Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Census region and division
III II III III II III III II III
2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
United States (1) ..... 1,581 3,396 1,776 290,453 650,679 277,924 304,340 727,494 266,938
Northeast ..................... 304 616 341 60,443 113,540 52,313 56,314 123,868 48,073
New England ............... 39 94 47 5,043 17,226 6,026 4,897 16,482 4,943
Middle Atlantic ........... 265 522 294 55,400 96,314 46,287 51,417 107,386 43,130
South ......................... 373 750 291 76,138 145,808 54,330 77,419 153,388 40,497
South Atlantic ............ 193 413 172 42,491 84,079 35,908 40,495 92,740 27,352
East South Central ........ 76 154 55 12,825 27,807 9,085 15,620 28,555 5,938
West South Central ........ 104 183 64 20,822 33,922 9,337 21,304 32,093 7,207
Midwest ....................... 322 896 396 59,738 181,930 58,025 69,957 233,873 69,251
East North Central ........ 259 678 288 50,322 142,155 40,831 59,240 186,117 54,119
West North Central ........ 63 218 108 9,416 39,775 17,194 10,717 47,756 15,132
West .......................... 582 1,134 748 94,134 209,401 113,256 100,650 216,365 109,117
Mountain .................. 67 194 91 11,415 37,582 12,607 11,152 32,935 13,201
Pacific ................... 515 940 657 82,719 171,819 100,649 89,498 183,430 95,916
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.
