By George Roberts III
The recovery from COVID-19 has been very heterogeneous. Compare California and Florida. California has been hit nearly twice as hard in the lowest income range (less than $27,000 per year). The middle income range in California (between $27,000 and $60,000) is still suffering nearly double-digit declines in income. If you head out to the website cited above, you will see that although California was only hit about 50% harder in the middle-income range (bottoming out at around 25% in California vs. around 17% in Florida), it’s the slowness of the recovery that provides the sharpest contrast. In many states such as Florida, the high-income range ($60,000 and above) has completely recovered, or in some cases experienced small increases.
You can find more fascinating charts here. If you would like to go in-depth, take a look at the manuscript which details many fascinating details including the fact that the data used to construct this public database comes from private sources.
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