Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

                                                                                                    Initial claimants for
                                         Layoff events                   Separations                unemployment insurance
   Census region and division                                                                                              
                                   IV        III       IV          IV        III       IV           IV       III      IV
                                  2010      2011r     2011p       2010r     2011r     2011p        2010r    2011r    2011p
                                                                                                                           
        United States (1) .....   1,999     1,393     1,638      338,643   235,247   266,971      390,584  289,330  249,692

Northeast .....................     377       282       249       53,599    37,493    28,184       70,116   42,431   33,532

    New England ...............      57        34        35        9,864     4,633     5,683        8,374    3,729    4,603
    Middle Atlantic ...........     320       248       214       43,735    32,860    22,501       61,742   38,702   28,929

South .........................     327       249       274       55,801    41,086    40,800       66,580   45,967   38,253

    South Atlantic ............     196       140       133       33,231    21,314    19,137       41,053   26,293   18,641
    East South Central ........      68        56        69       11,887    11,196     8,007       11,923   10,193    6,891
    West South Central ........      63        53        72       10,683     8,576    13,656       13,604    9,481   12,721

Midwest .......................     609       231       538      101,849    42,714    83,949      104,825   43,600   71,922

    East North Central ........     457       179       404       74,564    33,298    61,045       79,622   36,242   54,874
    West North Central ........     152        52       134       27,285     9,416    22,904       25,203    7,358   17,048

West ..........................     686       631       577      127,394   113,954   114,038      149,063  157,332  105,985

    Mountain ..................     128        47        77       25,009     7,322    14,965       22,825    6,609    9,884
    Pacific ...................     558       584       500      102,385   106,632    99,073      126,238  150,723   96,101
                                                                                                                           
   
    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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