Chart 5d. Relationship at the state level between COVID-19 Stringency Index and UI outcomes (percentage who applied for UI benefits, percentage who received UI benefits, and success rate of UI applicants)
State Percent applied Percent received Success rate COVID-19 Stringency Index

AL

 17.33 11.37 66.45 38.30

AK

 21.13 15.94 75.72 53.44

AZ

 17.93 12.57 70.70 43.69

AR

 16.73 10.55 63.87 44.96

CA

 25.26 20.70 82.99 62.33

CO

 17.30 13.97 81.26 56.40

CT

 21.80 17.29 80.37 61.75

DE

 19.37 13.47 70.31 59.55

DC

 18.04 12.28 69.14 60.56

FL

 18.84 13.44 72.15 51.62

GA

 21.09 15.01 72.29 49.84

HI

 27.93 21.24 77.31 72.01

ID

 14.47 10.80 75.73 49.20

IL

 19.03 14.27 75.63 55.39

IN

 19.02 14.83 78.59 46.75

IA

 17.97 13.74 77.46 32.91

KS

 14.30 10.38 73.22 47.75

KY

 21.86 15.90 73.60 59.89

LA

 23.50 17.53 75.64 51.74

ME

 17.76 14.53 82.94 67.99

MD

 19.06 14.71 77.79 59.87

MA

 23.36 19.52 84.51 59.42

MI

 30.25 25.51 85.23 50.83

MN

 22.36 18.04 81.57 56.14

MS

 21.47 16.56 78.11 45.59

MO

 17.46 12.75 74.05 44.33

MT

 18.48 13.75 74.80 50.19

NE

 13.19 10.01 76.20 44.08

NV

 30.31 21.71 72.31 47.39

NH

 19.73 15.65 80.34 49.35

NJ

 25.31 20.57 82.25 51.76

NM

 20.06 15.19 76.75 75.78

NY

 27.14 23.29 86.97 71.22

NC

 19.05 12.85 68.79 58.43

ND

 14.66 11.13 76.96 34.54

OH

 19.95 13.71 69.66 58.32

OK

 14.64 9.76 67.38 36.55

OR

 21.80 15.63 72.37 54.35

PA

 23.46 16.96 73.07 52.32

RI

 25.28 21.72 87.08 67.31

SC

 18.34 12.86 70.89 44.46

SD

 12.11 8.33 69.11 22.60

TN

 17.12 12.83 75.78 48.10

TX

 18.43 13.44 73.73 52.89

UT

 11.39 7.63 67.42 40.01

VT

 21.74 18.08 83.79 61.25

VA

 17.51 12.89 74.78 52.01

WA

 21.59 16.23 76.11 57.45

WV

 16.82 11.68 70.03 54.17

WI

 18.09 12.55 70.05 44.76

WY

 12.47 9.70 78.66 47.13

Note: Each UI outcome has a separate color, and for each UI outcome, each state (50 states and the District of Columbia) has one point. UI outcomes are based on the period March 13–December 21, 2020. Percentage who applied for UI benefits, percentage who received UI benefits, and success rate of UI applicants are for people 18 years and older. COVID-19 Stringency Index is the average of daily values from March 13 through December 21, 2020. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. UI = unemployment insurance.

Source: Household Pulse Survey, August 19–December 21, 2020; Thomas Hale, Noam Angrist, Rafael Goldszmidt, Beatriz Kira, Anna Petherick, Toby Phillips, Samuel Webster, Emily Cameron-Blake, Laura Hallas, Saptarshi Majumdar, and Helen Tatlow, “A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker),” Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 5, vol. 5, no. 4, April 2021, pp. 529–538, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01079-8.