Colorado Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) ALL Quarters 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	38	47	17,657	6,257
Total, Private	13,398	38	47	17,657	6,257
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	135	0	0	0	0
Mining	124	1	1	150	137
Utilities	43	0	0	0	0
Construction	1,536	11	12	1,913	1,265
Manufacturing	1,131	5	5	736	751
Wholesale Trade	911	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	1,357	4	6	945	816
Transportation and Warehousing	375	1	1	130	80
Information	392	4	6	1,780	1,108
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	4	5	695	475
Educational Services	205	0	0	0	0
Health Care and Social Assistance	1,216	2	2	475	340
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	304	3	5	9,200	740
Accommodation and Food Services	2,111	3	4	1,633	545
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
Table 2. Characteristics of Initial Claims
Claimant Characteristic	Initial Claims	Percent
Total	6,257	100.0
Race/Ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	3,303	52.8
Black/Non-Hispanic	493	7.9
Hispanic origin	1,746	27.9
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.7
Asian or Pacific Islander	103	1.6
Information not available	569	9.1
Sex
Male	3,693	59.0
Female	2,564	41.0
Information not available	0	0.0
Veteran Status
Veteran	641	10.2
Non-Veteran	5,616	89.8
Information not available	0	0.0
Age
Under 30	1,421	22.7
30 to 44	2,311	36.9
45 to 54	1,552	24.8
55 and over	961	15.4
Information not available	12	0.2
Table 3. MLS Events by Reason
Layoff Reason	Number of Firms	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Business Ownership Change	1	1	383	187
Financial Difficulty	2	3	295	326
Product Line Discontinued	1	1	130	96
Reorganization within the Company	3	3	1186	702
Seasonal	24	28	13875	3635
Slack Work	3	3	798	321
Other	1	1	125	125
Data Not Provided (Refusal)	2	3	388	388
Data Not Provided (Does Not Know)	4	4	477	477