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Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Census region and division September July August September September July August September 2010 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2011 United States (1) ... 920 2,176 961 1,189 77,654 216,774 99,213 117,232 Northeast ................... 160 363 187 286 14,411 34,691 29,937 26,131 New England ............. 15 44 23 23 1,357 3,808 7,784 2,245 Middle Atlantic ......... 145 319 164 263 13,054 30,883 22,153 23,886 South ....................... 259 624 277 311 21,507 62,261 25,771 28,956 South Atlantic .......... 153 358 174 183 11,811 33,888 15,565 16,747 East South Central ...... 41 164 47 52 3,633 17,365 4,879 4,988 West South Central ...... 65 102 56 76 6,063 11,008 5,327 7,221 Midwest ..................... 155 505 181 219 14,964 62,114 20,541 21,885 East North Central ...... 115 359 132 178 11,280 41,262 14,839 18,293 West North Central ...... 40 146 49 41 3,684 20,852 5,702 3,592 West ........................ 346 684 316 373 26,772 57,708 22,964 40,260 Mountain ................ 47 67 36 43 4,461 6,339 3,048 3,678 Pacific ................. 299 617 280 330 22,311 51,369 19,916 36,582 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 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.