Labor Market Information > Wyoming Labor Force Trends > September 2011 > Continued Claims

Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Continued weeks claimed declined by 25.1% compared to July 2010. Construction and trade, transportation, & utilities had the greatest numeric impact on the over-the-year change.

Percent Change
Weeks Claimed
Continued Weeks Claimed Jul 11 Jul 11
Jul 11 Jun 11 Jul 10 Jun 11 Jul 10
Wyoming Statewide
Total Continued Weeks Claimed   20,595  23,902   27,488 -13.8 -25.1
Extended Benefit Weeks Claimed   13,255  14,800   17,429 -10.4 -23.9
Total Unique Claimantsb     5,894   6,078     7,759 -3.0 -24.0
Benefit Exhaustions       684      622       982 10.0 -30.3
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 11.6% 10.2% 12.7% 1.4% -1.1%
Goods-Producing     6,001    7,648     9,095 -21.5 -34.0
   Natural Resources & Mining     1,193    1,486     1,602 -19.7 -25.5
      Mining     1,080    1,324     1,460 -18.4 -26.0
         Oil & Gas Extraction          87        92          99 -5.4 -12.1
   Construction     4,101    5,305     6,365 -22.7 -35.6
   Manufacturing        707       857     1,128 -17.5 -37.3
Service-Providing     9,484  11,068   12,566 -14.3 -24.5
   Trade, Transportation, & Utilities     2,855    3,331     4,156 -14.3 -31.3
      Wholesale Trade        432       486        810 -11.1 -46.7
      Retail Trade     1,851    2,085     2,519 -11.2 -26.5
      Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities        572       760        827 -24.7 -30.8
   Information        202       203        226 -0.5 -10.6
   Financial Activities        480       468        770 2.6 -37.7
   Professional & Business Services     1,471    1,630     1,885 -9.8 -22.0
   Educational & Health Services     1,929    1,841     2,070 4.8 -6.8
   Leisure & Hospitality     1,968    3,009     2,556 -34.6 -23.0
   Other Services, except Public Admin.        579       586        903 -1.2 -35.9
Government     2,094    2,043     2,603 2.5 -19.6
   Federal Government        368       465        819 -20.9 -55.1
   State Government        255       251        329 1.6 -22.5
   Local Government     1,471    1,327     1,455 10.9 1.1
      Local Education        506       362        436 39.8 16.1
Unclassified     3,016    3,143     3,224 -4.0 -6.5
Laramie County
Total Continued Weeks Claimed     2,790    2,880     3,656 -3.1 -23.7
Total Unique Claimants       803      708     1,011 13.4 -20.6
Goods-Producing        584       734        845 -20.4 -30.9
   Construction        437       585        678 -25.3 -35.5
Service-Providing     1,745    1,673     2,170 4.3 -19.6
   Trade, Transportation, & Utilities        487       470        834 3.6 -41.6
   Financial Activities        119       102        180 16.7 -33.9
   Professional & Business Services        297       257        280 15.6 6.1
   Educational & Health Services        450       454        375 -0.9 20.0
   Leisure & Hospitality        240       245        298 -2.0 -19.5
Government        384       368        540 4.3 -28.9
Unclassified          77       105        101 -26.7 -23.8
Natrona County
Total Continued Weeks Claimed     2,218    2,569     3,519 -13.7 -37.0
Total Unique Claimants       628      637     1,013 -1.4 -38.0
Goods-Producing        532       694     1,075 -23.3 -50.5
   Construction        254       386        590 -34.2 -56.9
Service-Providing     1,523    1,733     2,209 -12.1 -31.1
   Trade, Transportation, & Utilities        531       594        768 -10.6 -30.9
   Financial Activities          78        67        155 16.4 -49.7
   Professional & Business Services        236       312        280 -24.4 -15.7
   Educational & Health Services        323       333        414 -3.0 -22.0
   Leisure & Hospitality        187       253        419 -26.1 -55.4
Government        121        90        180 34.4 -32.8
Unclassified          42        52          55 -19.2 -23.6
 
*Does not include claimants receiving extended benefits
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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