U.S. state and territorial orders closing and reopening restaurants from March 11, 2020 through August 15, 2021. Data was collected from government websites by CDC teams, cataloged and coded into a county-by-day format. It consists exclusively of official executive orders, administrative orders, resolutions, and proclamations.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between Percent_Capacity_Indoor and FIPS_County to map regional reopening policies.
- Model the duration of closures using the date field and Action column to assess economic impact timelines.
- Track policy evolution by joining on State_Tribe_Territory and order_code to sequence state-level mandates.
- Validate source data for legal epidemiology studies using the Citation and URL columns.
Strengths
- Data covers a defined 17-month period from March 2020 to August 2021.
- Includes granular county-level identifiers via FIPS_County and County_Name.
- Multiple capacity metrics provided, such as Numeric_Capacity_Indoor and Percent_Capacity_Outdoor.
Limitations
- Dataset excludes orders not available on public websites and news media reports.
- Effective dates use only the provided date without time-of-day precision.
- Rows and sample size are unknown, preventing assessment of completeness.
Provenance
- Source
- data.cdc.gov, derived from state and territorial government websites.
- Collection Method
- Orders collected from websites, cataloged and coded in Excel by CDC teams with quality assurance checks.
- Time Range
- March 11, 2020 through August 15, 2021.
- Freshness
- Last updated on September 13, 2021, with updates planned as new orders are collected.
- Geography
- United States, including states, territories, and counties.