Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the
movement of work, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007
Layoff events Separations
Census region and division
IV III IV IV III IV
2006 2007r 2007p 2006 2007r 2007p
United States (1) . 69 63 61 15,782 12,361 10,076
Northeast ................. 10 9 9 2,006 1,400 1,362
New England ........... (2) 3 3 (2) 514 562
Middle Atlantic ....... (2) 6 6 (2) 886 800
South ..................... 20 29 16 5,292 5,292 2,102
South Atlantic ........ 10 14 8 2,086 2,321 902
East South Central .... 7 (2) 5 1,206 (2) 512
West South Central .... 3 (2) 3 2,000 (2) 688
Midwest ................... 28 15 28 5,933 2,706 5,747
East North Central .... 20 8 22 4,469 1,355 4,140
West North Central .... 8 7 6 1,464 1,351 1,607
West ...................... 11 10 8 2,551 2,963 865
Mountain .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Pacific ............... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (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.
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