Percentage by which U.S. college enrollment is expected to decline this fall
: 15
Average percentage by which a 2020 college graduate is projected to earn less in their first postgraduate year than a 2019 graduate
: 20
Number of new jobs created in the United States since the end of the Great Recession
: 21,275,000
Number of new unemployment claims filed in the four weeks after COVID-19 was declared a national emergency
: 22,026,000
Percentage of U.S. small-business owners who say their business won’t survive if the COVID-19 crisis lasts six months
: 62
Of restaurant owners who say so
: 85
Estimated number of U.S. restaurants that closed for good in March
: 20,000
Percentage by which U.S. households earning at least $90,000 per year are more likely to have groceries delivered
: 80
Percentage of white workers in the United States who can work from home
: 30
Percentage of black workers who can
: 20
Portion of U.S. adults working from home who would prefer to work in the office after the crisis as often as they did before
: 2/5
Chance that an American worker stockpiled alcohol in anticipation of having to self-isolate
: 1 in 5
Portion of American workers who say they sometimes drink while working from home
: 1/3
Of Hawaiian workers who say so
: 2/3
Percentage increase this year in calls to U.S. poison-control centers
: 20
Percentage increase since January in the price of fentanyl in San Diego
: 40
Of marijuana in New York City
: 55
Of methamphetamine in Denver
: 67
Miles per hour by which the average speed of Los Angeles drivers has increased since February
: 21
Portion of Americans who say they would report social-distancing violations in their neighborhood to law enforcement
: 1/10
Portion of Americans who say they will still shake hands after COVID-19 has disappeared
: 3/10
Percentage increase this March in New York City 3-1-1 complaints about “loud talking”
: 43
About a “loud television”
: 25
About “banging or pounding”
: 15
Estimated number of unexpected pregnancies attributable to the COVID-19 crisis if lockdowns last through October
: 7,000,000
Percentage by which social isolation increases the mortality rate for men
: 62
Estimated number of children who are at risk of missing the measles vaccine this year because of the pandemic
: 117,000,000
Estimated number of undiscovered viruses infecting wildlife
: 1,670,000
Estimated minimum portion of these viruses that could also infect humans
: 2/5
Number of state and local health-department jobs that have been eliminated since 2008 because of funding cuts
: 56,360
Percentage increase during the coronavirus outbreak in the staff assigned to the New York State unemployment call center
: 775
Number of times the average person taps, types, swipes, or clicks on a smartphone each day
: 2,617
Percentage increase since January in the total volume of calls on Verizon’s wireless network
: 20
In the average length of those calls
: 33
Portion of British adults under lockdown who have spent more time catching up with friends and family than usual
: 2/5
Who have spent less money than usual
: 3/5
Who want “everything to go back to how it was” when the lockdown is over
: 1/10
