Gender Data:
- MED compiled 2018 licensee demographic data - the most recent full annual data set available and reviewed. At the time there were three occupational license types: associated key (owner), key and support. As of January 1, 2020, there are now two: owner and employee.
- 2018 gender data: responses on over 99% of occupational licensee applicants.
- Women held over 39% of support licenses, almost 32% of key licenses and about 22% of associated key licenses. Overall, women held a little more than 36% of all occupational licenses in Colorado.
Race Data:
- 2018 Application Race/Ethnicity Options:
- Asian
- Black
- Caucasian
- Hispanic/Latino
- Mixed Race
- Native American
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- Over 26% of applicants did not disclose race/ethnicity, so the following percentages were based on the responses submitted:
- Caucasians held 70% of support licenses, compared to almost 6% for blacks and 15% for Hispanic/Latino
- Caucasians held 79% of key licenses, compared to a little over 3% for blacks and 11% for Hispanic/Latino
- Caucasians held 88% of associated key licenses, compared to slightly over 2% for blacks and 5% for Hispanic/Latino