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.