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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics:
Normalized Initial Claims

Wyoming Statewide | Laramie County | Natrona County


Wyoming's total initial unemployment insurance claims decreased 21.6 percent from October 1997 to October 1998. Mining was the only industry that had increased claims during the same time period.


WYOMING STATEWIDE
CLAIMS FILED Percent Change in Claims Filed
OCT 98 SEP 98 OCT 97 SEP-OCT 98 OCT 97-98
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 910 593 1,161 53.5 -21.6
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 361 259 420 39.4 -14.0
--Manufacturing 48 43 64 11.6 -25.0
--Mining 108 83 46 30.1 134.8
----Oil & Gas Extraction 97 74 37 31.1 162.2
--Construction 205 133 310 54.1 -33.9
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 506 305 680 65.9 -25.6
--Transportation & Public Utilities 26 18 46 44.4 -43.5
----Transportation 24 15 29 60.0 -17.2
----Communications & Public Utilities 2 3 16 -33.3 -87.5
--Trade 174 98 201 77.6 -13.4
----Wholesale Trade 25 25 29 0.0 -13.8
----Retail Trade 149 73 172 104.1 -13.4
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 17 13 24 30.8 -29.2
--Services 223 121 301 84.3 -25.9
----Personal & Business Services 50 38 81 31.6 -38.3
----Health Services 28 23 29 21.7 -3.4
--Government 66 55 108 20.0 -38.9
----Local Government 25 29 42 -13.8 -40.5
------Local Education 6 11 16 -45.5 -62.5
UNCLASSIFIED 43 29 61 48.3 -29.5

 

LARAMIE COUNTY
CLAIMS FILED Percent Change in Claims Filed
OCT 98 SEP 98 OCT 97 SEP-OCT 98 OCT 97-98
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 81 61 154 32.8 -47.4
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 23 21 64 9.5 -64.1
--Manufacturing 3 2 5 50.0 -40.0
--Mining 3 1 2 200.0 50.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction 3 1 2 200.0 50.0
--Construction 17 18 57 -5.6 -70.2
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 45 38 84 18.4 -46.4
--Transportation & Public Utilities 6 2 9 200.0 -33.3
----Transportation 6 2 6 200.0 0.0
----Communications & Public Utilities 0 0 3 N/A -100.0
--Trade 4 14 28 -71.4 -85.7
----Wholesale Trade 0 1 2 -100.0 -100.0
----Retail Trade 4 13 26 -69.2 -84.6
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 1 3 2 -66.7 -50.0
--Services 28 16 28 75.0 0.0
----Personal & Business Services 14 6 12 133.3 16.7
----Health Services 3 3 3 0.0 0.0
--Government 6 3 17 100.0 -64.7
----Local Government 4 0 6 N/A -33.3
------Local Education 0 0 4 N/A -100.0
UNCLASSIFIED 13 2 6 550.0 116.7


NATRONA COUNTY
CLAIMS FILED Percent Change in Claims Filed
OCT 98 SEP 98 OCT 97 SEP-OCT 98 OCT 97-98
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 158 101 145 56.4 9.0
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 57 38 55 50.0 3.6
--Manufacturing 4 7 9 -42.9 -55.6
--Mining 22 17 10 29.4 120.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction 22 16 7 37.5 214.3
--Construction 31 14 36 121.4 -13.9
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 95 60 84 58.3 13.1
--Transportation & Public Utilities 1 3 5 -66.7 -80.0
----Transportation 1 2 2 -50.0 -50.0
----Communications & Public Utilities 0 2 3 -100.0 -100.0
--Trade 56 20 29 180.0 93.1
----Wholesale Trade 5 10 9 -50.0 -44.4
----Retail Trade 51 10 20 410.0 155.0
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 6 2 3 200.0 100.0
--Services 28 25 35 12.0 -20.0
----Personal & Business Services 5 4 15 25.0 -66.7
----Health Services 8 4 5 100.0 60.0
--Government 4 10 12 -60.0 -66.7
----Local Government 1 5 6 -80.0 -83.3
------Local Education 0 3 2 -100.0 0.0
UNCLASSIFIED 6 3 6 100.0 0.0


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