Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 11

Continued claims declined both over-the-month and over-the-year, although the over-the-year declines were smaller than in recent months.


							Percent Change
							Weeks Claimed
				Weeks Claimed			Aug04	Sep03
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Sep04	Aug04	Sep03	Sep04	Sep04

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				9,777	10,585	10,341	-7.6	-5.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				2,718	3,239	3,273	-16.1	-17.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				2,698	2,795	3,004	-3.5	-10.2
	Natural Resources and Mining			670	693	659	-3.3	1.7
		Mining		488	543	581	-10.1	-16.0
			Oil & Gas Extraction	60	86	61	-30.2	-1.6
	Construction			1,654	1,648	1,773	0.4	-6.7
	Manufacturing			374	454	572	-17.6	-34.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				5,290	5,862	5,281	-9.8	0.2
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			1,423	1,492	1,727	-4.6	-17.6
		Wholesale Trade		277	253	393	9.5	-29.5
		Retail Trade		836	960	975	-12.9	-14.3
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		310	279	359	11.1	-13.6
	Information			360	371	206	-3.0	74.8
	Financial Activities			333	361	395	-7.8	-15.7
	Professional & Business Services			1,232	1,190	999	3.5	23.3
	Educational & Health Services			781	982	778	-20.5	0.4
	Leisure & Hospitality			871	1,063	900	-18.1	-3.2
	Other Services			290	403	276	-28.0	5.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				1,083	1,176	1,189	-7.9	-8.9
	Federal Government			248	241	226	2.9	9.7
	State Government			191	194	214	-1.5	-10.7
	Local Government			644	741	749	-13.1	-14.0
		Local Education		195	252	273	-22.6	-28.6
UNCLASSIFIED				706	752	867	-6.1	-18.6

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				2,142	2,258	1,578	-5.1	35.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				581	672	487	-13.5	19.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				330	380	278	-13.2	18.7
	Construction			236	244	226	-3.3	4.4
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				1,524	1,567	986	-2.7	54.6
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			346	315	320	9.8	8.1
	Financial Activities			93	108	72	-13.9	29.2
	Professional & Business Services			582	566	227	2.8	156.4
	Educational & Health Services			148	114	112	29.8	32.1
	Leisure & Hospitality			106	150	151	-29.3	-29.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				228	220	248	3.6	-8.1
UNCLASSIFIED				60	91	66	-34.1	-9.1

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				1,170	1,318	1,715	-11.2	-31.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				344	402	547	-14.4	-37.1

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				338	364	550	-7.1	-38.5
	Construction			209	210	298	-0.5	-29.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				762	859	997	-11.3	-23.6
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			220	221	290	-0.5	-24.1
	Financial Activities			70	54	86	29.6	-18.6
	Professional & Business Services			169	134	168	26.1	0.6
	Educational & Health Services			141	222	174	-36.5	-19.0
	Leisure & Hospitality			97	157	170	-38.2	-42.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				44	56	116	-21.4	-62.1
UNCLASSIFIED				26	39	52	-33.3	-50.0