Table 4.  Census region and division:  Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment
insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

                                                                                                    Initial claimants for  
                                         Layoff events                   Separations                unemployment insurance 
   Census region and division                                                                                              
                                    IV       III        IV           IV       III       IV           IV       III      IV 
                                  2006r     2007r     2007p        2006r     2007r     2007p        2006r    2007r    2007p
                                                                                                                           
        United States (1) .....   1,640     1,019     1,619      296,662   160,806   265,454      330,901  172,508  234,612

Northeast .....................     293       271       203       45,223    46,902    35,931       58,821   47,392   31,243

    New England ...............      52        34        54        9,957     8,696    11,055        7,959    5,811    5,766
    Middle Atlantic ...........     241       237       149       35,266    38,206    24,876       50,862   41,581   25,477

South .........................     279       182       237       50,120    26,981    39,220       49,384   27,093   31,314

    South Atlantic ............     171       108       137       32,139    15,450    20,632       31,115   15,205   15,805
    East South Central ........      55        35        54        8,559     5,471    11,325        7,569    4,463    7,959
    West South Central ........      53        39        46        9,422     6,060     7,263       10,700    7,425    7,550

Midwest .......................     657       191       659      131,105    32,557   110,899      149,932   37,594   99,053

    East North Central ........     504       152       509      105,530    26,161    86,682      122,480   32,617   79,553
    West North Central ........     153        39       150       25,575     6,396    24,217       27,452    4,977   19,500

West ..........................     411       375       520       70,214    54,366    79,404       72,764   60,429   73,002

    Mountain ..................      68        26        51       14,289     6,237    10,943       10,703    5,201    6,934
    Pacific ...................     343       349       469       55,925    48,129    68,461       62,061   55,228   66,068
                                                                                                                           

   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.