Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                   Initial claimants for           
                                           Mass layoff events                      unemployment insurance          
  
  Census region and division                                                                                       
  
                                   August     June      July    August     August     June        July       August
                                    2007      2008      2008     2008       2007      2008        2008        2008 
                                                                                                                   
        United States (1) ...        963     1,622     1,891    1,427      93,458    166,742     200,382    139,999

Northeast ...................        173       282       281      226      16,396     32,721      25,506     22,736
    New England .............         15        49        34       24       1,128      4,929       2,658      2,304
    Middle Atlantic .........        158       233       247      202      15,268     27,792      22,848     20,432

South .......................        227       365       450      362      21,452     38,453      48,440     38,188
    South Atlantic ..........        128       207       218      212      10,632     18,972      17,556     20,313
    East South Central ......         54        63       161       90       6,426     10,974      21,721     11,179
    West South Central ......         45        95        71       60       4,394      8,507       9,163      6,696

Midwest .....................        181       345       606      307      18,319     39,391      84,535     33,238
    East North Central ......        149       257       528      254      15,584     28,549      75,373     26,689
    West North Central ......         32        88        78       53       2,735     10,842       9,162      6,549

West ........................        382       630       554      532      37,291     56,177      41,901     45,837
    Mountain ................         29        63        49       50       3,162      4,903       4,519      4,688
    Pacific .................        353       567       505      482      34,129     51,274      37,382     41,149
                                                                                                                   
 
    1 See footnote 1, table 3.
    NOTE:  The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, 
and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South 
Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and 
Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii,  
Oregon, and Washington.

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