With the U.S. government closed for business for the 21st time since 1976, this time with a partial shutdown, WalletHub recently released its report on the States Most & Least Affected by the 2019 Government Shutdown to add some hard data to all the rhetoric.
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WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia in terms of five key metrics, ranging from each state’s share of federal jobs to federal contract dollars per capita to the share of families receiving food stamps.
Tennessee claimed spot number 23 on the list.
States Most Affected by the Gov. Shutdown:
1 District of Columbia
2 New Mexico
3 Maryland
4 Hawaii
5 Alaska
6 Virginia
7 West Virginia
8 Mississippi
9 Alabama
10 Arizona
States Least Affected by the Gov. Shutdown:
42 Ohio
43 North Dakota
44 New Jersey
45 Kansas
46 Wisconsin
47 Indiana
48 Iowa
49 Nebraska
50 New Hampshire
51 Minnesota
Key Stats:
• Red states are less affected by the government shutdown than Blue states, ranking 26.83 and 24.81, respectively, on average. (Lower rank = greater impact).
• The District of Columbia has the highest share of families receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, 20.95 percent. That’s 3.5 times higher than in Wyoming, the state with the lowest at 6.00 percent.
• Wisconsin has the lowest share of federal jobs, at 1.02 percent. The average state has 2.6 times more federal jobs, at 2.61 percent.
To view the full report, visit WalletHub’s website.