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
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
United States (1) ... 1,891 2,738 2,519 3,054 200,382 289,628 256,357 336,654
Northeast ................... 281 451 428 511 25,506 41,413 46,593 45,526
New England ............. 34 67 63 82 2,658 5,865 6,516 7,194
Middle Atlantic ......... 247 384 365 429 22,848 35,548 40,077 38,332
South ....................... 450 742 620 725 48,440 72,375 61,962 71,648
South Atlantic .......... 218 370 354 389 17,556 34,117 31,988 34,220
East South Central ...... 161 171 128 213 21,721 18,081 16,589 25,153
West South Central ...... 71 201 138 123 9,163 20,177 13,385 12,275
Midwest ..................... 606 826 592 805 84,535 105,264 76,301 117,188
East North Central ...... 528 649 469 635 75,373 84,281 59,347 94,516
West North Central ...... 78 177 123 170 9,162 20,983 16,954 22,672
West ........................ 554 719 879 1,013 41,901 70,576 71,501 102,292
Mountain ................ 49 135 90 112 4,519 13,290 7,184 11,241
Pacific ................. 505 584 789 901 37,382 57,286 64,317 91,051
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.
