Table 1

Estimated jobs lost due to coronavirus by summer 2020, by state

Projected job loss
Based on state share of total private employment Based on state share of leisure, hospitality, and retail employment Average of columns (1) and (2) Leisure, hospitality and retail as a share of total private sector employment Projected job loss as a share of total private sector employment
United States 14,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 25.1% 10.9%
 Alabama 183,342 190,838 187,090 26.1% 11.1%
 Alaska 27,226 31,155 29,190 28.7% 11.7%
 Arizona 274,326 285,214 279,770 26.1% 11.1%
 Arkansas 116,192 111,322 113,757 24.1% 10.7%
 California 1,616,251 1,603,700 1,609,975 24.9% 10.9%
 Colorado 254,189 268,007 261,098 26.5% 11.2%
 Connecticut 158,199 144,389 151,294 22.9% 10.4%
 Delaware 43,501 45,711 44,606 26.4% 11.2%
 District of Columbia 61,063 45,580 53,322 18.7% 9.5%
 Florida 854,032 1,027,318 940,675 30.2% 12.0%
 Georgia 427,976 432,471 430,223 25.4% 11.0%
 Hawaii 57,747 85,860 71,803 37.3% 13.6%
 Idaho 68,950 74,084 71,517 27.0% 11.3%
 Illinois 577,318 524,804 551,061 22.8% 10.4%
 Indiana 298,541 273,569 286,055 23.0% 10.5%
 Iowa 144,553 138,740 141,646 24.1% 10.7%
 Kansas 126,860 118,448 122,654 23.4% 10.5%
 Kentucky 177,517 178,628 178,073 25.3% 10.9%
 Louisiana 180,811 200,267 190,539 27.8% 11.5%
 Maine 58,271 65,003 61,637 28.0% 11.5%
 Maryland 246,761 244,153 245,457 24.8% 10.9%
 Massachusetts 352,602 316,369 334,485 22.5% 10.3%
 Michigan 416,610 390,410 403,510 23.5% 10.6%
 Minnesota 278,285 246,977 262,631 22.3% 10.3%
 Mississippi 99,972 118,318 109,145 29.7% 11.9%
 Missouri 268,893 266,269 267,581 24.9% 10.9%
 Montana 42,868 54,358 48,613 31.8% 12.4%
 Nebraska 93,100 86,642 89,871 23.4% 10.5%
 Nevada 136,634 218,864 177,749 40.2% 14.2%
 New Hampshire 64,772 72,433 68,603 28.1% 11.6%
 New Jersey 391,489 367,033 379,261 23.5% 10.6%
 New Mexico 72,887 81,862 77,375 28.2% 11.6%
 New York 905,038 814,929 859,983 22.6% 10.4%
 North Carolina 419,053 441,552 430,303 26.5% 11.2%
 North Dakota 38,843 37,368 38,106 24.2% 10.7%
 Ohio 523,672 487,089 505,380 23.4% 10.5%
 Oklahoma 147,291 152,514 149,902 26.0% 11.1%
 Oregon 179,077 184,146 181,612 25.8% 11.1%
 Pennsylvania 584,364 515,202 549,783 22.1% 10.3%
 Rhode Island 47,810 46,971 47,390 24.7% 10.8%
 South Carolina 198,231 227,381 212,806 28.8% 11.7%
 South Dakota 39,345 42,800 41,072 27.3% 11.4%
 Tennessee 292,858 297,381 295,119 25.5% 11.0%
 Texas 1,181,283 1,179,876 1,180,580 25.1% 10.9%
 Utah 142,600 142,477 142,539 25.1% 10.9%
 Vermont 28,295 32,154 30,225 28.5% 11.7%
 Virginia 362,986 355,214 359,100 24.6% 10.8%
 Washington 314,336 321,105 317,721 25.6% 11.0%
 West Virginia 61,925 67,436 64,681 27.3% 11.4%
 Wisconsin 280,936 253,191 267,063 22.6% 10.4%
 Wyoming 24,074 28,461 26,267 29.7% 11.9%

Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment data and Josh Bivens, “The Coronavirus Fiscal Response Should Be as Big as Needed—but Current Forecasts Indicate at Least $2.1 Trillion Is Needed Through 2020,” Working Economics Blog, March 20, 2020

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