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                                                                                       
  
                                 November  September  October   November  November  September   October    November
                                    2007      2008      2008      2008      2007      2008        2008       2008  
                                                                                                                   
        United States (1) ...      1,799     1,292     2,125    2,574     198,220    129,586     221,784    241,589

Northeast ...................        355       142       270      314      34,766     11,646      23,945     28,791
    New England .............         38        15        25       40       3,754      1,180       2,522      3,505
    Middle Atlantic .........        317       127       245      274      31,012     10,466      21,423     25,286

South .......................        350       475       538      616      42,139     43,772      53,087     56,608
    South Atlantic ..........        180       153       295      304      19,924     12,291      25,535     25,648
    East South Central ......         91        54       111      196       9,831      4,788      15,162     19,725
    West South Central ......         79       268       132      116      12,384     26,693      12,390     11,235

Midwest .....................        483       225       511      824      62,163     26,646      75,210     85,730
    East North Central ......        389       189       406      645      51,952     23,087      60,196     65,287
    West North Central ......         94        36       105      179      10,211      3,559      15,014     20,443

West ........................        611       450       806      820      59,152     47,522      69,542     70,460
    Mountain ................         76        43        98      126       6,893      3,675       9,191     11,050
    Pacific .................        535       407       708      694      52,259     43,847      60,351     59,410
                                                                                                                   
 
   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.