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                                                                                
  
                                   March    January   February  March      March     January     February    March 
                                    2008      2009      2009     2009       2008       2009        2009       2009 
                                                                                                                   
        United States (1) ...      1,089     3,806     2,262    2,191     114,541    388,813     218,438    228,387

Northeast ...................        180       787       348      317      21,202     77,142      32,131     29,493
    New England .............         14        97        78       68       1,014      8,414       7,744      7,021
    Middle Atlantic .........        166       690       270      249      20,188     68,728      24,387     22,472

South .......................        245     1,052       624      589      28,097    115,630      55,542     61,432
    South Atlantic ..........        139       574       295      276      14,166     58,892      23,842     27,819
    East South Central ......         53       279       172      158       6,680     32,215      17,840     15,629
    West South Central ......         53       199       157      155       7,251     24,523      13,860     17,984

Midwest .....................        287     1,024       561      607      34,885    114,195      64,973     81,957
    East North Central ......        224       821       434      466      27,847     93,852      52,690     64,595
    West North Central ......         63       203       127      141       7,038     20,343      12,283     17,362

West ........................        377       943       729      678      30,357     81,846      65,792     55,505
    Mountain ................         43       149       128      109       4,001     12,657      11,381     10,991
    Pacific .................        334       794       601      569      26,356     69,189      54,411     44,514
                                                                                                                   
 
   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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