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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims declined by 19.6% statewide compared to January 2011. The largest numeric declines over the year were observed in construction (-367) and leisure & hospitality (-155).

Initial Claims Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Jan 12 Jan 12
Jan 12 Dec 11 Jan 11 Dec 11 Jan 11
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 4,570 4,193 5,687 9.0 -19.6
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 2,085 2,013 2,573 3.6 -19.0
Natural Res. & Mining 346 253 368 36.8 -6.0
Mining 315 231 318 36.4 -0.9
Oil & Gas Extraction 16 9 24 77.8 -33.3
Construction 1,541 1,564 1,908 -1.5 -19.2
Manufacturing 198 196 297 1.0 -33.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,701 1,324 2,132 28.5 -20.2
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 565 395 658 43.0 -14.1
Wholesale Trade 68 42 83 61.9 -18.1
Retail Trade 326 204 401 59.8 -18.7
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 171 149 174 14.8 -1.7
Information 18 11 26 63.6 -30.8
Financial Activities 51 57 58 -10.5 -12.1
Prof. and Business Svcs. 378 302 492 25.2 -23.2
Educational & Health Svcs. 149 138 196 8.0 -24.0
Leisure & Hospitality 471 373 626 26.3 -24.8
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 69 48 76 43.8 -9.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 330 312 403 5.8 -18.1
Federal Government 155 187 165 -17.1 -6.1
State Government 29 22 29 31.8 0.0
Local Government 146 103 209 41.7 -30.1
Local Education 29 29 47 0.0 -38.3
UNCLASSIFIED 454 544 579 -16.5 -21.6
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 603 702 745 -14.1 -19.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 293 409 373 -28.4 -21.4
Construction 233 302 287 -22.8 -18.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 258 235 300 9.8 -14.0
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 88 107 106 -17.8 -17.0
Financial Activities 9 10 9 -10.0 0.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 72 58 84 24.1 -14.3
Educational & Health Svcs. 24 14 34 71.4 -29.4
Leisure & Hospitality 55 41 54 34.1 1.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 28 40 53 -30.0 -47.2
UNCLASSIFIED 24 18 19 33.3 26.3
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 475 446 650 6.5 -26.9
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 203 246 282 -17.5 -28.0
Construction 158 207 202 -23.7 -21.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 244 175 336 39.4 -27.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 97 52 116 86.5 -16.4
Financial Activities 6 7 16 -14.3 -62.5
Prof. & Business Svcs. 54 35 78 54.3 -30.8
Educational & Health Svcs. 24 27 43 -11.1 -44.2
Leisure & Hospitality 41 43 51 -4.7 -19.6
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 10 15 16 -33.3 -37.5
UNCLASSIFIED 18 10 16 80.0 12.5
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.

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