Job losses felt in Michigan, Pennsylvania as coronavirus shuts down nation

In the last two weeks, the U.S. government has reported more than 10 million initial jobless claims as the national economy shuts down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite the federal government spending $2.2 trillion and the Federal Reserve pumping $4 trillion into the economy, it will take a long time for households to return to normal.

But the situation may be more severe if you are in any of the states that have high numbers of cases and have ordered non-essential businesses to close their doors.

CNBC put together this interesting map that examines job losses per 1,000 workers in the state labor force.

Here is the map:

The worst states were Hawaii, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Ohio, Massachusetts, Louisiana, and Washington State.

This does not take into account the freelancers who lost work in California due to COVID-19 and the government’s war on the gig economy.