Initial Claims

"September initial claims were up 11.2 percent compared to September 2001. Oil & gas extraction continued to be one of the primary contributors to the increase."

						Percent Change
						Claims Filed
			Claims Filed			Aug 02	Sep 01
			Sep 02	Aug 02	Sep 01	Sep 02	Sep 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,098	989	987	11.0	11.2

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			366	343	315	6.7	16.2
	Mining		114	100	69	14.0	65.2
		Oil & Gas Extraction	97	82	52	18.3	86.5
	Construction		191	199	158	-4.0	20.9
	Manufacturing		61	44	88	38.6	-30.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			661	552	563	19.7	17.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		59	30	81	96.7	-27.2
		Transportation	49	21	70	133.3	-30.0
		Communications & Public Utilities	10	9	11	11.1	-9.1
	Trade		210	178	148	18.0	41.9
		Wholesale Trade	29	29	26	0.0	11.5
		Retail Trade	181	149	122	21.5	48.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		26	21	21	23.8	23.8
	Services		257	235	218	9.4	17.9
		Personal & Business Services	94	81	64	16.0	46.9
		Health Services	31	35	27	-11.4	14.8
	Government		109	88	95	23.9	14.7
		Local Government	49	51	50	-3.9	-2.0
		Local Education	23	15	16	53.3	43.8
UNCLASSIFIED			71	94	109	-24.5	-34.9

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			156	132	137	18.2	13.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			22	33	13	-33.3	69.2
	Mining		0	1	0	0.0	0.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	0	1	0	0.0	0.0
	Construction		13	27	11	-51.9	18.2
	Manufacturing		9	5	2	80.0	350.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			128	91	116	40.7	10.3
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		17	6	39	183.3	-56.4
		Transportation	16	5	35	220.0	-54.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	1	1	4	0.0	-75.0
	Trade		39	28	19	39.3	105.3
		Wholesale Trade	3	1	5	200.0	-40.0
		Retail Trade	36	27	14	33.3	157.1
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		6	6	9	0.0	-33.3
	Services		43	38	32	13.2	34.4
		Personal & Business Services	15	16	13	-6.3	15.4
		Health Services	9	8	6	12.5	50.0
	Government		23	13	17	76.9	35.3
		Local Government	8	2	3	300.0	166.7
		Local Education	5	0	2	0.0	150.0
UNCLASSIFIED			6	8	8	-25.0	-25.0

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			169	145	111	16.6	52.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			66	47	31	40.4	112.9
	Mining		21	18	6	16.7	250
		Oil & Gas Extraction	18	13	6	38.5	200
	Construction		36	23	19	56.5	89.5
	Manufacturing		9	6	6	50	50
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			95	89	68	6.7	39.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		3	5	7	-40	-57.1
		Transportation	1	3	6	-66.7	-83.3
		Communications & Public Utilities	2	2	1	0	100
	Trade		32	34	27	-5.9	18.5
		Wholesale Trade	11	9	10	22.2	10
		Retail Trade	21	25	17	-16	23.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		5	4	4	25	25
	Services		52	40	22	30	136.4
		Personal & Business Services	14	9	8	55.6	75
		Health Services	8	5	2	60	300
	Government		3	6	8	-50	-62.5
		Local Government	3	2	5	50	-40
		Local Education	2	0	2	0	0
UNCLASSIFIED			8	9	12	-11.1	-33.3