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The States

Fifty States and the District, each with its own file of the orders that closed, capped, distanced and rescheduled its businesses from March 2020 through September 2021. Pick a State on the map or in the table for its six quarters, its sector chronology, its standing duties, its calendar of instruments and its downloads.

51State filesthe fifty States and the District of Columbia
4,180instruments in the State filesthe governors' orders, the health rules and the courts' emergency orders
4,026exhibit files heldopened from each record page or downloaded as a ZIP
3,889read from the primary source291 more confirmed from a secondary source

Counts are the instruments The COVID Project has retrieved and indexed in each State's own file. The county, city, court and agency records that also resolve to a State are in the Library and on the State's page.

State by State

The fifty-one files

Every State-level instrument in the Library →
StateCodeInstrumentsPrimarySecondaryFirst closure or stay-at-homeEnd of general restrictionsIn force 2021 Q3All recordsLinks
AlabamaAL94886Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. AL-091Apr. 9, 202118127The file · Library · Report
AlaskaAK1038914Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. AK-005May 22, 202019147The file · Library · Report
ArizonaAZ100946Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. AZ-096Mar. 25, 202130208The file · Library · Report
ArkansasAR84840Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. AR-042Feb. 26, 202114108The file · Library · Report
CaliforniaCA685711Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. CA-066June 15, 202127737The file · Library · Report
ColoradoCO83767Mar. 15, 2020 Ex. CO-003Apr. 16, 202120275The file · Library · Report
ConnecticutCT1051041Mar. 13, 2020 Ex. CT-059May 20, 202125182The file · Library · Report
DelawareDE72693Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. DE-002May 21, 202126159The file · Library · Report
District of ColumbiaDC81810Mar. 13, 2020 Ex. DC-083May 21, 202119154The file · Library · Report
FloridaFL89836Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. FL-005Sept. 25, 20208512The file · Library · Report
GeorgiaGA67607Mar. 22, 2020 Ex. GA-066Apr. 8, 202119188The file · Library · Report
HawaiiHI75678Mar. 25, 2020 Ex. HI-004Dec. 1, 202126201The file · Library · Report
IdahoID85814Mar. 20, 2020 Ex. ID-014Feb. 2, 202123114The file · Library · Report
IllinoisIL76733Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. IL-004June 11, 202122333The file · Library · Report
IndianaIN95896Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. IN-003Apr. 6, 202117229The file · Library · Report
IowaIA74659Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. IA-002Feb. 7, 202116121The file · Library · Report
KansasKS91847Mar. 24, 2020 Ex. KS-008May 26, 202014122The file · Library · Report
KentuckyKY73721Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. KY-003June 11, 202120208The file · Library · Report
LouisianaLA81765Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. LA-003May 26, 202114248The file · Library · Report
MaineME94913Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. ME-004May 24, 202116121The file · Library · Report
MarylandMD86833Mar. 12, 2020 Ex. MD-002July 1, 202124335The file · Library · Report
MassachusettsMA685810Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MA-005May 29, 202114288The file · Library · Report
MichiganMI836320Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. MI-005June 22, 202121275The file · Library · Report
MinnesotaMN50491Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MN-003May 27, 202110188The file · Library · Report
MississippiMS756510Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. MS-059Mar. 3, 20218116The file · Library · Report
MissouriMO57498Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MO-026June 15, 202012279The file · Library · Report
MontanaMT877116Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. MT-043Feb. 12, 20219122The file · Library · Report
NebraskaNE1079215Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. NE-070May 24, 202117151The file · Library · Report
NevadaNV75705Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. NV-003June 1, 202126298The file · Library · Report
New HampshireNH77752Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. NH-003May 7, 20218106The file · Library · Report
New JerseyNJ1041022Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. NJ-107May 28, 202129287The file · Library · Report
New MexicoNM78726Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. NM-003July 1, 202120138The file · Library · Report
New YorkNY1191172Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. NY-010June 25, 202123389The file · Library · Report
North CarolinaNC73712Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. NC-003May 14, 202115177The file · Library · Report
North DakotaND79781Mar. 20, 2020 Ex. ND-005May 22, 20205111The file · Library · Report
OhioOH948113Mar. 14, 2020 Ex. OH-063June 2, 20217340The file · Library · Report
OklahomaOK89890Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. OK-072Mar. 12, 20215124The file · Library · Report
OregonOR64586Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. OR-003June 30, 202118212The file · Library · Report
PennsylvaniaPA11610016Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. PA-102May 31, 202122368The file · Library · Report
Rhode IslandRI1001000Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. RI-003July 6, 202145135The file · Library · Report
South CarolinaSC65614Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. SC-003Mar. 5, 20211498The file · Library · Report
South DakotaSD86815Mar. 19, 2020 Ex. SD-066Apr. 28, 202013119The file · Library · Report
TennesseeTN86815Mar. 23, 2020 Ex. TN-004Jan. 31, 202111239The file · Library · Report
TexasTX69663Mar. 20, 2020 Ex. TX-003Mar. 10, 202122679The file · Library · Report
UtahUT63630Mar. 21, 2020 Ex. UT-002May 4, 20218164The file · Library · Report
VermontVT1008317Mar. 1, 2020 Ex. VT-013June 14, 202121142The file · Library · Report
VirginiaVA47470Mar. 24, 2020 Ex. VA-004May 28, 20218115The file · Library · Report
WashingtonWA1101073Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. WA-009June 30, 202146313The file · Library · Report
West VirginiaWV84831Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. WV-002Apr. 20, 202119119The file · Library · Report
WisconsinWI37307Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. WI-035May 13, 20207171The file · Library · Report
WyomingWY62611Mar. 19, 2020 Ex. WY-004Mar. 16, 2021794The file · Library · Report

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