"Statewide total initial claims for September 2001 were up from both the the previous month (24.0%) and previous year (6.2%)."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Sept 01	Sept 01
			Sept 01	Aug 01	Sept 00	Aug 01	Sept 00

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			987	796	929	24.0	6.2

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			315	252	343	25.0	-8.2
	Mining		69	60	66	15.0	4.5
		Oil & Gas Extraction	52	50	37	4.0	40.5
	Construction		158	133	236	18.8	-33.1
	Manufacturing		88	59	41	49.2	114.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			563	429	496	31.2	13.5
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		81	34	37	138.2	118.9
		Transportation	70	22	27	218.2	159.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	11	12	10	-8.3	10.0
	Trade		148	133	158	11.3	-6.3
		Wholesale Trade	26	23	26	13.0	0.0
		Retail Trade	122	110	132	10.9	-7.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		21	17	18	23.5	16.7
	Services		218	170	200	28.2	9.0
		Personal & Business Services	64	48	51	33.3	25.5
		Health Services	27	24	23	12.5	17.4
	Government		95	75	83	26.7	14.5
		Local Government	50	39	31	28.2	61.3
		Local Education	16	10	12	60.0	33.3
UNCLASSIFIED			109	115	90	-5.2	21.1

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			137	124	119	10.5	15.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			13	29	37	-55.2	-64.9
	Mining		0	0	1	0.0	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		11	18	34	-38.9	-67.6
	Manufacturing		2	11	2	-81.8	0.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			116	82	68	41.5	70.6
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		39	14	8	178.6	387.5
		Transportation	35	10	6	250.0	483.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	4	4	2	0.0	100.0
	Trade		19	20	12	-5.0	58.3
		Wholesale Trade	5	5	1	0.0	400.0
		Retail Trade	14	15	11	-6.7	27.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		9	5	8	80.0	12.5
	Services		32	31	31	3.2	3.2
		Personal & Business Services	13	13	11	0.0	18.2
		Health Services	6	3	2	100.0	200.0
	Government		17	12	9	41.7	88.9
		Local Government	3	2	3	50.0	0.0
		Local Education	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED			8	13	14	-38.5	-42.9

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			111	111	113	0.0	-1.8

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			31	33	44	-6.1	-29.5
	Mining		6	7	11	-14.3	-45.5
		Oil & Gas Extraction	6	5	11	20	-45.5
	Construction		19	16	30	18.8	-36.7
	Manufacturing		6	10	3	-40	100
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			68	65	64	4.6	6.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		7	6	5	16.7	40
		Transportation	6	3	3	100	100
		Communications & Public Utilities	1	3	2	-66.7	-50
	Trade		27	19	29	42.1	-6.9
		Wholesale Trade	10	3	12	233.3	-16.7
		Retail Trade	17	16	17	6.3	0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		4	3	2	33.3	100
	Services		22	30	19	-26.7	15.8
		Personal & Business Services	8	10	9	-20	-11.1
		Health Services	2	5	4	-60	-50
	Government		8	7	9	14.3	-11.1
		Local Government	5	6	3	-16.7	66.7
		Local Education	2	2	0	0	0
UNCLASSIFIED			12	13	5	-7.7	140