U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey responses collected June 25 through June 30, estimates that during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- 49.1% 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
- 10.4% of Americans lived in families where there was either sometimes or often not enough to eat in the previous 7 days
- 41.5% of adults had delayed getting medical care in the last 4 weeks
- 23.9% of respondents reported having little interest or pleasure in doing things more than half the days/nearly every day last week
- 22.0% of respondents reported feeling down more than half the days/almost every day last week
- 31.3% of respondents reported feeling anxious or nervous more than half the days/nearly every day last week
- On average, households spent $211.74 a week to buy food at supermarkets, grocery stores, online, and other places to be prepared and eaten at home
- 25.9% 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