Unemployment

About three-quarters of U.S. adults say undocumented immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want.

The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.

68% of those who have lost jobs or taken a pay cut due to COVID-19 are concerned that state governments will lift restrictions too quickly.

90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.

For some governments, the debt incurred on COVID-19 relief will add to the considerable red ink already on their ledgers before the pandemic.

Despite some broad federal guidelines, claimants still face a hodgepodge of different state rules governing how they can qualify for benefits.

Most Americans say economic problems resulting from the coronavirus outbreak will last for at least six months.

Only 23% say they have emergency funds that would last them three months.

Around half of Hispanics say they or someone in their household has taken a pay cut or lost a job – or both – because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nearly one-in-four U.S. workers are employed in the industries most likely to feel an immediate impact from the COVID-19 outbreak.