Between 2019 and 2021 the number of people working from home tripled across the United States, with the percentage of people working from home in Arizona going from 7.6% to 20.7% during that time.
Arizona’s percentage of people working from home was higher than most states, but 11 states or state equivalents such as Washington, D.C., had higher percentages than Arizona. What is likely not surprising to most, the Census Bureau said the 2021 numbers were the highest number and percentage of people working from home recorded since the ACS began in 2005.
“Work and commuting are central to American life, so the widespread adoption of working from home is a defining feature of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Michael Burrows, statistician in the Census Bureau’s Journey-to-Work and Migration Statistics Branch, in a statement. “With the number of people who primarily work from home tripling over just a two-year period, the pandemic has very strongly impacted the commuting landscape in the United States.