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
IV III IV IV III IV
2007 2008r 2008p 2007 2008r 2008p
United States (1) . 69 84 110 11,302 14,938 24,236
Northeast ................. 11 14 14 1,726 2,306 2,106
New England ........... 3 (2) 4 562 (2) 686
Middle Atlantic ....... 8 (2) 10 1,164 (2) 1,420
South ..................... 16 13 22 2,105 2,238 3,848
South Atlantic ........ 8 5 7 903 704 843
East South Central .... 5 4 10 512 472 1,425
West South Central .... 3 4 5 690 1,062 1,580
Midwest ................... 30 42 47 5,847 8,162 14,306
East North Central .... 23 32 33 4,190 6,105 11,564
West North Central .... 7 10 14 1,657 2,057 2,742
West ...................... 12 15 27 1,624 2,232 3,976
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.
