Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2007 and 2008

Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment 
insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2007 and 2008

                                                                                                    Initial claimants for  
                                         Layoff events                   Separations                unemployment insurance 
   Census region and division                                                                                              
                                   II        I         II          II        I         II           II       I        II   
                                  2007r     2008r     2008p       2007r     2008r     2008p        2007r    2008r    2008p 
                                                                                                                           
        United States (1) .....   1,421     1,340     1,534      278,719   229,870   299,886      259,234  256,697  215,808

Northeast .....................     293       217       221       59,017    32,465    40,813       66,551   38,511   38,077

    New England ...............      63        31        68       13,777     4,839    13,692       10,036    4,123    9,060
    Middle Atlantic ...........     230       186       153       45,240    27,626    27,121       56,515   34,388   29,017

South .........................     303       232       330       48,599    42,117    53,275       45,673   45,228   41,722

    South Atlantic ............     170       132       178       27,930    23,492    28,895       25,125   26,538   21,870
    East South Central ........      63        56        73       10,293    10,277    10,565       10,270    8,351    9,103
    West South Central ........      70        44        79       10,376     8,348    13,815       10,278   10,339   10,749

Midwest .......................     363       336       429       75,305    73,442    86,410       74,665   81,278   68,733

    East North Central ........     270       272       344       58,772    61,305    72,140       57,026   69,115   57,394
    West North Central ........      93        64        85       16,533    12,137    14,270       17,639   12,163   11,339

West ..........................     462       555       554       95,798    81,846   119,388       72,345   91,680   67,276

    Mountain ..................      65        49        73       22,257     7,547    26,774        7,482    6,744    7,980
    Pacific ...................     397       506       481       73,541    74,299    92,614       64,863   84,936   59,296
                                                                                                                           

   1 See footnote 1, table 1.
   r = revised.
   p = preliminary.
   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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