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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Unique claimants increased by 10.1% from December 2011, but declined by 18.4% compared to January 2011. Weeks claimed in construction declined by 3,022 (24.7%) compared to January 2011.

Continued Claims Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Jan 12 Jan 12
Jan 12 Dec 11 Jan 11 Dec 11 Jan 11
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 32,129 29,010 39,670 10.8 -19.0
EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED 9,929 10,633 19,006 -6.6 -47.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb 9,528 8,652 11,680 10.1 -18.4
Benefit Exhaustions 682 602 902 13.3 -24.4
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 7.2% 7.0% 7.7% 0.2% -0.6%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 12,038 8,463 15,517 42.2 -22.4
Natural Res. & Mining 1,661 1,251 1,899 32.8 -12.5
Mining 1,393 1,016 1,614 37.1 -13.7
Oil & Gas Extraction 121 111 147 9.0 -17.7
Construction 9,224 6,426 12,246 43.5 -24.7
Manufacturing 1,153 786 1,372 46.7 -16.0
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 12,697 13,563 16,214 -6.4 -21.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 3,275 3,229 4,646 1.4 -29.5
Wholesale Trade 539 507 611 6.3 -11.8
Retail Trade 1,979 1,876 3,006 5.5 -34.2
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 757 846 1,029 -10.5 -26.4
Information 172 172 175 0.0 -1.7
Financial Activities 664 670 763 -0.9 -13.0
Prof. & Business Services 2,666 2,278 3,259 17.0 -18.2
Educational & Health Svcs. 1,412 1,351 1,786 4.5 -20.9
Leisure and Hospitality 3,953 5,280 4,919 -25.1 -19.6
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 555 583 666 -4.8 -16.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 3,155 3,065 3,788 2.9 -16.7
Federal Government 1,690 1,574 2,083 7.4 -18.9
State Government 280 312 250 -10.3 12.0
Local Government 1,185 1,179 1,455 0.5 -18.6
Local Education 210 268 337 -21.6 -37.7
UNCLASSIFIED 4,239 3,919 4,151 8.2 2.1
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 4,515 3,603 5,131 25.3 -12.0
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 1,325 1,094 1,565 21.1 -15.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 2,123 1,263 2,187 68.1 -2.9
Construction 1,693 1,123 1,890 50.8 -10.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,856 1,782 2,238 4.2 -17.1
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 563 573 680 -1.7 -17.2
Financial Activities 151 164 137 -7.9 10.2
Prof. & Business Svcs. 522 460 558 13.5 -6.5
Educational and Health Svcs. 224 239 439 -6.3 -49.0
Leisure & Hospitality 309 231 309 33.8 0.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 376 371 544 1.3 -30.9
UNCLASSIFIED 160 187 162 -14.4 -1.2
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 3,102 2,827 4,557 9.7 -31.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 936 839 1,336 11.6 -29.9
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,244 999 1,726 24.5 -27.9
Construction 1,031 780 1,271 32.2 -18.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,624 1,565 2,475 3.8 -34.4
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 474 462 1,065 2.6 -55.5
Financial Activities 85 90 100 -5.6 -15.0
Professional & Business Svcs. 324 307 428 5.5 -24.3
Educational & Health Svcs. 287 303 321 -5.3 -10.6
Leisure & Hospitality 299 263 391 13.7 -23.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 169 187 280 -9.6 -39.6
UNCLASSIFIED 65 76 76 -14.5 -14.5
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.
bDoes not include claimants receiving extended benefits.

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