Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the
movement of work, selected quarters, 2007 and 2008
Layoff events Separations
Census region and division
II I II II I II
2007 2008r 2008p 2007 2008r 2008p
United States (1) . 65 59 60 11,352 13,324 10,957
Northeast ................. 13 6 13 1,808 1,381 1,557
New England ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Middle Atlantic ....... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
South ..................... 25 26 19 4,482 4,878 3,293
South Atlantic ........ 10 8 11 1,909 947 1,832
East South Central .... 8 11 5 949 2,237 734
West South Central .... 7 7 3 1,624 1,694 727
Midwest ................... 17 14 16 2,716 3,388 2,899
East North Central .... 12 11 (2) 1,810 2,378 (2)
West North Central .... 5 3 (2) 906 1,010 (2)
West ...................... 10 13 12 2,346 3,677 3,208
Mountain .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Pacific ............... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
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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