Table 3. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, first quarter 2004

Table 3. Census region and division:  Extended mass layoff events and separations associated
with the movement of work, first quarter 2004

		      
			       Layoff events           Separations  
				  
	Industry                     Associated              Associated
			     Total    with the      Total     with the
				     movement of             movement of
					work                     work

			 
	United States  ..    1,204         108     239,361      16,021

Northeast ...............      215          11      28,978       1,327                           

    New England .........       56       ( 1 )       7,355       ( 1 )
    Middle Atlantic .....      159       ( 1 )      21,623       ( 1 )

South ...................      246          30      38,832       5,011          
    
    South Atlantic ......      155          17      25,267       2,355          
    East South Central ..       28           5       3,889         956
    West South Central ..       63           8       9,676       1,700

Midwest .................      430          38      68,214       5,403
    
    East North Central ..      359          32      57,697       4,216
    West North Central ..       71           6      10,517       1,187

West ....................      313          29     103,337       4,280
    
    Mountain ............       33       ( 1 )       5,694       ( 1 )
    Pacific .............      280       ( 1 )      97,643       ( 1 )



    1 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 
    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.  All data in this table are preliminary.
  
 
 
 

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