Colorado Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Third Quarter 2002
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Table 1.
Major Industry Division	Number of Firms	Establishments with Layoffs	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Total	132,031	24	24	3,460	3,090
Total, Private	130,634	23	23	3,320	2,950
Agriculture	3,538	0	0	0	0
Nonagriculture	126,877	23	23	3,320	2,950
Manufacturing	6,084	6	6	969	737
Durable	3,469	5	5	839	615
Nondurable	2,615	1	1	130	122
Nonmanufacturing	120,793	17	17	2,351	2,213
Mining	970	0	0	0	0
Construction	17,968	2	2	202	137
Transportation and Public Utilities	4,836	7	7	1,043	1,072
Wholesale Trade	11,778	1	1	74	69
Retail Trade	19,569	2	2	324	304
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	13,270	2	2	244	244
Services	52,402	3	3	464	387
Not Identified	219	0	0	0	0
Government	1,393	1	1	140	140
Federal	43	1	1	140	140
State	82	0	0	0	0
Local	1,268	0	0	0	0
Ownership not identified	4	0	0	0	0
Table 2.
Claimant Characteristic	Initial Claims	Percent
Total	3,090	100.0
Race/Ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	1,898	61.4
Black/Non-Hispanic	208	6.7
Hispanic origin	444	14.4
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.8
Asian or Pacific Islander	134	4.3
Information not available	381	12.3
Sex
Male	1,790	57.9
Female	1,300	42.1
Information not available	0	0.0
Veteran Status
Veteran	487	15.8
Non-Veteran	2,603	84.2
Information not available	0	0.0
Age
Under 30	511	16.5
30 to 44	1,329	43.0
45 to 54	850	27.5
55 and over	387	12.5
Information not available	13	0.4
Table 3.
Layoff Reason	Number of Firms	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Bankruptcy	1	1	131	131
Contract Cancellation	1	1	100	87
Contract Completion	1	1	150	73
Financial Difficulty	1	1	74	69
Overseas Relocation	1	1	431	235
Product Line Discontinued	1	1	130	122
Reorganization within the Company	2	2	223	251
Seasonal	1	1	174	174
Slack Work	7	7	790	743
Other	7	7	1,095	1,043
Data Not Provided (Refusal)	1	1	162	162