Texas has the 8th slowest recovery from COVID-19

Reprinted with permission from WalletHub

The U.S. is gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and states have heavily relaxed their COVID-19 restrictions. As a result, the unemployment rate has dropped to 5.9% from its high of 14.8% in April 2020.

The country’s progress toward economic recovery has been largely possible because of the strides it has made toward a public health recovery, due to the distribution of the vaccine. As of July 12, around 48% of the population has been fully vaccinated. The country has already seen a significant decline in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, and that decline will only continue as more people get vaccinated. The greater level of safety will also lead to increased consumer confidence.

Even though the U.S. is making progress as a whole, some states are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic much faster than others. In order to determine the states that are having the most successful recoveries, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 19 key metrics. Our data set ranges from the share of the population fully vaccinated to the real GDP compared to pre-COVID levels.

States Recovering the Quickest from COVID-19

 

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	COVID Health	Leisure & Travel	Economy & Labor Market
1	South Dakota	71.26	14	1	2
2	Iowa	69.22	6	5	8
3	Maine	68.96	2	3	28
4	Nebraska	66.00	18	6	4
5	Vermont	64.32	4	33	23
6	Connecticut	62.95	1	36	47
7	New Hampshire	61.71	11	26	9
8	Alaska	61.69	9	13	31
9	Idaho	58.71	34	7	1
10	Delaware	58.05	7	28	40
11	Minnesota	58.05	12	34	22
12	Massachusetts	56.76	3	43	45
13	Kentucky	56.69	27	15	15
14	Wisconsin	56.57	26	19	20
15	Tennessee	56.26	24	12	30
16	Rhode Island	56.08	20	11	42
17	North Dakota	55.98	31	14	12
18	Indiana	55.44	33	9	16
19	Michigan	55.43	19	20	39
20	Maryland	54.57	8	47	32
21	Montana	54.29	39	4	5
22	Ohio	54.01	22	32	36
23	Pennsylvania	53.38	15	42	29
24	District of Columbia	53.30	10	51	18
25	Washington	52.94	25	44	13
26	Illinois	52.83	13	39	37
27	North Carolina	52.27	28	38	21
28	Virginia	51.54	23	41	33
29	Kansas	51.37	35	24	14
30	Utah	51.20	38	23	6
31	Mississippi	51.18	39	22	7
32	New York	50.23	5	50	49
33	Georgia	49.87	36	30	11
34	Colorado	49.15	30	27	43
35	New Jersey	48.96	21	37	50
36	South Carolina	48.78	37	18	17
37	Oregon	48.17	32	45	25
38	California	47.99	17	48	48
39	Alabama	47.91	45	21	3
40	New Mexico	47.08	29	46	38
41	Hawaii	45.51	16	49	51
42	West Virginia	44.74	42	29	19
43	Oklahoma	43.86	43	10	34
44	Texas	42.75	41	17	44
45	Florida	41.93	44	35	24
46	Louisiana	40.05	46	16	35
47	Arkansas	36.60	51	8	10
48	Nevada	36.29	47	31	46
49	Wyoming	34.25	49	2	41
50	Arizona	33.95	48	40	27
51	Missouri	33.55	50	25	26

Note: With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.