Table 8. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Layoff events Separations
Census region and division
II I II II I II
2008 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
United States (1) . 71 92 99 12,317 15,501 18,242
Northeast ................. 15 9 14 1,839 1,729 2,340
New England ........... (2) 4 7 (2) 721 1,179
Middle Atlantic ....... (2) 5 7 (2) 1,008 1,161
South ..................... 20 25 31 3,406 4,786 4,738
South Atlantic ........ 12 10 14 1,899 1,667 2,534
East South Central .... 5 9 11 734 1,276 868
West South Central .... 3 6 6 773 1,843 1,336
Midwest ................... 22 40 34 3,569 6,009 5,469
East North Central .... 17 30 23 2,959 4,708 3,892
West North Central .... 5 10 11 610 1,301 1,577
West ...................... 14 18 20 3,503 2,977 5,695
Mountain .............. (2) 3 (2) (2) 669 (2)
Pacific ............... (2) 15 (2) (2) 2,308 (2)
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
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.
