Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
Statewide continued weeks claimed declined by 13.5% compared to May 2009. However, the number of extended benefit weeks claimed was nearly four times the level seen in May 2009.
| Percent Change Weeks Claimed | |||||
| Continued Weeks Claimed | May_10 | May_10 | |||
| May_10 | Apr_10 | May_09 | Apr_10 | May_09 | |
| Wyoming Statewide | |||||
| Total Continued Weeks Claimed | 43,281 | 49,571 | 50,097 | -12.7 | -13.6 |
| Extend. Benefit Weeks Claimed | 20,628 | 21,786 | 5,891 | -5.3 | 250.2 |
| Total Unique Claimants* | 12,678 | 14,592 | 14,293 | -13.1 | -11.3 |
| Benefit Exhaustions | 1,557 | 1,965 | 923 | -20.8 | 68.7 |
| Benefit Exhaustion Rates | 12.3% | 13.5% | 6.5% | -1.2% | 5.8% |
| Goods-Producing | 16,547 | 20,126 | 25,143 | -17.8 | -34.2 |
| Natural Resources & Mining | 3,355 | 3,725 | 11,904 | -9.9 | -71.8 |
| Mining | 3,068 | 3,389 | 11,621 | -9.5 | -73.6 |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | 181 | 205 | 633 | -11.7 | -71.4 |
| Construction | 11,150 | 14,035 | 10,657 | -20.6 | 4.6 |
| Manufacturing | 2,042 | 2,366 | 2,582 | -13.7 | -20.9 |
| Service-Providing | 20,245 | 21,784 | 18,538 | -7.1 | 9.2 |
| Trade, Transp., and Utilities | 6,359 | 6,733 | 6,662 | -5.6 | -4.5 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1,009 | 1,060 | 1,477 | -4.8 | -31.7 |
| Retail Trade | 3,734 | 4,020 | 3,068 | -7.1 | 21.7 |
| Transp., Warehs. & Utilities | 1,616 | 1,653 | 2,117 | -2.2 | -23.7 |
| Information | 329 | 345 | 309 | -4.6 | 6.5 |
| Financial Activities | 1,045 | 1,082 | 1,049 | -3.4 | -0.4 |
| Professional & Business Svcs. | 3,256 | 3,835 | 3,308 | -15.1 | -1.6 |
| Educational & Health Services | 1,853 | 1,925 | 1,443 | -3.7 | 28.4 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 6,343 | 6,696 | 4,787 | -5.3 | 32.5 |
| Other Svcs, exc. Pub. Admin. | 1,060 | 1,168 | 980 | -9.2 | 8.2 |
| Government | 2,739 | 3,308 | 1,898 | -17.2 | 44.3 |
| Federal Government | 823 | 1,136 | 460 | -27.6 | 78.9 |
| State Government | 364 | 380 | 327 | -4.2 | 11.3 |
| Local Government | 1,552 | 1,792 | 1,111 | -13.4 | 39.7 |
| Local Education | 289 | 386 | 205 | -25.1 | 41.0 |
| Unclassified | 3,750 | 4,353 | 4,518 | -13.9 | -17.0 |
| Laramie County | |||||
| Total Continued Weeks Claimed | 5,066 | 5,882 | 4,539 | -13.9 | 11.6 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 1,506 | 1,724 | 1,314 | -12.6 | 14.6 |
| Goods-Producing | 1,718 | 2,222 | 1,450 | -22.7 | 18.5 |
| Construction | 1,417 | 1,831 | 1,021 | -22.6 | 38.8 |
| Service-Providing | 2,695 | 2,980 | 2,511 | -9.6 | 7.3 |
| Trade, Transp., & Utilities | 1,040 | 1,152 | 1,026 | -9.7 | 1.4 |
| Financial Activities | 236 | 220 | 121 | 7.3 | 95.0 |
| Professional & Business Services | 501 | 582 | 504 | -13.9 | -0.6 |
| Educational & Health Services | 343 | 345 | 294 | -0.6 | 16.7 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 348 | 417 | 408 | -16.5 | -14.7 |
| Government | 531 | 538 | 336 | -1.3 | 58.0 |
| Unclassified | 122 | 142 | 242 | -14.1 | -49.6 |
| Natrona County | |||||
| Total Continued Weeks Claimed | 4,607 | 5,060 | 6,109 | -9.0 | -24.6 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 1,374 | 1,480 | 1,748 | -7.2 | -21.4 |
| Goods-Producing | 1,737 | 2,064 | 3,147 | -15.8 | -44.8 |
| Construction | 1,054 | 1,299 | 1,024 | -18.9 | 2.9 |
| Service-Providing | 2,559 | 2,640 | 2,640 | -3.1 | -3.1 |
| Trade, Transp., & Utilities | 956 | 945 | 1,111 | 1.2 | -14.0 |
| Financial Activities | 164 | 170 | 182 | -3.5 | -9.9 |
| Prof. & Business Services | 443 | 473 | 429 | -6.3 | 3.3 |
| Educational & Health Services | 402 | 392 | 245 | 2.6 | 64.1 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 336 | 382 | 332 | -12.0 | 1.2 |
| Government | 200 | 223 | 127 | -10.3 | 57.5 |
| Unclassified | 111 | 133 | 195 | -16.5 | -43.1 |
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.
bDoes not include claimants receiving extended benefits.