"Total statewide initial claims are up over the prior year for both total goods producing industries (38.8%) and total services producing industries (23.7%)."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Mar 02	Apr 01
			Apr 02	Mar 02	Apr 02	Apr 02	Apr 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,828	1,862	1,458	-1.8	25.4

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			669	869	482	-23.0	38.8
	Mining		241	316	108	-23.7	123.1
		Oil & Gas Extraction	226	294	91	-23.1	148.4
	Construction		327	422	283	-22.5	15.5
	Manufacturing		101	131	91	-22.9	11.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			1,013	839	819	20.7	23.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		84	96	87	-12.5	-3.4
		Transportation	67	79	75	-15.2	-10.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	17	17	12	0.0	41.7
	Trade		342	272	296	25.7	15.5
		Wholesale Trade	37	40	37	-7.5	0.0
		Retail Trade	305	232	259	31.5	17.8
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		24	21	18	14.3	33.3
	Services		447	348	344	28.4	29.9
		Personal & Business Services	109	105	71	3.8	53.5
		Health Services	42	26	26	61.5	61.5
	Government		116	102	74	13.7	56.8
		Local Government	63	40	33	57.5	90.9
		Local Education	13	14	10	-7.1	30.0
UNCLASSIFIED			146	154	157	-5.2	-7.0

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			145	169	148	-14.2	-2.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			40	53	63	-24.5	-36.5
	Mining		0	2	0	0.0	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	2	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		32	42	53	-23.8	-39.6
	Manufacturing		8	9	10	-11.1	-20.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			90	103	74	-12.6	21.6
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		10	22	10	-54.5	0.0
		Transportation	2	13	8	-84.6	-75.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	8	9	2	-11.1	300.0
	Trade		26	34	24	-23.5	8.3
		Wholesale Trade	4	6	3	-33.3	33.3
		Retail Trade	22	28	21	-21.4	4.8
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		3	5	2	-40.0	50.0
	Services		37	31	29	19.4	27.6
		Personal & Business Services	14	12	15	16.7	-6.7
		Health Services	5	2	2	150.0	150.0
	Government		14	11	9	27.3	55.6
		Local Government	2	5	3	-60.0	-33.3
		Local Education	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			15	13	11	15.4	36.4

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			268	271	160	-1.1	67.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			105	134	49	-21.6	114.3
	Mining		33	51	18	-35.3	83.3
		Oil & Gas Extraction	28	51	18	-45.1	55.6
	Construction		53	66	23	-19.7	130.4
	Manufacturing		19	17	8	11.8	137.5
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			151	131	92	15.3	64.1
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		15	13	12	15.4	25
		Transportation	14	12	11	16.7	27.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	1	1	1	0	0
	Trade		44	48	27	-8.3	63
		Wholesale Trade	8	5	6	60	33.3
		Retail Trade	36	43	21	-16.3	71.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		4	5	2	-20	100
	Services		76	63	46	20.6	65.2
		Personal & Business Services	27	30	14	-10	92.9
		Health Services	14	4	10	250	40
	Government		12	2	5	500	140
		Local Government	10	1	4	900	150
		Local Education	1	0	0	0	0
UNCLASSIFIED			12	6	19	100	-36.8