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