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
IV III IV IV III IV IV III IV
2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p
United States (1) ..... 1,814 1,582 3,140 301,592 290,052 508,859 347,151 300,337 463,715
Northeast ..................... 293 304 418 49,004 60,295 61,160 56,569 56,139 58,243
New England ............... 55 39 71 11,348 5,043 9,932 7,697 4,886 8,242
Middle Atlantic ........... 238 265 347 37,656 55,252 51,228 48,872 51,253 50,001
South ......................... 263 373 505 45,367 75,443 80,590 45,929 74,945 78,361
South Atlantic ............ 153 193 260 24,190 42,491 43,217 23,862 39,918 38,819
East South Central ........ 60 76 146 12,963 12,134 20,983 11,933 13,728 24,327
West South Central ........ 50 104 99 8,214 20,818 16,390 10,134 21,299 15,215
Midwest ....................... 684 322 1,140 114,727 59,679 202,392 139,345 69,600 182,468
East North Central ........ 519 259 833 88,795 50,322 156,100 113,563 58,942 141,951
West North Central ........ 165 63 307 25,932 9,357 46,292 25,782 10,658 40,517
West .......................... 574 583 1,077 92,494 94,635 164,717 105,308 99,653 144,643
Mountain .................. 78 67 175 16,135 11,415 31,970 12,593 11,152 27,352
Pacific ................... 496 516 902 76,359 83,220 132,747 92,715 88,501 117,291
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.
