Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted

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                                                                                       
  
                                   June      April     May      June       June       April       May        June  
                                   2007      2008      2008     2008       2007       2008        2008       2008  
                                                                                                                   
        United States (1) ...      1,599     1,272     1,552    1,622     172,810    130,810     159,471    166,742

Northeast ...................        297       244       266      282      36,633     24,621      25,619     32,721
    New England .............         44        59        32       49       5,098      6,506       3,218      4,929
    Middle Atlantic .........        253       185       234      233      31,535     18,115      22,401     27,792

South .......................        386       256       402      365      39,627     27,299      42,832     38,453
    South Atlantic ..........        216       139       199      207      18,926     11,989      15,761     18,972
    East South Central ......         82        59       116       63      10,813      8,783      16,810     10,974
    West South Central ......         88        58        87       95       9,888      6,527      10,261      8,507

Midwest .....................        386       330       390      345      44,703     37,169      45,462     39,391
    East North Central ......        296       267       312      257      35,106     31,172      36,332     28,549
    West North Central ......         90        63        78       88       9,597      5,997       9,130     10,842

West ........................        530       442       494      630      51,847     41,721      45,558     56,177
    Mountain ................         67        67        62       63       5,642      7,701       5,548      4,903
    Pacific .................        463       375       432      567      46,205     34,020      40,010     51,274
                                                                                                                   
 
   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.

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