Coronavirus outbreak concern U.S. 2020

According to an October 2020 survey, 57 percent of adults in the U.S. reported feeling very concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic. In comparison, just 5 percent indicated that they were not concerned at all. This statistic shows the proportion of adults in the U.S. who were concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak from January to October 2020.

Proportion of adults in the U.S. who were concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak from January to October, 2020*

Characteristic	Very concerned	Somewhat concerned	Not very concerned	Not at all concerned	Don't know/no opinion
Jan 2020	32%	41%	15%	5%	6%
Mar 2020	40%	40%	12%	6%	2%
Apr 2020	58%	32%	7%	2%	1%
Jun 2020	57%	30%	8%	4%	1%
Sep 2020	55%	29%	8%	5%	3%
Oct 2020	57%	28%	7%	5%	2%

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January to October 2020

Number of respondents

around 2,000

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "As you may know, a new strain of a virus called coronavirus was identified by Chinese authorities in early January, and has spread around the world, infecting millions of individuals and killing hundreds of thousands of people globally. The World Health Organization declared this outbreak of the coronavirus is a pandemic, posing a risk to countries outside of China. President Trump declared a public health emergency in the United States shortly after.Based on what you know, how concerned are you about the outbreak of coronavirus?"

* Figures for January, March, April, June, and September were taken from previous surveys from the same source.

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