Colorado Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) ALL Quarters 2003
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Table 1. MLS Events by NAICS Division
Major Industry Division	Number of Firms*	Establishments with Layoffs	Layoff Events	Total  Separations	Initial Claims
Total	14,332	56	73	21,211	11,461
Total, Private	13,610	50	65	20,154	10,478
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	137	0	0	0	0
Mining	110	1	2	190	362
Utilities	43	0	0	0	0
Construction	1,575	11	11	1,456	1,134
Manufacturing	1,185	11	16	6,222	2,755
Wholesale Trade	946	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	1,414	6	10	3,012	2,171
Transportation and Warehousing	389	4	5	1,163	1,044
Information	412	7	8	2,212	1,191
Finance and Insurance	617	0	0	0	0
Real Estate and Rental and leasing	358	0	0	0	0
Professional and Technical Services	1,096	0	0	0	0
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0	0	0	0
Administrative and Waste Services	946	2	2	161	161
Educational Services	197	0	0	0	0
Health Care and Social Assistance	1,217	2	2	453	305
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	303	3	5	4,054	806
Accommodation and Food Services	2,119	3	4	1,231	549
Other Services, except Public Administration	473	0	0	0	0
Unclassified	30	0	0	0	0
Government	718	6	8	1,057	983
Federal	35	2	2	219	219
State	73	1	1	100	100
Local	610	3	5	738	664
Ownership not identified	4	0	0	0	0
*Number of Firms includes only Colorado firms with 20 or more employees.
Table 2. Characteristics of Initial Claims
Claimant Characteristic	Initial Claims	Percent
Total	11,461	100.0
Race/Ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	6,465	56.4
Black/Non-Hispanic	679	5.9
Hispanic origin	2,702	23.6
American Indian or Alaskan Native	92	0.8
Asian or Pacific Islander	355	3.1
Information not available	1,168	10.2
Sex
Male	6,705	58.5
Female	4,756	41.5
Information not available	0	0.0
Veteran Status
Veteran	1,317	11.5
Non-Veteran	10,144	88.5
Information not available	0	0.0
Age
Under 30	2,134	18.6
30 to 44	4,416	38.5
45 to 54	3,152	27.5
55 and over	1,745	15.2
Information not available	14	0.1
Table 3. MLS Events by Reason
Layoff Reason	Number of Firms	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Bankruptcy	2	2	783	749
Business Ownership Change	2	2	1300	291
Contract Completed	1	1	120	89
Domestic Relocation	1	1	300	244
Financial Difficulty	8	9	3368	1517
Import Competition	1	1	400	147
Overseas Relocation	1	1	202	208
Reorganization within the Company	3	3	790	496
Seasonal	21	28	9315	4799
Slack Work	10	11	2892	1200
Other	10	10	1290	1270
Data Not Provided (Does Not Know)	4	4	451	451