© Copyright 2001 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance
Statistics: Continued Claims
Data produced by: Sherry Wen, Senior Economist
Wyoming Statewide | Laramie County | Natrona County
"In over-the-year comparisons, the number of weeks claimed for oil and gas extraction
 sharply declined between May 2000 and May 2001."
Percent Change
Claims Filed
Claims Filed  APR 01  MAY 00
 MAY 01  APR 01  MAY 00  MAY 01  MAY 01
WYOMING STATEWIDE
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 10,053 13,954 10,588 -28.0 -5.1
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 2,915 4,630 3,078 -37.0 -5.3
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 3,175 5,437 4,536 -41.6 -30.0
Manufacturing 567 771 1,041 -26.5 -45.5
Mining 372 486 825 -23.5 -54.9
Oil & Gas Extraction 1,863 3,663 2,356 -49.1 -20.9
Construction 745 1,003 1,139 -25.7 -34.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING 5,746 7,068 5,213 -18.7 10.2
Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities 637 789 501 -19.3 27.1
Transportation 459 581 401 -21.0 14.5
Communications & Public Utilities 178 208 100 -14.4 78.0
Trade 2,036 2,330 1,624 -12.6 25.4
Wholesale Trade 315 326 189 -3.4 66.7
Retail Trade 1,721 2,004 1,435 -14.1 19.9
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 128 174 148 -26.4 -13.5
Services 2,211 2,606 2,321 -15.2 -4.7
Personal & Business Services 583 659 552 -11.5 5.6
Health Services 210 198 265 6.1 -20.8
Government 734 1,169 619 -37.2 18.6
Local Government 265 338 215 -21.6 23.3
Local Education 100 104 85 -3.8 17.6
UNCLASSIFIED 1,132 1,449 839 -21.9 34.9
LARAMIE COUNTY
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 1,280 1,632 923 -21.6 38.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 375 527 268 -28.8 39.9
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 357 617 334 -42.1 6.9
Manufacturing 3 4 8 -25.0 -62.5
Mining 0 0 7 0.0 0.0
Oil & Gas Extraction 274 553 289 -50.5 -5.2
Construction 80 60 37 33.3 116.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING 818 878 476 -6.8 71.8
Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities 186 224 72 -17.0 158.3
Transportation 83 105 55 -21.0 50.9
Communications & Public Utilities 103 119 17 -13.4 505.9
Trade 262 273 145 -4.0 80.7
Wholesale Trade 34 39 13 -12.8 161.5
Retail Trade 228 234 132 -2.6 72.7
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 19 34 22 -44.1 -13.6
Services 269 248 172 8.5 56.4
Personal & Business Services 139 130 89 6.9 56.2
Health Services 29 32 24 -9.4 20.8
Government 82 99 65 -17.2 26.2
Local Government 25 30 4 -16.7 525.0
Local Education 9 11 1 -18.2 800.0
UNCLASSIFIED 105 137 113 -23.4 -7.1
NATRONA COUNTY
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 1,143 1,445 1,502 -20.9 -23.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 325 470 436 -30.9 -25.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 338 575 618 -41.2 -45.3
Manufacturing 63 123 127 -48.8 -50.4
Mining 49 93 111 -47.3 -55.9
Oil & Gas Extraction 191 342 357 -44.2 -46.5
Construction 84 110 134 -23.6 -37.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING 742 784 785 -5.4 -5.5
Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities 61 82 64 -25.6 -4.7
Transportation 51 55 47 -7.3 8.5
Communications & Public Utilities 10 27 17 -63.0 -41.2
Trade 276 299 305 -7.7 -9.5
Wholesale Trade 82 89 63 -7.9 30.2
Retail Trade 194 210 242 -7.6 -19.8
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 29 39 34 -25.6 -14.7
Services 316 289 331 9.3 -4.5
Personal & Business Services 103 110 99 -6.4 4.0
Health Services 78 40 89 95.0 -12.4
Government 60 75 51 -20.0 17.6
Local Government 28 13 19 115.4 47.4
Local Education 7 0 7 0 0
UNCLASSIFIED 63 86 99 -26.7 -36.4

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