Chart: Impact of mass layoffs by region of the country

RP news wires, Noria Corporation

Of the four regions, the West registered the highest number of initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs in February (65,792), followed by the Midwest (64,973), the South (55,542) and the Northeast (32,131). This is according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Mass layoff initial claimants for unemployment insurance by region and division, not seasonally adjusted, February 2009
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Of the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific (54,411) had the highest number of initial claims due to mass layoffs in February, followed by the East North Central (52,690) and the Middle Atlantic (24,387).

This data is from the Mass Layoff Statistics program and is not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Mass Layoffs in February 2009," (PDF) (HTML) news release USDL 09-0272.