4 -30.8
Natural Resources & Mining     1,890    2,023     3,333 -6.6 -43.3
  Mining     1,630    1,717     2,975 -5.1 -45.2
Oil & Gas Extraction        129       148        204 -12.8 -36.8
   Construction   11,702  13,004   16,146 -10.0 -27.5
   Manufacturing     1,564    1,512     2,438 3.4 -35.8
Service-Providing   14,789  16,142   19,928 -8.4 -25.8
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities     4,568    4,866     6,380 -6.1 -28.4
  Wholesale Trade        620       624     1,015 -0.6 -38.9
  Retail Trade     2,884    3,165     3,745 -8.9 -23.0
  Transp., Wareh., & Utilities     1,064    1,077     1,620 -1.2 -34.3
   Information        205       213        268 -3.8 -23.5
   Financial Activities        634       715        972 -11.3 -34.8
   Prof. & Business Services     3,116    3,486     4,271 -10.6 -27.0
   Educational & Health Services     1,626    1,661     1,778 -2.1 -8.5
   Leisure & Hospitality     3,987    4,546     5,089 -12.3 -21.7
   Other Svcs., ex. Public Admin.        653       655     1,170 -0.3 -44.2
Government     3,314    3,744     3,328 -11.5 -0.4
   Federal Government     1,618    1,881     1,368 -14.0 18.3
   State Government        281       262        305 7.3 -7.9
   Local Government     1,415    1,601     1,655 -11.6 -14.5
  Local Education        249       347        360 -28.2 -30.8
Unclassified     3,506    4,033     4,637 -13.1 -24.4
 
Laramie County
Total Weeks Claimed     4,476    5,143     6,112 -13.0 -26.8
Total Unique Claimants    1,116   1,455    1,485 -23.3 -24.8
Goods-Producing     1,902    2,358     2,660 -19.3 -28.5
   Construction     1,645    2,037     2,220 -19.2 -25.9
Service-Providing     2,030    2,171     2,916 -6.5 -30.4
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities        665       669     1,063 -0.6 -37.4
   Financial Activities        131       115        222 13.9 -41.0
   Prof. & Business Services        501       596        712 -15.9 -29.6
   Educational & Health Svcs.        405       441        334 -8.2 21.3
   Leisure and Hospitality        226       244        417 -7.4 -45.8
Government        438       486        396 -9.9 10.6
Unclassified        106       128        140 -17.2 -24.3
 
Natrona County
Total Weeks Claimed     4,560    4,557     5,848 0.1 -22.0
Total Unique Claimants    1,285   1,336    1,640 -3.8 -21.6
Goods-Producing     1,648    1,726     2,565 -4.5 -35.8
   Construction     1,224    1,271     1,784 -3.7 -31.4
Service-Providing     2,600    2,475     2,913 5.1 -10.7
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities     1,086    1,065        956 2.0 13.6
   Financial Activities         97       100        107 -3.0 -9.3
   Professional & Business Svcs.        478       428        572 11.7 -16.4
   Educational & Health Services        345       321        370 7.5 -6.8
   Leisure & Hospitality        393       391        472 0.5 -16.7
Government        225       280        247 -19.6 -8.9
Unclassified         87        76        123 14.5 -29.3
 
*Does not include claimants receiving extended benefits

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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.



Last modified by Michael Moore.