Line graph. Weekly trend in the percentage of Americans wearing a face mask in the past seven days. Figure is 88% for the week ending July 12, up from 84% at the start of June and 51% in early April.Still, barely three-fourths of Americans say they "always" (47%) or "very often" (27%) wear a mask when outside their home.
While not all public settings require mask usage, it's likely that the people wearing them at least "very often" are more compliant than others with recommendations to wear them when in close proximity to other people.Another 11% of Americans say they "sometimes" wear a mask, and 3% "rarely" do -- with a resistant 13% saying they "never" wear one.Gallup first asked this question two weeks ago, and there has been no change.