Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
Continued weeks claimed increased by 0.9% compared to September and 239.1% compared to a year ago. Extended benefit claims rose as more workers exhausted their state UI benefits.
| Percent Change Weeks Claimed | |||||
| Continued Weeks Claimed | Oct_09 | Oct_09 | |||
| Oct_09 | Sep_09 | Oct_08 | Sep_09 | Oct_08 | |
| Wyoming Statewide | |||||
| Total Continued Weeks Claimed | 37,548 | 37,215 | 11,072 | 0.9 | 239.1 |
| Extended Benefit Weeks Claimed | 16,641 | 12,420 | 1,326 | 34.0 | 1155.0 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 10,993 | 8,875 | 3,003 | 23.9 | 266.1 |
| Benefit Exhaustions | 1,254 | 1,249 | 236 | 0.4 | 431.4 |
| Benefit Exhaustion Rates | 11.4% | 14.1% | 7.9% | -2.7% | 3.5% |
| Goods-Producing | 14,864 | 16,016 | 3,838 | -7.2 | 287.3 |
| Natural Resources and Mining | 5,653 | 7,164 | 813 | -21.1 | 595.3 |
| Mining | 5,479 | 6,964 | 784 | -21.3 | 598.9 |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | 332 | 359 | 261 | -7.5 | 27.2 |
| Construction | 7,663 | 7,201 | 2,622 | 6.4 | 192.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,548 | 1,651 | 403 | -6.2 | 284.1 |
| Service-Providing | 16,524 | 15,172 | 5,152 | 8.9 | 220.7 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities | 5,712 | 5,748 | 1,484 | -0.6 | 284.9 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1,245 | 1,431 | 222 | -13.0 | 460.8 |
| Retail Trade | 2,843 | 2,733 | 813 | 4.0 | 249.7 |
| Transp., Warehousing and Utilities | 1,624 | 1,584 | 449 | 2.5 | 261.7 |
| Information | 226 | 263 | 128 | -14.1 | 76.6 |
| Financial Activities | 919 | 1,035 | 308 | -11.2 | 198.4 |
| Professional and Business Services | 3,008 | 2,812 | 975 | 7.0 | 208.5 |
| Educational and Health Services | 1,751 | 1,718 | 667 | 1.9 | 162.5 |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 3,697 | 2,395 | 1,293 | 54.4 | 185.9 |
| Other Services, except Public Admin. | 1,211 | 1,201 | 297 | 0.8 | 307.7 |
| Government | 2,293 | 2,172 | 1,128 | 5.6 | 103.3 |
| Federal Government | 615 | 478 | 337 | 28.7 | 82.5 |
| State Government | 358 | 382 | 166 | -6.3 | 115.7 |
| Local Government | 1,320 | 1,312 | 625 | 0.6 | 111.2 |
| Local Education | 428 | 456 | 195 | -6.1 | 119.5 |
| Unclassified | 3,867 | 3,855 | 954 | 0.3 | 305.3 |
| Laramie County | |||||
| Total Continued Weeks Claimed | 4,073 | 3,645 | 1,959 | 11.7 | 107.9 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 1,220 | 897 | 505 | 36.0 | 141.6 |
| Goods-Producing | 1,269 | 964 | 582 | 31.6 | 118.0 |
| Construction | 998 | 689 | 472 | 44.8 | 111.4 |
| Service-Providing | 2,280 | 2,198 | 987 | 3.7 | 131.0 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities | 801 | 824 | 322 | -2.8 | 148.8 |
| Financial Activities | 158 | 155 | 63 | 1.9 | 150.8 |
| Professional and Business Services | 502 | 422 | 245 | 19.0 | 104.9 |
| Educational and Health Services | 345 | 356 | 148 | -3.1 | 133.1 |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 291 | 268 | 129 | 8.6 | 125.6 |
| Government | 380 | 329 | 251 | 15.5 | 51.4 |
| Unclassified | 144 | 154 | 139 | -6.5 | 3.6 |
| Natrona County | |||||
| Total Continued Weeks Claimed | 5,180 | 5,470 | 1,079 | -5.3 | 380.1 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 1,443 | 1,253 | 295 | 15.2 | 389.2 |
| Goods-Producing | 2,075 | 2,320 | 417 | -10.6 | 397.6 |
| Construction | 755 | 681 | 243 | 10.9 | 210.7 |
| Service-Providing | 2,782 | 2,837 | 594 | -1.9 | 368.4 |
| Trade, Transp., and Utilities | 1,037 | 1,145 | 142 | -9.4 | 630.3 |
| Financial Activities | 167 | 198 | 54 | -15.7 | 209.3 |
| Professional and Business Services | 411 | 361 | 108 | 13.9 | 280.6 |
| Educational and Health Services | 308 | 281 | 108 | 9.6 | 185.2 |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 338 | 347 | 96 | -2.6 | 252.1 |
| Government | 203 | 199 | 40 | 2.0 | 407.5 |
| Unclassified | 120 | 114 | 28 | 5.3 | 328.6 |
aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.
