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Google location data shows how much daily life is changing in every state

Apr 3, 2020, 18:59 IST
REUTERS/Jason RedmondStreet artist Carlos Giovanni, who goes by the name TheyDrift, works on the portrait of a healthcare worker for a piece he calls "Stay Home" on the same day that Governor Jay Inslee extended his stay-home order until May 4 in Seattle, Washington, US April 2, 2020.
  • Google published a huge report of location data this week showing how people's movement has changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • The data details changes in attendance at: retail and recreation sites, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential locations.
  • For the US Google broke down the data for each state, showing big differences in how people are reacting to the pandemic.
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Google this week released a "mobility report" cataloging how people across 131 have altered their usual movement habits during the coronavirus outbreak.

The data compares aggregated location data taken most recently on March 29 to data from the beginning of this year to provide a baseline for normal attendance.

For the US Google broke its data down state by state to show how attendance at retail and recreation sites (e.g. restaurants, movie theatres, museums), groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential locations have changed.

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The US has not imposed a nationwide lockdown standard, leaving states to decide for themselves what measures should be implemented.

Foot traffic to recreational locations, grocery stores, transit stops, and workplaces is down across the board - but attendance at parks varies wildly, with Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota seeing spikes of over 100%.

Here is how life in every state has changed according to Google's data:

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Alabama

Retail and recreation: 41% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 13% decrease

Parks: 19% increase

Transit stations: 30% decrease

Workplaces: 32% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Alaska

Retail and recreation: 48% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 27% decrease

Parks: 18% increase

Transit stations: 55% decrease

Workplaces: 33% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Arizona

Retail and recreation: 40% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 17% decrease

Parks: 7% decrease

Transit stations: 41% decrease

Workplaces: 33% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Arkansas

Retail and recreation: 29% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 7% decrease

Parks: 81% increase

Transit stations: 22% decrease

Workplaces: 27% decrease

Residential: 7% increase

California

Retail and recreation: 50% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 24% decrease

Parks: 38% decrease

Transit stations: 54% decrease

Workplaces: 39% decrease

Residential: 15% increase

Colorado

Retail and recreation: 51% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 27% decrease

Parks: 12% decrease

Transit stations: 60% decrease

Workplaces: 40% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Connecticut

Retail and recreation: 56% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 32% decrease

Parks: 52% decrease

Transit stations: 64% decrease

Workplaces: 38% decrease

Residential: 15% increase

Delaware

Retail and recreation: 47% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 28% decrease

Parks: 6% decrease

Transit stations: 57% decrease

Workplaces: 37% decrease

Residential: 12% increase

District of Columbia

Retail and recreation: 64% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 30% decrease

Parks: 41% decrease

Transit stations: 68% decrease

Workplaces: 47% decrease

Residential: 14% increase

Florida

Retail and recreation: 50% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 26% decrease

Parks: 48% decrease

Transit stations: 63% decrease

Workplaces: 41% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Georgia

Retail and recreation: 42% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 17% decrease

Parks: 2% decrease

Transit stations: 52% decrease

Workplaces: 37% decrease

Residential: 11% increase

Hawaii

Retail and recreation: 56% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 36% decrease

Parks: 65% decrease

Transit stations: 72% decrease

Workplaces: 45% decrease

Residential: 16% increase

Idaho

Retail and recreation: 42% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 18% decrease

Parks: 25% increase

Transit stations: 34% decrease

Workplaces: 38% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Illinois

Retail and recreation: 53% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 24% decrease

Parks: 29% decrease

Transit stations: 55% decrease

Workplaces: 39% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Indiana

Retail and recreation: 48% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 25% decrease

Parks: 24% increase

Transit stations: 34% decrease

Workplaces: 36% decrease

Residential: 11% increase

Iowa

Retail and recreation: 43% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 10% decrease

Parks: 41% increase

Transit stations: 28% decrease

Workplaces: 29% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Kansas

Retail and recreation: 36% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 14% decrease

Parks: 72% increase

Transit stations: 20% decrease

Workplaces: 30% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Kentucky

Retail and recreation: 37% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 11% decrease

Parks: 68% increase

Transit stations: 34% decrease

Workplaces: 34% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Louisiana

Retail and recreation: 45% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 16% decrease

Parks: 18% decrease

Transit stations: 49% decrease

Workplaces: 35% decrease

Residential: 11% increase

Maine

Retail and recreation: 50% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 22% decrease

Parks: 24% decrease

Transit stations: 56% decrease

Workplaces: 31% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Maryland

Retail and recreation: 45% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 25% decrease

Parks: 29% increase

Transit stations: 51% decrease

Workplaces: 39% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Massachusetts

Retail and recreation: 59% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 36% decrease

Parks: 56% decrease

Transit stations: 73% decrease

Workplaces: 42% decrease

Residential: 16% increase

Michigan

Retail and recreation: 58% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 28% decrease

Parks: 15% increase

Transit stations: 55% decrease

Workplaces: 43% decrease

Residential: 12% increase

Minnesota

Retail and recreation: 58% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 35% decrease

Parks: 16% decrease

Transit stations: 64% decrease

Workplaces: 38% decrease

Residential: 14% increase

Mississippi

Retail and recreation: 32% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 7% decrease

Parks: 27% increase

Transit stations: 29% decrease

Workplaces: 30% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Missouri

Retail and recreation: 38% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 12% decrease

Parks: 73% increase

Transit stations: 34% decrease

Workplaces: 32% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Montana

Retail and recreation: 51% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 25% decrease

Parks: 28% increase

Transit stations: 37% decrease

Workplaces: 37% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Nebraska

Retail and recreation: 34% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 9% decrease

Parks: 109% increase

Transit stations: 18% decrease

Workplaces: 24% decrease

Residential: 8% increase

Nevada

Retail and recreation: 47% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 23% decrease

Parks: 38% decrease

Transit stations: 62% decrease

Workplaces: 52% decrease

Residential: 14% increase

New Hampshire

Retail and recreation: 58% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 35% decrease

Parks: 63% decrease

Transit stations: 63% decrease

Workplaces: 38% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

New Jersey

Retail and recreation: 59% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 33% decrease

Parks: 36% decrease

Transit stations: 70% decrease

Workplaces: 44% decrease

Residential: 16% increase

New Mexico

Retail and recreation: 44% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 18% decrease

Parks: 12% decrease

Transit stations: 31% decrease

Workplaces: 34% decrease

Residential: 11% increase

New York

Retail and recreation: 62% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 32% decrease

Parks: 47% decrease

Transit stations: 68% decrease

Workplaces: 48% decrease

Residential: 16% increase

North Carolina

Retail and recreation: 40% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 15% decrease

Parks: 13% increase

Transit stations: 51% decrease

Workplaces: 35% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

North Dakota

Retail and recreation: 44% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 13% decrease

Parks: 73% increase

Transit stations: 36% decrease

Workplaces: 24% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Ohio

Retail and recreation: 43% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 19% decrease

Parks: 117% increase

Transit stations: 33% decrease

Workplaces: 35% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Oklahoma

Retail and recreation: 36% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 12% decrease

Parks: 29% increase

Transit stations: 23% decrease

Workplaces: 32% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

Oregon

Retail and recreation: 51% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 25% decrease

Parks: 22% decrease

Transit stations: 47% decrease

Workplaces: 38% decrease

Residential: 12% increase

Pennsylvania

Retail and recreation: 50% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 27% decrease

Parks: 7% increase

Transit stations: 52% decrease

Workplaces: 38% decrease

Residential: 12% increase

Rhode Island

Retail and recreation: 55% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 30% decrease

Parks: 50% decrease

Transit stations: 67% decrease

Workplaces: 37% decrease

Residential: 14% increase

South Carolina

Retail and recreation: 38% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 11% decrease

Parks: 4% decrease

Transit stations: 34% decrease

Workplaces: 34% decrease

Residential: 9% increase

South Dakota

Retail and recreation: 35% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 3% decrease

Parks: 126% increase

Transit stations: 31% decrease

Workplaces: 25% decrease

Residential: 8% increase

Tennessee

Retail and recreation: 35% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 9% decrease

Parks: 35% increase

Transit stations: 35% decrease

Workplaces: 34% decrease

Residential: 8% increase

Texas

Retail and recreation: 45% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 23% decrease

Parks: 27% decrease

Transit stations: 47% decrease

Workplaces: 36% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Utah

Retail and recreation: 41% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 14% decrease

Parks: 26% increase

Transit stations: 44% decrease

Workplaces: 40% decrease

Residential: 10% increase

Vermont

Retail and recreation: 62% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 42% decrease

Parks: 55% decrease

Transit stations: 71% decrease

Workplaces: 43% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Virginia

Retail and recreation: 39% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 16% decrease

Parks: 46% increase

Transit stations: 50% decrease

Workplaces: 36% decrease

Residential: 11% increase

Washington

Retail and recreation: 48% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 26% decrease

Parks: 11% decrease

Transit stations: 56% decrease

Workplaces: 41% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

West Virginia

Retail and recreation: 38% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 16% decrease

Parks: 52% increase

Transit stations: 31% decrease

Workplaces: 33% decrease

Residential: 8% increase

Wisconsin

Retail and recreation: 55% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 30% decrease

Parks: 12% decrease

Transit stations: 50% decrease

Workplaces: 34% decrease

Residential: 13% increase

Wyoming

Retail and recreation: 37% decrease

Grocery and pharmacy: 13% decrease

Parks: 29% increase

Transit stations: 14% decrease

Workplaces: 29% decrease

Residential: 8% increase

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