"Statewide continued claims were 19.1 percent lower than in May and 14.8 percent higher than June 2002. This was the smallest over-the-year percentage increase since January 2002."


							Percent Change
							Claims Filed
				Claims Filed			May 03	Jun 02
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Jun 03	May 03	Jun 02	Jun 03	Jun 03

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				14,499	17,930	12,625	-19.1	14.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				4,569	5,692	3,999	-19.7	14.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				5,214	6,970	5,002	-25.2	4.2
	Natural Resources and Mining			983	1,517	1,559	-35.2	-36.9
		Mining		893	1,323	1,455	-32.5	-38.6
			Oil & Gas Extraction	58	81	171	-28.4	-66.1
	Construction			3,160	4,149	2,592	-23.8	21.9
	Manufacturing			1,071	1,304	851	-17.9	25.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				6,790	8,267	5,461	-17.9	24.3
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			2,254	2,766	1,706	-18.5	32.1
		Wholesale Trade		365	383	284	-4.7	28.5
		Retail Trade		1,278	1,572	1,074	-18.7	19.0
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		611	811	348	-24.7	75.6
	Information			214	237	232	-9.7	-7.8
	Financial Activities			343	347	289	-1.2	18.7
	Professional & Business Services			1,110	1,391	1,045	-20.2	6.2
	Educational & Health Services			901	714	718	26.2	25.5
	Leisure & Hospitality			1,495	2,401	1,089	-37.7	37.3
	Other Services			473	411	382	15.1	23.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				1,240	1,330	971	-6.8	27.7
	Federal Government			281	488	191	-42.4	47.1
	State Government			195	221	178	-11.8	9.6
	Local Government			764	621	602	23.0	26.9
		Local Education		228	147	223	55.1	2.2
UNCLASSIFIED				1,255	1,363	1,191	-7.9	5.4

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				1,815	1,932	1,327	-6.1	36.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				548	608	410	-9.9	33.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				486	601	281	-19.1	73.0
	Construction			396	495	226	-20.0	75.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				1,061	1,040	811	2.0	30.8
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			328	365	238	-10.1	37.8
	Financial Activities			66	74	38	-10.8	73.7
	Professional & Business Services			200	250	182	-20.0	9.9
	Educational & Health Services			90	72	75	25.0	20.0
	Leisure & Hospitality			179	153	106	17.0	68.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				188	209	133	-10.0	41.4
UNCLASSIFIED				80	82	102	-2.4	-21.6

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				2,064	2,341	1,861	-11.8	10.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				662	744	592	-11.0	11.8

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				727	955	743	-23.9	-2.2
	Construction			381	429	376	-11.2	1.3
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				1,150	1,195	960	-3.8	19.8
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			377	463	347	-18.6	8.6
	Financial Activities			73	79	57	-7.6	28.1
	Professional & Business Services			209	246	188	-15.0	11.2
	Educational & Health Services			195	160	124	21.9	57.3
	Leisure & Hospitality			185	151	140	22.5	32.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				114	111	78	2.7	46.2
UNCLASSIFIED				73	80	80	-8.8	-8.8