Table 4. Census region and division:  Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment
insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2007 and 2008

                                                                                                    Initial claimants for  
                                         Layoff events                   Separations                unemployment insurance 
   Census region and division                                                                                              
                                   III       II        III         III       II        III          III      II       III  
                                  2007r     2008r     2008p       2007r     2008r     2008p        2007r    2008r    2008p 
                                                                                                                           
        United States (1) .....   1,018     1,756     1,330      160,024   354,361   218,158      173,077  335,854  181,386

Northeast .....................     271       317       202       46,902    61,910    35,433       47,396   63,174   27,413

    New England ...............      34        73        37        8,696    15,478     4,655        5,815   11,882    4,034
    Middle Atlantic ...........     237       244       165       38,206    46,432    30,778       41,581   51,292   23,379

South .........................     182       358       274       27,005    62,931    51,183       27,375   59,526   39,819

    South Atlantic ............     108       192       151       15,451    35,723    29,575       15,312   33,378   22,257
    East South Central ........      35        73        72        5,493    10,748    10,086        4,636   10,633    8,944
    West South Central ........      39        93        51        6,061    16,460    11,522        7,427   15,515    8,618

Midwest .......................     191       455       308       32,557    92,768    53,265       37,620  104,496   48,041

    East North Central ........     152       355       247       26,161    75,631    44,284       32,640   88,769   39,410
    West North Central ........      39       100        61        6,396    17,137     8,981        4,980   15,727    8,631

West ..........................     374       626       546       53,560   136,752    78,277       60,686  108,658   66,113

    Mountain ..................      26        94        59        6,237    30,318     8,198        5,264   12,413    6,677
    Pacific ...................     348       532       487       47,323   106,434    70,079       55,422   96,245   59,436
                                                                                                                           
 
   1 See footnote 1, table 1.
   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.