Data recently released by Google sheds light on how well certain areas – including Pierce County – are adhering to social distancing measures.

The company’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports — calculated using the same type of aggregated, anonymized data used to show popular times for places in Google Maps — show how movement trends on a national, statewide and countywide level have changed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Google says the release of information aims to help public health officials manage their response to the ongoing public health crisis.

The most recent report released Thursday shows that Wisconsinites are on par with national averages, with the exception of a 124% increase to parks, seeming to coincide with Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to close many state parks and recreation areas.

In Pierce County, data shows that residents are doing a better job of staying home to help beat the spread of COVID-19. The Google data shows that residents are home 28 percent more than the baseline, meaning compared to data from February. The statewide number is just 10 percent higher.

Pierce County residents are at their workplace 34 percent less than they were in late February. That’s in line with the state average of 33 percent. Nationwide, that number is 40 percent, so more state residents are still going to work compared to the America as a whole.

Pierce County residents are still making the same amount of trips to the grocery store or pharmacy, figures show. That number spiked to 40 percent more trips in mid-March when Gov. Evers issued his Safer at Home order. It has had periodic dips but as of last week, grocery trips returned to “normal.”