Pandemic unemployment benefit cuts will reduce income and consumer spending in all states: Annualized income and spending losses due to unemployment insurance recipients losing benefits in June/July or September 2021

State Income loss (millions) Spending loss (millions)
All states $144,279 $79,244
Alabama $785 $431
Alaska $190 $104
Arizona $820 $450
Arkansas $826 $453
California $37,239 $20,453
Colorado $1,386 $761
Connecticut $1,094 $601
Washington D.C. $206 $113
Delaware $144 $79
Florida NA NA
Georgia $1,792 $984
Hawaii $863 $474
Idaho $117 $64
Illinois $6,222 $3,417
Indiana $2,061 $1,132
Iowa $421 $231
Kansas $207 $114
Kentucky $506 $278
Louisiana $2,260 $1,241
Maine $306 $168
Maryland $2,602 $1,429
Massachusetts $5,865 $3,221
Michigan $5,442 $2,989
Minnesota $1,956 $1,074
Mississippi $712 $391
Missouri $1,214 $667
Montana $275 $151
Nebraska $102 $56
Nevada $1,554 $854
New Hampshire $170 $93
New Jersey $7,713 $4,237
New Mexico $893 $490
New York $21,825 $11,987
North Carolina $2,383 $1,309
North Dakota $99 $54
Ohio $3,887 $2,135
Oklahoma $659 $362
Oregon $1,838 $1,009
Pennsylvania $9,037 $4,964
Rhode Island $654 $359
South Carolina $1,460 $802
South Dakota $22 $12
Tennessee $1,407 $773
Texas $11,830 $6,497
Utah $174 $96
Vermont $125 $69
Virginia $929 $510
Washington $1,015 $557
West Virginia $331 $182
Wisconsin $589 $324
Wyoming $72 $40

Note: We multiply estimates of individual income and spending loss from Coombs et al. (2021) by average weekly Pandemic Unemployment Asisstance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation continuing claims prior to UI cuts in June or September.

We multiply estimates of individual income and spending loss from Coombs et al. (2021) by average weekly Pandemic Unemployment Asisstance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation continuing claims prior to UI cuts in June or September. For states that ended UI early, the claims are for May 2021; for remaining states, August 2021. We completely omit Florida from the analysis because the state failed to report PUA and PEUC continuing claims data. For Georgia, we use only PUA continuing claims because the state failed to report PEUC continuing claims.

Source: EPI analysis of Coombs et al. (2021); Weekly Pandemic Claims Data, Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration Data Dashboard

View the underlying data on epi.org.