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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued claims increased 25.0% from April 2014. Total weeks claimed in mining increased from 1,259 in April 2014 to 5,654 in April 2015 (349.1%).

Continued Claims Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Apr 15 Apr 15
Apr 15 Mar 15 Apr 14 Mar 15 Apr 14
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 25,262 26,775 20,204 -5.7 25.0
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb 6,492 7,811 5,470 -16.9 18.7
Benefit Exhaustions 458 401 575 14.2 -20.3
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 7.1% 5.1% 10.5% 1.9% -3.5%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 11,891 13,506 6,936 -12.0 71.4
Natural Res. & Mining 5,786 5,056 1,382 14.4 318.7
Mining 5,654 4,888 1,259 15.7 349.1
Oil & Gas Extraction 457 389 143 17.5 219.6
Construction 5,122 7,430 4,563 -31.1 12.3
Manufacturing 982 1,018 989 -3.5 -0.7
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 9,498 8,860 9,277 7.2 2.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 2,810 2,701 2,540 4.0 10.6
Wholesale Trade 641 533 443 20.3 44.7
Retail Trade 914 1,000 1,273 -8.6 -28.2
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 1,255 1,168 824 7.4 52.3
Information 140 102 126 37.3 11.1
Financial Activities 697 654 487 6.6 43.1
Prof. & Business Services 1,855 2,208 1,498 -16.0 23.8
Educational & Health Svcs. 807 825 893 -2.2 -9.6
Leisure and Hospitality 2,650 1,902 3,267 39.3 -18.9
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 531 460 461 15.4 15.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 1,591 1,943 1,833 -18.1 -13.2
Federal Government 728 1,008 866 -27.8 -15.9
State Government 220 215 210 2.3 4.8
Local Government 642 718 756 -10.6 -15.1
Local Education 96 105 104 -8.6 -7.7
UNCLASSIFIED 2,281 2,465 2,157 -7.5 5.7
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,093 2,958 2,318 -29.2 -9.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 523 897 622 -41.7 -15.9
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 779 1,366 777 -43.0 0.3
Construction 519 1,071 665 -51.5 -22.0
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 995 1,214 1,221 -18.0 -18.5
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 313 411 425 -23.8 -26.4
Financial Activities 86 88 109 -2.3 -21.1
Prof. & Business Svcs. 294 419 398 -29.8 -26.1
Educational and Health Svcs. 174 209 168 -16.7 3.6
Leisure & Hospitality 114 120 123 -5.0 -7.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 223 234 269 -4.7 -17.1
UNCLASSIFIED 95 142 49 -33.1 93.9
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 3,554 3,571 2,072 -0.5 71.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 910 1,067 561 -14.7 62.2
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 2,007 2,019 897 -0.6 123.7
Construction 626 909 513 -31.1 22.0
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,336 1,316 1,049 1.5 27.4
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 527 483 372 9.1 41.7
Financial Activities 106 94 65 12.8 63.1
Professional & Business Svcs. 425 434 248 -2.1 71.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 177 183 193 -3.3 -8.3
Leisure & Hospitality 109 153 145 -28.8 -24.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 113 113 70 0.0 61.4
UNCLASSIFIED 96 121 55 -20.7 74.5
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.

Continued Claims by Industry

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Continued Claims by County

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June 2015, Vol. 52 No. 6


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