The two primary CARES Act programs will come to an end just before 2020 closes. Between them, the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) provide benefits to about 12 million people.

Researchers at the Century Foundation authored a report titled “12 Million Workers Facing Jobless Benefit Cliff on December 26.”

The original CARES Act, passed in March, had total benefits of $2.2 trillion. Among the arguments for extending the benefits is that the overall economy will suffer as people who are consumers drop into poverty and demand for goods and services across the overall U.S. economy suffers.

CNBC examined the reports and reasoned: “About 12 million Americans will lose unemployment benefits in December when CARES Act provisions lapse, absent an extension, according to a new analysis. Unemployment benefits will terminate for more than half of current recipients at the end of the year, coinciding with a lapse in federal protections for renters and a resumption in student loan payments.”

Put another way, it is a perfect storm of an economic disaster for many Americans and broad parts of the American economy.

This is the Century Foundation’s analysis state by state:

State	On PEUC	On PUA	Total	May Remain on EB	Net
Alabama	9,413	36,115	45,528		45,528
Alaska	10,682	8,326	19,008	10,682	8,326
Arizona	64,191	167,651	231,842		231,842
Arkansas	23,247	43,581	66,828		66,828
California	1,259,193	1,612,317	2,871,510	1,259,193	1,612,317
Colorado	77,288	44,904	122,192		122,192
Connecticut	42,174	29,824	71,998	42,174	29,824
Delaware	9,208	5,641	14,849		14,849
District of Columbia	15,508	9,186	24,694	15,508	9,186
Florida	129,778	294,199	423,977		423,977
Georgia	183,648	146,674	330,322	183,648	146,674
Hawaii	34,371	59,989	94,360	34,371	59,989
Idaho	5,090	6,063	11,154		11,154
Illinois	152,500	122,857	275,357	152,500	122,857
Indiana	53,967	112,869	166,835		166,835
Iowa	26,893	9,741	36,634		36,634
Kansas	19,215	49,555	68,770		68,770
Kentucky	53,924	33,763	87,688		87,688
Louisiana	58,307	90,789	149,096	58,307	90,789
Maine	13,908	11,158	25,066		25,066
Maryland	65,260	126,224	191,485		191,485
Massachusetts	162,215	314,369	476,584	162,215	314,369
Michigan	189,644	346,074	535,718		535,718
Minnesota	61,390	24,736	86,126		86,126
Mississippi	26,161	17,744	43,905		43,905
Missouri	44,404	27,744	72,148		72,148
Montana	7,789	19,711	27,500		27,500
Nebraska	8,883	9,275	18,158		18,158
Nevada	96,896	105,210	202,107	96,896	105,210
New Hampshire	10,725	8,803	19,528		19,528
New Jersey	122,254	298,274	420,529	122,254	298,274
New Mexico	28,537	22,957	51,494	28,537	22,957
New York	365,774	1,126,393	1,492,167	365,774	1,126,393
North Carolina	46,511	95,535	142,046	46,511	95,535
North Dakota	7,557	5,391	12,947		12,947
Ohio	58,535	429,864	488,399		488,399
Oklahoma	51,275	24,460	75,735		75,735
Oregon	45,671	67,866	113,537	45,671	67,866
Pennsylvania	152,139	479,740	631,880	152,139	479,740
Puerto Rico	54,305	150,143	204,448		204,448
Rhode Island	14,764	46,010	60,773	14,764	46,010
South Carolina	36,878	40,209	77,087		77,087
South Dakota	3,384	959	4,344		4,344
Tennessee	63,295	53,253	116,548		116,548
Texas	464,456	311,176	775,633		775,633
Utah	11,017	4,380	15,397		15,397
Vermont	6,923	4,950	11,873		11,873
Virgin Islands	1,595	816	2,411		2,411
Virginia	64,702	132,574	197,276		197,276
Washington	81,160	88,398	169,557	81,160	88,398
West Virginia	17,753	29,554	47,307		47,307
Wisconsin	27,647	29,121	56,767		56,767
Wyoming	4,041	2,027	6,069		6,069
US Total	4,646,048	7,339,145	11,985,193	2,872,304	9,112,889

Source: Report author’s analysis of Department of Labor data.

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