Colorado Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Second Quarter 2002
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Table 1.
Major Industry Division	Number of Firms	Establishments with Layoffs	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Total	132,026	20	20	21,863	2,526
Total, Private	130,632	19	19	14,863	2,440
Agriculture	3,538	0	0	0	0
Nonagriculture	126,876	19	19	14,863	2,440
Manufacturing	6,084	2	2	278	227
Durable	3,469	0	0	0	0
Nondurable	2,615	2	2	278	227
Nonmanufacturing	120,792	17	17	14,585	2,213
Mining	970	0	0	0	0
Construction	17,968	0	0	0	0
Transportation and Public Utilities	4,836	7	7	754	698
Wholesale Trade	11,778	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	19,569	1	1	203	203
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	13,270	1	1	192	192
Services	52,401	8	8	13,436	1,120
Not Identified	218	0	0	0	0
Government	1,393	1	1	7,000	86
Federal	43	0	0	0	0
State	82	0	0	0	0
Local	1,268	1	1	7,000	86
Ownership not identified	1	0	0	0	0
Table 2.
Claimant Characteristic	Initial Claims	Percent
Total	2,526	100.0
Race/Ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	1,600	63.3
Black/Non-Hispanic	145	5.7
Hispanic origin	427	16.9
American Indian or Alaskan Native	14	0.6
Asian or Pacific Islander	48	1.9
Information not available	292	11.6
Sex
Male	1,011	40.0
Female	1,511	60.0
Information not available	0	0.0
Veteran Status
Veteran	219	8.7
Non-Veteran	2,307	91.3
Information not available	0	0.0
Age
Under 30	518	20.5
30 to 44	1,126	44.6
45 to 54	594	23.5
55 and over	286	11.3
Information not available	2	0.1
Table 3.
Layoff Reason	Number of Firms	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Financial Difficulty	1	1	73	61
Reorganization within the Company	5	5	542	543
Seasonal	10	10	20,756	1,435
Slack Work	1	1	78	73
Other	3	3	414	414