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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims declined by 8.5% compared to December 2010. Claims were lower across all industries with the exceptions of manufacturing, financial activities, federal government and local government.

Initial Claims Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Dec 11 Dec 11
Dec 11 Nov 11 Dec 10 Nov 11 Dec 10
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 4,193 4,359 4,585 -3.8 -8.5
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 2,013 1,519 2,145 32.5 -6.2
Natural Res. & Mining 253 200 285 26.5 -11.2
Mining 231 157 252 47.1 -8.3
Oil & Gas Extraction 9 10 17 -10.0 -47.1
Construction 1,564 1,206 1,671 29.7 -6.4
Manufacturing 196 113 189 73.5 3.7
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,324 1,830 1,573 -27.7 -15.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 395 412 476 -4.1 -17.0
Wholesale Trade 42 74 68 -43.2 -38.2
Retail Trade 204 231 239 -11.7 -14.6
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 149 107 169 39.3 -11.8
Information 11 12 11 -8.3 0.0
Financial Activities 57 65 53 -12.3 7.5
Prof. and Business Svcs. 302 353 330 -14.4 -8.5
Educational & Health Svcs. 138 135 179 2.2 -22.9
Leisure & Hospitality 373 772 458 -51.7 -18.6
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 48 81 66 -40.7 -27.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 312 425 310 -26.6 0.6
Federal Government 187 254 185 -26.4 1.1
State Government 22 35 23 -37.1 -4.3
Local Government 103 136 102 -24.3 1.0
Local Education 29 33 23 -12.1 26.1
UNCLASSIFIED 544 585 557 -7.0 -2.3
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 702 540 661 30.0 6.2
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 409 245 314 66.9 30.3
Construction 302 230 267 31.3 13.1
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 235 237 282 -0.8 -16.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 107 77 111 39.0 -3.6
Financial Activities 10 14 14 -28.6 -28.6
Prof. & Business Svcs. 58 71 64 -18.3 -9.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 14 29 39 -51.7 -64.1
Leisure & Hospitality 41 32 44 28.1 -6.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 40 32 43 25.0 -7.0
UNCLASSIFIED 18 26 22 -30.8 -18.2
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 446 411 534 8.5 -16.5
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 246 192 289 28.1 -14.9
Construction 207 162 210 27.8 -1.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 175 190 209 -7.9 -16.3
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 52 54 85 -3.7 -38.8
Financial Activities 7 8 5 -12.5 40.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 35 49 40 -28.6 -12.5
Educational & Health Svcs. 27 29 24 -6.9 12.5
Leisure & Hospitality 43 34 40 26.5 7.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 15 19 24 -21.1 -37.5
UNCLASSIFIED 10 10 12 0.0 -16.7
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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