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December 2010

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Statewide initial claims declined by 19.3% over the year and increased 74.8% over the month. Large over-the-year claims declines were observed in mining (-68.7%), manufacturing (-64.6%), and construction (-40.7%).

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Oct_10 Oct_10
Oct_10 Sep_10 Oct_09 Sep_10 Oct_09
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  4,732  2,707  5,863 74.8 -19.3
Goods-Producing  1,137     845  2,202 34.6 -48.4
   Natural Resources and Mining     142     148     430 -4.1 -67.0
      Mining     120     140     383 -14.3 -68.7
         Oil & Gas Extraction       13       16       15 -18.8 -13.3
   Construction     911     624  1,535 46.0 -40.7
   Manufacturing       84       73     237 15.1 -64.6
Service-Providing  2,758  1,294  2,761 113.1 -0.1
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities     575     428     639 34.3 -10.0
      Wholesale Trade     107     108       80 -0.9 33.8
      Retail Trade     332     239     328 38.9 1.2
      Transp., Warehousing & Utils.     136       81     231 67.9 -41.1
   Information       18       16       18 12.5 0.0
   Financial Activities       73       66       75 10.6 -2.7
   Prof. and Business Services     335     185     447 81.1 -25.1
   Educational and Health Services     158     154     145 2.6 9.0
   Leisure and Hospitality  1,530     390  1,314 292.3 16.4
   Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.       69       55     123 25.5 -43.9
Government     432     288     385 50.0 12.2
   Federal Government     280     158     220 77.2 27.3
   State Government       37       29       31 27.6 19.4
   Local Government     115     101     134 13.9 -14.2
      Local Education       28       27       24 3.7 16.7
Unclassified     405     280     515 44.6 -21.4
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     461     403     647 14.4 -28.7
Goods-Producing     175     144     356 21.5 -50.8
   Construction     155     120     294 29.2 -47.3
Service-Providing     219     178     224 23.0 -2.2
   Trade, Transp., and Utilities       72       62       80 16.1 -10.0
   Financial Activities       14        7       14 100.0 0.0
   Prof. and Business Services       51       33       58 54.5 -12.1
   Educational and Health Services       35       32       26 9.4 34.6
   Leisure and Hospitality       37       32       34 15.6 8.8
Government       48       65       43 -26.2 11.6
Unclassified       19       16       24 18.8 -20.8
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     432     377     581 14.6 -25.6
Goods-Producing     133     121     262 9.9 -49.2
   Construction     101       78     198 29.5 -49.0
Service-Providing     259     225     285 15.1 -9.1
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities     118     115       92 2.6 28.3
   Financial Activities        8        9        8 -11.1 0.0
   Professional and Business Services       42       25       53 68.0 -20.8
   Educational and Health Services       31       24       30 29.2 3.3
   Leisure and Hospitality       38       38       61 0.0 -37.7
Government       29       26       21 11.5 38.1
Unclassified       11        5       13 120.0 -15.4

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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.

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