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
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 II I II II I II II I II 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p United States (1) ..... 1,421 1,340 1,534 278,719 229,870 299,886 259,234 256,697 215,808 Northeast ..................... 293 217 221 59,017 32,465 40,813 66,551 38,511 38,077 New England ............... 63 31 68 13,777 4,839 13,692 10,036 4,123 9,060 Middle Atlantic ........... 230 186 153 45,240 27,626 27,121 56,515 34,388 29,017 South ......................... 303 232 330 48,599 42,117 53,275 45,673 45,228 41,722 South Atlantic ............ 170 132 178 27,930 23,492 28,895 25,125 26,538 21,870 East South Central ........ 63 56 73 10,293 10,277 10,565 10,270 8,351 9,103 West South Central ........ 70 44 79 10,376 8,348 13,815 10,278 10,339 10,749 Midwest ....................... 363 336 429 75,305 73,442 86,410 74,665 81,278 68,733 East North Central ........ 270 272 344 58,772 61,305 72,140 57,026 69,115 57,394 West North Central ........ 93 64 85 16,533 12,137 14,270 17,639 12,163 11,339 West .......................... 462 555 554 95,798 81,846 119,388 72,345 91,680 67,276 Mountain .................. 65 49 73 22,257 7,547 26,774 7,482 6,744 7,980 Pacific ................... 397 506 481 73,541 74,299 92,614 64,863 84,936 59,296 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.
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