{"id":47510,"date":"2020-03-26T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/03\/26\/coronavirus-impact-appendix\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:28:07","slug":"coronavirus-impact-appendix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2020\/03\/26\/coronavirus-impact-appendix\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;categorization-of-covid-19-state-health-impact-in-this-report&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"categorization-of-covid-19-state-health-impact-in-this-report\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Categorization of COVID-19 state health impact in this report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2020\/03\/26\/coronavirus-impact-appendix\/pp_2020-03-26_coronavirus-impact_a-01-2-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20074634\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f5f5f5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f5f5f5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"1350\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/03\/PP_2020.03.26_coronavirus-impact_A-01.2.png?resize=480,771 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/03\/PP_2020.03.26_coronavirus-impact_A-01.2.png?resize=782,1257 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/03\/PP_2020.03.26_coronavirus-impact_A-01.2.png?resize=840,1350 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/03\/PP_2020.03.26_coronavirus-impact_A-01.2.png?w=637\" alt=\"Categorization of COVID-19 state impact\" class=\"wp-image-59899 not-transparent\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report uses a measure of state-level impact of COVID-19. States and the District of Columbia are categorized as having experienced a high, medium or low impact based on a combination of the total number and the per-capita number of people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (as of March 22).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">States were classified as \u201chigh\u201d if they had <em>either<\/em> 1,000 or more total cases or they had more than 100 cases per million residents as of March 22. \u201cLow\u201d states had both fewer than 60 cases per million residents <em>and<\/em> less than 300 cases overall. The remaining states were classified as \u201cmedium\u201d impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data for positive cases of COVID-19 by state were taken from The COVID Tracking Project (downloaded on March 23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;defining-income-tiers&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"defining-income-tiers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defining income tiers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create upper-, middle- and lower-income tiers, respondents\u2019 2018 family incomes were adjusted for differences in purchasing power by geographic region and for household size. \u201cMiddle-income\u201d adults live in families with annual incomes that are two-thirds to double the median family income in our sample (after incomes have been adjusted for the local cost of living and for household size). The middle-income range for this analysis is about $40,100 to $120,400 annually for a three-person household. Lower-income families have incomes less than roughly $40,100, and upper-income families have incomes greater than roughly $120,400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on these adjustments, among respondents who provided their income, 33% are lower income, 45% are middle income and 22% fall into the upper-income tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about how the income tiers were determined, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2020\/01\/09\/methodology-27\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Categorization of COVID-19 state health impact in this report This report uses a measure of state-level impact of COVID-19. 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