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.
