Table 8. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement
of work, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Layoff events Separations
Census region and division
III II III III II III
2008 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
United States (1) . 84 117 75 14,943 21,720 12,107
Northeast ................. 14 16 10 2,306 3,056 1,421
New England ........... (2) 8 4 (2) 1,313 719
Middle Atlantic ....... (2) 8 6 (2) 1,743 702
South ..................... 13 41 17 2,238 6,088 1,896
South Atlantic ........ 5 19 (2) 704 3,303 (2)
East South Central .... 4 16 8 472 1,446 713
West South Central .... 4 6 (2) 1,062 1,339 (2)
Midwest ................... 42 35 22 8,167 5,684 3,578
East North Central .... 32 24 15 6,105 4,107 2,260
West North Central .... 10 11 7 2,062 1,577 1,318
West ...................... 15 25 26 2,232 6,892 5,212
Mountain .............. (2) (2) 5 (2) (2) 1,832
Pacific ............... (2) (2) 21 (2) (2) 3,380
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
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.
