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                                                                                       
  
                                  September   July     August  September  September    July      August   September
                                    2007      2008      2008     2008       2007       2008       2008       2008  
                                                                                                                   
        United States (1) ...        717     1,891     1,427    1,292      67,385    200,382     139,999    129,586

Northeast ...................         96       281       226      142       8,660     25,506      22,736     11,646
    New England .............         10        34        24       15         756      2,658       2,304      1,180
    Middle Atlantic .........         86       247       202      127       7,904     22,848      20,432     10,466

South .......................        160       450       362      475      15,913     48,440      38,188     43,772
    South Atlantic ..........         78       218       212      153       6,303     17,556      20,313     12,291
    East South Central ......         38       161        90       54       5,018     21,721      11,179      4,788
    West South Central ......         44        71        60      268       4,592      9,163       6,696     26,693

Midwest .....................        156       606       307      225      17,273     84,535      33,238     26,646
    East North Central ......        119       528       254      189      13,995     75,373      26,689     23,087
    West North Central ......         37        78        53       36       3,278      9,162       6,549      3,559

West ........................        305       554       532      450      25,539     41,901      45,837     47,522
    Mountain ................         23        49        50       43       2,166      4,519       4,688      3,675
    Pacific .................        282       505       482      407      23,373     37,382      41,149     43,847
                                                                                                                   
 
    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.