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                                                                                       

                                    July      May       June     July       July       May         June       July 
                                    2007      2008      2008     2008       2007       2008        2008       2008 
                                                                                                                   
        United States (1) ...      1,599     1,552     1,622    1,891     175,419    159,471     166,742    200,382

Northeast ...................        241       266       282      281      21,035     25,619      32,721     25,506
    New England .............         39        32        49       34       3,608      3,218       4,929      2,658
    Middle Atlantic .........        202       234       233      247      17,427     22,401      27,792     22,848

South .......................        360       402       365      450      35,763     42,832      38,453     48,440
    South Atlantic ..........        180       199       207      218      15,861     15,761      18,972     17,556
    East South Central ......        122       116        63      161      14,074     16,810      10,974     21,721
    West South Central ......         58        87        95       71       5,828     10,261       8,507      9,163

Midwest .....................        573       390       345      606      85,557     45,462      39,391     84,535
    East North Central ......        485       312       257      528      72,514     36,332      28,549     75,373
    West North Central ......         88        78        88       78      13,043      9,130      10,842      9,162

West ........................        425       494       630      554      33,064     45,558      56,177     41,901
    Mountain ................         44        62        63       49       4,698      5,548       4,903      4,519
    Pacific .................        381       432       567      505      28,366     40,010      51,274     37,382
                                                                                                                   

   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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