Wyoming Labor Force Trends - Long-Term Unemployment in Wyoming and the U.S., Table and Figures

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Long-Term Unemployment in Wyoming and the U.S. (Tables and Figures)

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Table 1. National Unemployment by Reason and Average Duration 2006 and 2010¹
	Unemployed²		Job Loser	Completed Temp Job	Job Leavers	Reentrants	New Entrants	Duration of Unemployment in Weeks
Year	%	N	%	%	%	%	%	Mean	Median
2006	4.6	7,001,000	34.3	13.2	11.8	32.0	8.8	16.8	8.3
2007	4.6	7,078,000	35.9	13.8	11.2	30.3	8.9	16.8	8.5
2008	5.8	8,924,000	40.5	13.2	10.0	27.7	8.6	17.9	9.4
2009	9.3	14,265,000	52.8	11.4	6.2	22.3	7.3	24.4	15.1
2010	9.6	14,825,000	52.7	9.7	6.0	23.4	8.2	33.0	21.4
Change from 2006 to 2010
		7,824,000	18.4	-3.5	-5.8	-8.6	-0.6	16.2	13.1

¹Based on annual averages
²Unemployment rate is the published BLS estimate

Table 2. Unemployment by Reason and Average Duration for Wyoming 2006 to 2010¹
Year	Unemployed²		Job Loser	Completed Temp Job	Job Leavers	Reentrants	New Entrants³	Duration of Unemployment in Weeks
Year	%	N	%	%	%	%	%	Mean	Median
2006	3.2	10,000	30.0	10.0	20.0	40.0	5.0	10.1	3.9
2007	2.8	8,000	12.5	25.0	25.0	37.5	6.3	8.7	4.2
2008	3.1	9,000	22.2	22.2	22.2	33.3	5.6	9.0	3.8
2009	6.5	19,000	52.6	15.8	10.5	21.1	5.3	15.6	9.2
2010	7.0	20,000	40.0	15.0	15.0	25.0	5.0	22.7	12.6
Change from 2006 to 2010
		10,000	10.0	5.0	-5.0	-15.0	0.0	12.6	8.7

¹Based on annual averages.
²Unemployment rate is the published BLS estimate.
³If new entrants were less than 500, the percentage is based on a numerator of 500.
Note: The total percentage across categories may not equal 100% given the new entrants calculation.

Table 3: Unemployment Rate for Selected States, 2010
State	2010 Unemployment Rate
Nevada	14.90%
California	12.40%
Michigan	12.50%
Florida	11.50%
Wyoming	7.00%

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/srgune.pdf).

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