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October 2010


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims increased 3.9% from July to August 2010 and were 19.1% less than in August 2009. Retail trade and construction accounted for a large proportion of the over-the-month increase.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Augl_10 Aug_10
Aug_10 Jul_10 Aug_09 Jul_10 Aug_09
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  2,687  2,585  3,321 3.9 -19.1
Goods-Producing     844     738  1,380 14.4 -38.8
   Natural Resources and Mining     173     142     368 21.8 -53.0
      Mining     154     127     346 21.3 -55.5
         Oil & Gas Extraction        8        9       16 -11.1 -50.0
   Construction     578     491     791 17.7 -26.9
   Manufacturing       93     105     221 -11.4 -57.9
Service-Providing  1,304  1,249  1,380 4.4 -5.5
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     583     451     497 29.3 17.3
      Wholesale Trade     162     152       90 6.6 80.0
      Retail Trade     346     221     252 56.6 37.3
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.       75       78     155 -3.8 -51.6
   Information       18       14       15 28.6 20.0
   Financial Activities       76       72       61 5.6 24.6
   Prof. and Business Services     164     188     227 -12.8 -27.8
   Educational and Health Services     173     184     173 -6.0 0.0
   Leisure and Hospitality     220     253     274 -13.0 -19.7
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       70       87     133 -19.5 -47.4
Government     277     281     182 -1.4 52.2
   Federal Government     116     102       34 13.7 241.2
   State Government       26       31       30 -16.1 -13.3
   Local Government     135     148     118 -8.8 14.4
      Local Education       52       48       39 8.3 33.3
Unclassified     262     317     379 -17.4 -30.9
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     354     316     355 12.0 -0.3
Goods-Producing     102       65     109 56.9 -6.4
   Construction       92       55       80 67.3 15.0
Service-Providing     191     197     201 -3.0 -5.0
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities       70       76       80 -7.9 -12.5
   Financial Activities       18       13       13 38.5 38.5
   Prof. and Business Services       33       38       28 -13.2 17.9
   Educational and Health Services       31       27       37 14.8 -16.2
   Leisure and Hospitality       26       26       26 0.0 0.0
Government       45       40       30 12.5 50.0
Unclassified       16       14       15 14.3 6.7
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     462     422     434 9.5 6.5
Goods-Producing       78     120     158 -35.0 -50.6
   Construction       48       56       79 -14.3 -39.2
Service-Providing     341     263     244 29.7 39.8
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities     227     106       84 114.2 170.2
   Financial Activities       10       15       12 -33.3 -16.7
   Professional and Business Services       25       24       24 4.2 4.2
   Educational and Health Services       34       35       22 -2.9 54.5
   Leisure and Hospitality       29       55       44 -47.3 -34.1
Government       34       29       22 17.2 54.5
Unclassified        9       10       10 -10.0 -10.0

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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