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.
