| To capture COVID-19 impacts to small businesses, the U.S. Census Bureau deployed the weekly Small Business Pulse Survey from April 26, 2020 to June 27, 2020. The survey specifically targeted non-farm, single-location businesses with receipts greater than or equal to $1,000 and with less than 500 employees. The survey provides industry sector data about business operations, revenue, financial assistance, supply chain disruptions, and employee staffing. Although the data is aggregated at broad industry sector and sub-sector levels, it is useful to examine trends in COVID-19 impacts to small businesses within the professional, scientific, and technical services sector, a key sector in which geoscientists work. The survey’s data also provides a backdrop against which to compare the finer-resolution data from the AGI Geoscience COVID-19 study. |
