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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Over the year, the number of unique claimants with continued claims increased by 3,059 individuals (42.3%). The total continued weeks claimed increased by 44.5% from February 2015.

Continued
Claims
Continued Weeks Claimed % Change Weeks Claimed
Feb
16
Feb
16
Feb
16
Jan
16
Feb
15
Jan
16
Feb
15
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED
36,124 33,056 24,997 9.3 44.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb
10,297 9,756 7,238 5.5 42.3
Benefit Exhaustions
544 478 379 13.8 43.5
Benefit Exhaustion Rates
5.3% 4.9% 5.2% 0.4% 0.0%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING
17,247 15,327 11,722 12.5 47.1
Natural Res. & Mining
4,990 4,159 3,267 20.0 52.7
Mining
4,793 3,957 3,087 21.1 55.3
Oil & Gas Extraction
491 464 261 5.8 88.1
Construction
10,621 9,853 7,508 7.8 41.5
Manufacturing
1,635 1,313 946 24.5 72.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING
12,926 11,779 8,500 9.7 52.1
Trade, Transp., & Utilities
4,422 3,835 2,395 15.3 84.6
Wholesale Trade
1,059 840 408 26.1 159.6
Retail Trade
1,591 1,445 1,032 10.1 54.2
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities
1,772 1,550 955 14.3 85.5
Information
158 135 81 17.0 95.1
Financial Activities
816 736 484 10.9 68.6
Prof. & Business Services
3,116 2,733 2,294 14.0 35.8
Educational & Health Svcs.
997 1,044 877 -4.5 13.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2,672 2,729 1,956 -2.1 36.6
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.
736 560 407 31.4 80.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
2,792 2,704 2,291 3.3 21.9
Federal Government
1,104 1,202 1,230 -8.2 -10.2
State Government
286 253 227 13.0 26.0
Local Government
1,401 1,248 833 12.3 68.2
Local Education
166 187 111 -11.2 49.5
UNCLASSIFIED
3,157 3,245 2,482 -2.7 27.2
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED
3,602 3,482 3,034 3.4 18.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS
1,048 1,048 880 0.0 19.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING
1,993 1,920 1,444 3.8 38.0
Construction
1,639 1,589 1,172 3.1 39.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING
1,215 1,150 1,224 5.7 -0.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities
472 456 381 3.5 23.9
Financial Activities
105 105 79 0.0 32.9
Prof. & Business Svcs.
299 262 341 14.1 -12.3
Educational & Health Svcs.
149 140 245 6.4 -39.2
Leisure & Hospitality
110 120 108 -8.3 1.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
263 264 235 -0.4 11.9
UNCLASSIFIED
129 147 129 -12.2 0.0
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED
5,934 5,344 2,665 11.0 122.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS
1,725 1,584 807 8.9 113.8
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING
3,128 2,736 1,359 14.3 130.2
Construction
1,742 1,530 729 13.9 139.0
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING
2,567 2,366 1,095 8.5 134.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities
1,049 920 350 14.0 199.7
Financial Activities
187 209 53 -10.5 252.8
Professional & Business Svcs.
548 469 302 16.8 81.5
Educational & Health Svcs.
189 192 170 -1.6 11.2
Leisure & Hospitality
377 397 126 -5.0 199.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
96 109 108 -11.9 -11.1
UNCLASSIFIED
141 132 101 6.8 39.6
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.

Continued Claims by Industry

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Continued Claims by County

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April 2016, Vol. 53 No. 4


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