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December 2010


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Statewide continued claims edged up compared to September (0.5%), while extended benefit weeks claimed declined both over the month (-4.9%) and over the year (-11.9%).

Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Continued Weeks Claimed Oct_10 Oct_10
Oct_10 Sep_10 Oct_09 Sep_10 Oct_09
 
Wyoming Statewide
Total Weeks Claimed 27,045 26,920 37,548 0.5 -28.0
Extended Weeks Claimed  14,668  15,426   16,641 -4.9 -11.9
Total Unique Claimants*   8,093   6,617   10,993 22.3 -26.4
Benefit Exhaustions   1,038   1,064    1,254 -2.4 -17.2
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 12.8% 16.1% 11.4% -3.3% 1.4%
Goods-Producing    7,863    8,677   14,864 -9.4 -47.1
   Natural Resources & Mining    1,505    1,799     5,653 -16.3 -73.4
  Mining    1,373    1,637     5,479 -16.1 -74.9
Oil & Gas Extraction        83       115        332 -27.8 -75.0
   Construction    5,464    5,883     7,663 -7.1 -28.7
   Manufacturing       894       995     1,548 -10.2 -42.2
Service-Providing  13,516  12,632   16,524 7.0 -18.2
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities    4,439    4,433     5,712 0.1 -22.3
  Wholesale Trade       697       821     1,245 -15.1 -44.0
  Retail Trade    2,838    2,766     2,843 2.6 -0.2
  Transp., Wareh., & Utilities       904       846     1,624 6.9 -44.3
   Information       228       249        226 -8.4 0.9
   Financial Activities       799       860        919 -7.1 -13.1
   Prof. & Business Services    2,063    1,989     3,008 3.7 -31.4
   Educational & Health Services    1,744    1,878     1,751 -7.1 -0.4
   Leisure & Hospitality    3,558    2,341     3,697 52.0 -3.8
   Other Svcs., ex. Public Admin.       685       882     1,211 -22.3 -43.4
Government    3,152    2,903     2,293 8.6 37.5
   Federal Government    1,388    1,085        615 27.9 125.7
   State Government       325       326        358 -0.3 -9.2
   Local Government    1,439    1,492     1,320 -3.6 9.0
  Local Education       467       511        428 -8.6 9.1
Unclassified    2,514    2,708     3,867 -7.2 -35.0
 
Laramie County
Total Weeks Claimed    3,801    3,734     4,073 1.8 -6.7
Total Unique Claimants   1,094      928    1,220 17.9 -10.3
Goods-Producing       990       876     1,269 13.0 -22.0
   Construction       787       728        998 8.1 -21.1
Service-Providing    2,079    2,172     2,280 -4.3 -8.8
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities       685       758        801 -9.6 -14.5
   Financial Activities       168       176        158 -4.5 6.3
   Prof. & Business Services       402       372        502 8.1 -19.9
   Educational & Health Svcs.       348       389        345 -10.5 0.9
   Leisure and Hospitality       291       256        291 13.7 0.0
Government       635       582        380 9.1 67.1
Unclassified        97       104        144 -6.7 -32.6
 
Natrona County
Total Weeks Claimed    3,771    3,875     5,180 -2.7 -27.2
Total Unique Claimants   1,111      973    1,443 14.2 -23.0
Goods-Producing       914    1,024     2,075 -10.7 -56.0
   Construction       527       532        755 -0.9 -30.2
Service-Providing    2,489    2,482     2,782 0.3 -10.5
   Trade, Transp., & Utilities    1,084       965     1,037 12.3 4.5
   Financial Activities       129       153        167 -15.7 -22.8
   Professional & Business Svcs.       320       357        411 -10.4 -22.1
   Educational & Health Services       378       394        308 -4.1 22.7
   Leisure & Hospitality       394       415        338 -5.1 16.6
Government       299       312        203 -4.2 47.3
Unclassified        69        57        120 21.1 -42.5
 
*Does not include claimants receiving extended benefits

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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.



Last modified by Michael Moore.