Due to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, many Americans have been forced to work from home. In some cases they work from home despite being in an industry that was said to be unsuitable for telework before the global pandemic. Within metropolitan areas of the United States with populations of 2.5 to five million, around three percent of workers began working from home despite being considered as unable to telework.
Share of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by telework status and metro area size
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 30, 2020). Share of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by telework status and metro area size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169832/share-workers-working-from-home-covid-19-status-metro-area-size-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by telework status and metro area size." Chart. June 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169832/share-workers-working-from-home-covid-19-status-metro-area-size-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020). Share of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by telework status and metro area size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169832/share-workers-working-from-home-covid-19-status-metro-area-size-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Workers Working from Home during The Covid-19 Pandemic in The United States in 2020, by Telework Status and Metro Area Size." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169832/share-workers-working-from-home-covid-19-status-metro-area-size-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by telework status and metro area size Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169832/share-workers-working-from-home-covid-19-status-metro-area-size-us/ (last visited May 16, 2024)
Share of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by telework status and metro area size [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169832/share-workers-working-from-home-covid-19-status-metro-area-size-us/