Hardest hit was the industrial Midwest; the Pacific Northwest, where the logging industry lagged from construction declines; and some states in the South, where the recession hit late.

• 最严重的打击是对中西部产业；在太平洋西北部，伐木业受建筑业衰退的影响而放缓；南部的一些州最近也受到了经济衰退的影响。