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
September July August September September July August September
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
United States (1) ... 1,292 3,054 1,428 1,371 129,586 336,654 125,024 123,177
Northeast ................... 142 511 279 233 11,646 45,526 26,444 18,617
New England ............. 15 82 32 29 1,180 7,194 2,953 2,762
Middle Atlantic ......... 127 429 247 204 10,466 38,332 23,491 15,855
South ....................... 475 725 342 334 43,772 71,648 29,486 28,943
South Atlantic .......... 153 389 204 182 12,291 34,220 17,732 14,927
East South Central ...... 54 213 57 71 4,788 25,153 4,820 6,844
West South Central ...... 268 123 81 81 26,693 12,275 6,934 7,172
Midwest ..................... 225 805 350 309 26,646 117,188 32,197 38,137
East North Central ...... 189 635 273 240 23,087 94,516 25,962 30,304
West North Central ...... 36 170 77 69 3,559 22,672 6,235 7,833
West ........................ 450 1,013 457 495 47,522 102,292 36,897 37,480
Mountain ................ 43 112 63 53 3,675 11,241 6,116 3,924
Pacific ................. 407 901 394 442 43,847 91,051 30,781 33,556
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.
