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July 2009


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued claims declined only slightly from April to May (-4.5%) and were 308.2% higher than in May 2008.

Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Continued Weeks Claimed
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Wyoming Statewide
Total Continued Weeks Claimed  50,097  52,479  12,273 -4.5 308.2
Total Unique Claimants  14,293  12,942   3,736 10.4 282.6
Benefit Exhaustions      923      950      299 -2.8 208.7
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 6.5% 7.3% 8.0% -0.9% -1.5%
Goods-Producing  25,143  27,766    4,722 -9.4 432.5
   Natural Resources and Mining  11,904  11,221    1,108 6.1 974.4
      Mining  11,621  10,927       939 6.4 1137.6
         Oil & Gas Extraction       633       801        83 -21.0 662.7
   Construction  10,657  13,753    2,904 -22.5 267.0
   Manufacturing    2,582    2,792       710 -7.5 263.7
Service-Providing  18,538  18,040    5,861 2.8 216.3
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities    6,662    6,528    1,878 2.1 254.7
      Wholesale Trade    1,477    1,254       284 17.8 420.1
      Retail Trade    3,068    3,004    1,006 2.1 205.0
      Transp., Warehousing and Utilities    2,117    2,270       588 -6.7 260.0
   Information       309       309        96 0.0 221.9
   Financial Activities    1,049    1,022       302 2.6 247.4
   Professional and Business Services    3,308    3,347       929 -1.2 256.1
   Educational and Health Services    1,443    1,389       549 3.9 162.8
   Leisure and Hospitality    4,787    4,560    1,788 5.0 167.7
   Other Services, except Public Admin.       980       885       319 10.7 207.2
Government    1,898    2,248       840 -15.6 126.0
   Federal Government       460       792       279 -41.9 64.9
   State Government       327       283       167 15.5 95.8
   Local Government    1,111    1,173       394 -5.3 182.0
      Local Education       205       184        71 11.4 188.7
Unclassified    4,518    4,425       850 2.1 431.5
Laramie County
Total Continued Weeks Claimed    4,539    5,199    1,999 -12.7 127.1
Total Unique Claimants   1,314   1,309      605 0.4 117.2
Goods-Producing    1,450    2,073       608 -30.1 138.5
   Construction    1,021    1,498       476 -31.8 114.5
Service-Providing    2,511    2,510    1,152 0.0 118.0
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities    1,026    1,038       395 -1.2 159.7
   Financial Activities       121       130        68 -6.9 77.9
   Professional and Business Services       504       435       268 15.9 88.1
   Educational and Health Services       294       304       150 -3.3 96.0
   Leisure and Hospitality       408       425       191 -4.0 113.6
Government       336       356       166 -5.6 102.4
Unclassified       242       260        73 -6.9 231.5
Natrona County
Total Continued Weeks Claimed    6,109    6,231    1,419 -2.0 330.5
Total Unique Claimants   1,748   1,536      429 13.8 307.5
Goods-Producing    3,147    3,450       579 -8.8 443.5
   Construction    1,024    1,510       310 -32.2 230.3
Service-Providing    2,640    2,475       756 6.7 249.2
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities    1,111    1,010       248 10.0 348.0
   Financial Activities       182       162        87 12.3 109.2
   Professional and Business Services       429       428       150 0.2 186.0
   Educational and Health Services       245       249        95 -1.6 157.9
   Leisure and Hospitality       332       336       104 -1.2 219.2
Government       127       115        41 10.4 209.8
Unclassified       195       191        43 2.1 353.5

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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