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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued claims declined by 15.6% compared to November 2010. Extended benefit weeks claimed were 41.5% less than year-ago levels.

Continued Claims Continued Weeks Claimed Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Nov 11 Nov 11
Nov 11 Oct 11 Nov 10 Oct 11 Nov 10
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 24,859 18,126 29,460 37.1 -15.6
EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED 10,842 11,114 18,548 -2.4 -41.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb 6,349 5,499 8,718 15.5 -27.2
Benefit Exhaustions 541 521 738 3.8 -26.7
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 8.5% 9.5% 8.5% -1.0% 0.1%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 5,419 4,450 7,505 21.8 -27.8
Natural Res. & Mining 1,009 997 1,149 1.2 -12.2
Mining 844 913 1,005 -7.6 -16.0
Oil & Gas Extraction 111 131 68 -15.3 63.2
Construction 3,754 2,956 5,681 27.0 -33.9
Manufacturing 656 497 675 32.0 -2.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 13,774 9,387 16,003 46.7 -13.9
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 3,059 2,657 3,983 15.1 -23.2
Wholesale Trade 421 375 506 12.3 -16.8
Retail Trade 1,814 1,678 2,636 8.1 -31.2
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 824 604 841 36.4 -2.0
Information 167 181 171 -7.7 -2.3
Financial Activities 666 607 737 9.7 -9.6
Prof. & Business Services 1,723 1,264 2,132 36.3 -19.2
Educational & Health Svcs. 1,377 1,449 1,629 -5.0 -15.5
Leisure & Hospitality 6,287 2,775 6,724 126.6 -6.5
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 495 454 627 9.0 -21.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 2,648 1,928 3,362 37.3 -21.2
Federal Government 1,144 544 1,807 110.3 -36.7
State Government 331 259 265 27.8 24.9
Local Government 1,173 1,125 1,290 4.3 -9.1
Local Education 284 338 386 -16.0 -26.4
UNCLASSIFIED 3,018 2,361 2,590 27.8 16.5
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,823 2,295 3,514 23.0 -19.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 744 696 1,042 6.9 -28.6
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 714 482 1,024 48.1 -30.3
Construction 615 371 870 65.8 -29.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,596 1,357 1,821 17.6 -12.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 448 386 544 16.1 -17.6
Financial Activities 166 128 150 29.7 10.7
Prof. & Business Svcs. 343 258 355 32.9 -3.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 273 252 352 8.3 -22.4
Leisure & Hospitality 244 225 269 8.4 -9.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 377 352 568 7.1 -33.6
UNCLASSIFIED 136 104 101 30.8 34.7
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,248 1,981 3,396 13.5 -33.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 578 562 1,002 2.8 -42.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 733 567 824 29.3 -11.0
Construction 481 328 524 46.6 -8.2
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,300 1,214 2,205 7.1 -41.0
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 391 398 952 -1.8 -58.9
Financial Activities 92 97 108 -5.2 -14.8
Professional & Business Svcs. 221 152 315 45.4 -29.8
Educational & Health Svcs. 292 269 345 8.6 -15.4
Leisure & Hospitality 188 170 331 10.6 -43.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 157 163 285 -3.7 -44.9
UNCLASSIFIED 58 37 82 56.8 -29.3
 
a An 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.
bDoes not include claimants receiving extended benefits.

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