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                                                                                            

                                    March    January  February      March       March    January    February      March 
                                     2007     2008      2008         2008        2007     2008        2008         2008 
                                                                                                                        
        United States (1) ...      1,082     1,647     1,269        1,089     123,974    154,503     119,508     114,541

Northeast ...................        137       349       212          180      14,613     32,949      21,554      21,202
    New England .............         17        30        35           14       1,650      2,056       3,999       1,014
    Middle Atlantic .........        120       319       177          166      12,963     30,893      17,555      20,188

South .......................        238       324       305          245      34,812     32,769      29,835      28,097
    South Atlantic ..........        115       157       176          139      13,072     15,997      13,912      14,166
    East South Central ......         77       129        64           53      15,237     13,585       8,907       6,680
    West South Central ......         46        38        65           53       6,503      3,187       7,016       7,251

Midwest .....................        283       416       232          287      33,410     42,229      25,941      34,885
    East North Central ......        225       324       184          224      27,218     33,964      21,916      27,847
    West North Central ......         58        92        48           63       6,192      8,265       4,025       7,038

West ........................        424       558       520          377      41,139     46,556      42,178      30,357
    Mountain ................         41        44        47           43       3,200      3,757       3,754       4,001
    Pacific .................        383       514       473          334      37,939     42,799      38,424      26,356
                                                                                                                        

   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.