Colorado Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Second Quarter 2004
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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	14,128	15	15	11,010	2,469
Total, Private	13,398	15	15	11,010	2,469
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	135	0	0	0	0
Mining	124	0	0	0	0
Utilities	43	0	0	0	0
Construction	1,536	0	0	0	0
Manufacturing	1,131	2	2	308	308
Wholesale Trade	911	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	1,357	1	1	383	187
Transportation and Warehousing	375	1	1	130	80
Information	392	2	2	975	522
Finance and Insurance	607	0	0	0	0
Real Estate and Rental and leasing	350	0	0	0	0
Professional and Technical Services	1,075	0	0	0	0
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0	0	0	0
Administrative and Waste Services	966	1	1	88	88
Educational Services	205	0	0	0	0
Health Care and Social Assistance	1,216	2	2	475	340
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	304	3	3	7,100	481
Accommodation and Food Services	2,111	3	3	1,551	463
Other Services, except Public Administration	475	0	0	0	0
Unclassified	28	0	0	0	0
Government	728	0	0	0	0
Federal	36	0	0	0	0
State	74	0	0	0	0
Local	618	0	0	0	0
Ownership not identified	2	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	2,469	100.0%
Race/Ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	1,353	54.8%
Black/Non-Hispanic	250	10.1%
Hispanic origin	550	22.3%
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander	71	2.9%
Information not available	234	9.5%
Sex
Male	1,004	40.7%
Female	1,465	59.3%
Information not available	0	0.0%
Veteran Status
Veteran	178	7.2%
Non-Veteran	2,291	92.8%
Information not available	0	0.0%
Age
Under 30	577	23.4%
30 to 44	889	36.0%
45 to 54	596	24.1%
55 and over	405	16.4%
Information not available	2	0.1%
Table 3. MLS Events by Reason
Layoff Reason	Number of Firms	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Business Ownership Change	1	1	383	187
Reorganization within the Company	1	1	900	447
Seasonal	8	8	9140	1248
Data Not Provided (Does Not Know)	5	5	587	587