With the U.S. government closed for business for the 21st time since 1976, this time with a partial shutdown, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the States Most & Least Affected by the 2019 Government Shutdown to add some hard data to all the rhetoric.
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.
| States Most Affected by the Gov. Shutdown | States Least Affected by the Gov. Shutdown | |||
| 1 | District of Columbia | 42 | Ohio | |
| 2 | New Mexico | 43 | North Dakota | |
| 3 | Maryland | 44 | New Jersey | |
| 4 | Hawaii | 45 | Kansas | |
| 5 | Alaska | 46 | Wisconsin | |
| 6 | Virginia | 47 | Indiana | |
| 7 | West Virginia | 48 | Iowa | |
| 8 | Mississippi | 49 | Nebraska | |
| 9 | Alabama | 50 | New Hampshire | |
| 10 | Arizona | 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, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/government-shutdown-report/1111/