Weekly Pulse Newsletter

The U.S. Census Bureau is in a unique position to produce data on the social and economic effects of COVID-19 on American households and small businesses. Here are the latest updates on several of our experimental data products.

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Based on responses collected July 2 through July 7, the Household Pulse Survey estimates that during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• 49.9% of American adults live in households which have experienced a loss in employment income
• 34.9% of American adults expect to experience a loss in employment income
• 10.8% of Americans lived in households where there was either sometimes or often not enough to eat in the previous 7 days
• 40.1% of adults had delayed getting medical care in the previous 4 weeks
• 24.5% of respondents reported having little interest or pleasure in doing things more than half the days/nearly every day last week
• 22.7% of respondents reported feeling down more than half the days/nearly every day last week
• 32.3% of respondents reported feeling anxious or nervous more than half the days/nearly every day last week
• On average, households spent $214.19 a week to buy food at supermarkets, grocery stores, online, and other places to be prepared and eaten at home
• 25.3% of adults either missed last month’s rent or mortgage payment, or had slight or no confidence that their household could make the next payment on time

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