Unemployment Insurance Continued Claims

" Statewide continued claims were 42.4 percent higher than in October 2001. Oil &gas and Construction accounted for a large portion of the difference."

						Percent Change
						Weeks Claimed
			Weeks Claimed			Sep 02	Oct 01
			Oct 02	Sep 02	Oct 01	Oct 02	Oct 02

WYOMING STATEWIDE

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			10,334	9,300	7,255	11.1	42.4
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			3,034	3,035	2,168	0.0	39.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			3,754	3,474	2,071	8.1	81.3
	Mining		1,066	968	494	10.1	115.8
		Oil & Gas Extraction	916	844	365	8.5	151.0
	Construction		2,185	2,028	1,073	7.7	103.6
	Manufacturing		503	478	504	5.2	-0.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			5,737	4,969	4,258	15.5	34.7
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		452	389	406	16.2	11.3
		Transportation	332	260	290	27.7	14.5
		Communications & Public Utilities	120	129	116	-7.0	3.4
	Trade		1,511	1,374	1,102	10.0	37.1
		Wholesale Trade	307	267	175	15.0	75.4
		Retail Trade	1,204	1,107	927	8.8	29.9
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		201	170	145	18.2	38.6
	Services		2,656	2,275	1,985	16.7	33.8
		Personal & Business Services	779	661	562	17.9	38.6
		Health Services	294	329	198	-10.6	48.5
	Government		917	761	620	20.5	47.9
		Local Government	449	446	281	0.7	59.8
		Local Education	208	217	88	-4.1	136.4
UNCLASSIFIED			843	857	926	-1.6	-9.0

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,259	1,099	1,034	14.6	21.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			349	363	287	-3.9	21.6

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			252	222	185	13.5	36.2
	Mining		3	13	1	-76.9	200.0
		Oil & Gas Extraction	3	10	0	-70.0	0.0
	Construction		188	170	110	10.6	70.9
	Manufacturing		61	39	74	56.4	-17.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			928	800	758	16.0	22.4
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		135	103	133	31.1	1.5
		Transportation	74	34	97	117.6	-23.7
		Communications & Public Utilities	61	69	36	-11.6	69.4
	Trade		206	194	163	6.2	26.4
		Wholesale Trade	28	29	36	-3.4	-22.2
		Retail Trade	178	165	127	7.9	40.2
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		29	29	42	0.0	-31.0
	Services		393	352	321	11.6	22.4
		Personal & Business Services	142	126	133	12.7	6.8
		Health Services	73	68	47	7.4	55.3
	Government		165	122	99	35.2	66.7
		Local Government	48	28	20	71.4	140.0
		Local Education	29	17	3	70.6	866.7
UNCLASSIFIED			79	77	91	2.6	-13.2

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED			1,560	1,475	793	5.8	96.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS			440	462	246	-4.8	78.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING			654	516	260	26.7	151.5
	Mining		225	190	68	18.4	230.9
		Oil & Gas Extraction	193	171	68	12.9	183.8
	Construction		359	260	143	38.1	151.0
	Manufacturing		70	66	49	6.1	42.9
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING			855	914	467	-6.5	83.1
	Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities		41	44	37	-6.8	10.8
		Transportation	27	27	23	0.0	17.4
		Communications & Public Utilities	14	17	14	-17.6	0.0
	Trade		290	301	144	-3.7	101.4
		Wholesale Trade	100	81	42	23.5	138.1
		Retail Trade	190	220	102	-13.6	86.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate		50	36	17	38.9	194.1
	Services		419	479	212	-12.5	97.6
		Personal & Business Services	111	103	72	7.8	54.2
		Health Services	61	79	39	-22.8	56.4
	Government		55	54	57	1.9	-3.5
		Local Government	28	30	37	-6.7	-24.3
		Local Education	14	17	18	-17.6	-22.2
UNCLASSIFIED			51	45	66	13.3	-22.7