Continued Claims

"Continued weeks claimed increased by 52.0 percent compared to September 2001. Continued weeks claimed in oil & gas extraction and Construction were more than double last year's levels."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Aug 02	Sep 01
			Sep 02	Aug 02	Sep 01	Sep 02	Sep 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			9,300	10,174	6,118	-8.6	52.0
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			3,035	3,277	1,971	-7.4	54.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			3,474	3,630	1,777	-4.3	95.5
	Mining		968	1,028	399	-5.8	142.6
		Oil & Gas Extraction	844	949	281	-11.1	200.4
	Construction		2,028	2,058	928	-1.5	118.5
	Manufacturing		478	544	450	-12.1	6.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			4,969	5,569	3,511	-10.8	41.5
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		389	483	293	-19.5	32.8
		Transportation	260	290	188	-10.3	38.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	129	193	105	-33.2	22.9
	Trade		1,374	1,437	975	-4.4	40.9
		Wholesale Trade	267	300	146	-11.0	82.9
		Retail Trade	1,107	1,137	829	-2.6	33.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		170	185	147	-8.1	15.6
	Services		2,275	2,508	1,560	-9.3	45.8
		Personal & Business Services	661	658	523	0.5	26.4
		Health Services	329	297	206	10.8	59.7
	Government		761	956	536	-20.4	42.0
		Local Government	446	633	303	-29.5	47.2
		Local Education	217	305	109	-28.9	99.1
UNCLASSIFIED			857	975	830	-12.1	3.3

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,099	1,202	927	-8.6	18.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			363	383	283	-5.2	28.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			222	241	202	-7.9	9.9
	Mining		13	4	0	225.0	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	10	4	0	150.0	0.0
	Construction		170	186	116	-8.6	46.6
	Manufacturing		39	51	86	-23.5	-54.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			800	859	628	-6.9	27.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		103	119	89	-13.4	15.7
		Transportation	34	28	58	21.4	-41.4
		Communications & Public Utilities	69	91	31	-24.2	122.6
	Trade		194	197	139	-1.5	39.6
		Wholesale Trade	29	38	24	-23.7	20.8
		Retail Trade	165	159	115	3.8	43.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		29	28	45	3.6	-35.6
	Services		352	388	266	-9.3	32.3
		Personal & Business Services	126	127	110	-0.8	14.5
		Health Services	68	56	36	21.4	88.9
	Government		122	127	89	-3.9	37.1
		Local Government	28	37	32	-24.3	-12.5
		Local Education	17	26	16	-34.6	6.3
UNCLASSIFIED			77	102	97	-24.5	-20.6

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,475	1,533	743	-3.8	98.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			462	494	240	-6.5	92.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			516	527	186	-2.1	177.4
	Mining		190	218	52	-12.8	265.4
		Oil & Gas Extraction	171	207	50	-17.4	242.0
	Construction		260	251	99	3.6	162.6
	Manufacturing		66	58	35	13.8	88.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			914	964	497	-5.2	83.9
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		44	61	44	-27.9	0.0
		Transportation	27	40	26	-32.5	3.8
		Communications & Public Utilities	17	21	18	-19.0	-5.6
	Trade		301	281	131	7.1	129.8
		Wholesale Trade	81	80	31	1.3	161.3
		Retail Trade	220	201	100	9.5	120.0
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		36	38	22	-5.3	63.6
	Services		479	515	245	-7.0	95.5
		Personal & Business Services	103	110	76	-6.4	35.5
		Health Services	79	68	54	16.2	46.3
	Government		54	69	55	-21.7	-1.8
		Local Government	30	48	41	-37.5	-26.8
		Local Education	17	27	28	-37.0	-39.3
UNCLASSIFIED			45	42	60	7.1	-25.0