Table 9. Census region and division:  Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2007 and 2008

                                       Layoff events                             Separations            
 Census region and division                                                                             
                              III          II          III            III            II             III 
                              2007        2008r       2008p          2007r          2008r          2008p 
                                                                                                        
        United States (1) .     63           71          82         12,367         12,315         14,613

Northeast .................      9           15          14          1,400          1,839          2,236

    New England ...........      3          (2)         (2)            514            (2)            (2)
    Middle Atlantic .......      6          (2)         (2)            886            (2)            (2)

South .....................     29           20          11          5,298          3,404          1,968

    South Atlantic ........     14           12           4          2,321          1,899            544
    East South Central ....    (2)            5           3            (2)            734            362
    West South Central ....    (2)            3           4            (2)            771          1,062

Midwest ...................     15           22          42          2,706          3,569          8,177

    East North Central ....      8           17          32          1,355          2,959          6,179
    West North Central ....      7            5          10          1,351            610          1,998

West ......................     10           14          15          2,963          3,503          2,232

    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.