Table 8. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2010 and 2011
Layoff events Separations
Census region and division
IV III IV IV III IV
2010 2011r 2011p 2010 2011r 2011p
United States (1) . 50 38 33 9,073 6,911 5,910
Northeast ................. 12 12 5 1,622 1,693 646
New England ........... 8 (2) (2) 1,272 (2) (2)
Middle Atlantic ....... 4 (2) (2) 350 (2) (2)
South ..................... 14 13 7 2,511 3,505 988
South Atlantic ........ 7 (2) 3 1,039 (2) 343
East South Central .... (2) 6 (2) (2) 2,282 (2)
West South Central .... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Midwest ................... 11 7 11 2,328 873 2,201
East North Central .... 8 3 8 1,890 525 1,876
West North Central .... 3 4 3 438 348 325
West ...................... 13 6 10 2,612 840 2,075
Mountain .............. 5 (2) - 865 (2) -
Pacific ............... 8 (2) 10 1,747 (2) 2,075
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.
