Wyoming Economic Indicators
by: Julie Barnish, Statistical Technician

"The number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in Wyoming fell by 6.0 percent from June 2000 to July 2000; however, the valuation of those units rose by 31.1 percent."

	July	June	July	Percent Change
	2000	2000	1999	Month	Year
	(p)	(r)	(b)
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force (1)	270,465	268,348	268,966	0.8	0.6
Unemployed	9,336	9,586	11,554	-2.6	-19.2
Employed	261,129	258,762	257,412	0.9	1.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.5%/4.0%	3.6%/3.8%	4.3%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.0%	4.2%/4.0%	4.5%/4.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,553,000	7,296,000	7,636,000	3.5	-1.1
As a percent of all workers	5.5%	5.4%	5.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	265,000	308,000	290,000	-14.0	-8.6
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,283,000	3,369,000	3,537,000	-2.6	-7.2
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$857.70	$872.55	$859.39	-1.7	-0.2
Average Weekly Hours	45.0	45.0	44.9	0.0	0.2
U.S. Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$774.90	$766.89	$767.50	1.0	1.0
Average Weekly Hours	45.0	44.9	44.7	0.2	0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
Average Weekly Earnings	$600.08	$618.45	$579.86	-3.0	3.5
Average Weekly Hours	38.1	39.9	38.3	-4.5	-0.5
U.S. Manufacturing
Average Weekly Earnings	$588.35	$597.56	$573.09	-1.5	2.7
Average Weekly Hours	41.0	41.7	41.2	-1.7	-0.5
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	6,785	7,869	7,949	-13.8	-14.6
Benefits Paid	$1,364,101	$1,590,424	$1,462,136	-14.2	-6.7
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$201.05	$202.11	$183.94	-0.5	9.3
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	220,612	225,982	215,645	-2.4	2.3
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	172.6	172.3	166.7	0.2	3.5
Food & Beverages	168.7	167.9	164.2	0.5	2.7
Housing	170.4	169.4	164.7	0.6	3.5
Apparel	124.5	128.3	127.3	-3.0	-2.2
Transportation	155.0	155.7	144.7	-0.4	7.1
Medical Care	261.4	260.5	251.1	0.3	4.1
Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	103.7	103.4	102.2	0.3	1.5
Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.0	101.5	100.4	0.5	1.6
Other Goods & Services	272.2	269.6	258.3	1.0	5.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	133.2	133.3	125.7	-0.1	6.0
Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	158	168	142	-6.0	11.3
Valuation	$33,515,000	$25,574,000	$22,435,000	31.1	49.4

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized

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