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
October August September October October August September October
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
United States (1) ... 2,125 1,428 1,371 1,934 221,784 125,024 123,177 193,904
Northeast ................... 270 279 233 260 23,945 26,444 18,617 22,709
New England ............. 25 32 29 30 2,522 2,953 2,762 2,134
Middle Atlantic ......... 245 247 204 230 21,423 23,491 15,855 20,575
South ....................... 538 342 334 499 53,087 29,486 28,943 45,772
South Atlantic .......... 295 204 182 279 25,535 17,732 14,927 23,144
East South Central ...... 111 57 71 87 15,162 4,820 6,844 9,545
West South Central ...... 132 81 81 133 12,390 6,934 7,172 13,083
Midwest ..................... 511 350 309 483 75,210 32,197 38,137 60,792
East North Central ...... 406 273 240 375 60,196 25,962 30,304 49,277
West North Central ...... 105 77 69 108 15,014 6,235 7,833 11,515
West ........................ 806 457 495 692 69,542 36,897 37,480 64,631
Mountain ................ 98 63 53 103 9,191 6,116 3,924 9,020
Pacific ................. 708 394 442 589 60,351 30,781 33,556 55,611
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.
