Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009

Table 4. Census region and division:  Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009 

                                                                                                    Initial claimants for  
                                         Layoff events                   Separations                unemployment insurance 
   Census region and division                                                                                              
                                    II        I        II          II        I         II           II       I        II   
                                  2008r     2009r     2009p       2008r     2009r     2009p        2008r    2009r    2009p 
                                                                                                                           
        United States (1) .....   1,756     3,979     2,994      354,713   704,618   534,881      339,629  830,028  506,533

Northeast .....................     317       702       498       62,131   121,167    83,390       64,001  130,376   79,284

    New England ...............      73       135        90       15,480    22,121    15,221       12,480   22,560   12,358
    Middle Atlantic ...........     244       567       408       46,651    99,046    68,169       51,521  107,816   66,926

South .........................     358       941       599       63,062   176,631   106,598       60,125  193,262  101,643

    South Atlantic ............     192       515       309       35,724    88,266    54,789       33,506  103,956   56,712
    East South Central ........      73       214       129       10,863    38,118    22,511       11,089   40,873   21,110
    West South Central ........      93       212       161       16,475    50,247    29,298       15,530   48,433   23,821

Midwest .......................     455     1,072       874       92,768   202,887   171,053      106,019  274,019  173,526

    East North Central ........     355       838       658       75,631   167,882   133,588       90,292  226,704  139,445
    West North Central ........     100       234       216       17,137    35,005    37,465       15,727   47,315   34,081

West ..........................     626     1,264     1,023      136,752   203,933   173,840      109,484  232,371  152,080

    Mountain ..................      94       233       166       30,318    39,469    32,232       12,413   40,167   24,154
    Pacific ...................     532     1,031       857      106,434   164,464   141,608       97,071  192,204  127,926
                                                                                                                           
 
    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. 



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