President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 recovery package would give state and local governments $350 billion to help balance their budgets – more than twice the amount they got last year. But not every state comes out ahead.
Coronavirus stimulus
Urban states benefit in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 package
States that would receive more money per capita under the new bill
CARES Act
New bill
D.C.
$695
$3,148
R.I.
1,182
1,632
Hawaii
888
1,511
Nev.
398
1,247
Maine
926
1,245
Conn.
389
1,211
N.Y.
390
1,203
Mont.
1,157
1,203
Mass.
388
1,198
W.V.
700
1,175
N.M.
593
1,172
La.
388
1,118
N.H.
915
1,115
N.J.
388
1,061
Ill.
390
1,050
Calif.
389
1,047
Miss.
421
1,037
Penn.
388
1,025
Mich.
389
1,012
Colo.
384
1,009
Idaho
684
1,007
Ariz.
380
994
Ore.
386
982
Wisc.
387
981
Ky.
387
971
Md.
387
966
Ohio
388
948
Kan.
429
944
Ark.
412
944
Texas
383
925
Neb.
645
921
Tenn.
385
917
Iowa
395
911
Okla.
385
900
Ind.
386
875
Wash.
384
873
Mo.
387
867
N.C.
384
858
Minn.
387
828
Ala.
386
818
Utah
385
782
Ga.
384
771
Fla.
383
759
Va.
385
753
S.C.
383
716
CARES Act
New bill
D.C.
$695
$3,148
R.I.
1,182
1,632
Hawaii
888
1,511
Nev.
398
1,247
Maine
926
1,245
Conn.
389
1,211
N.Y.
390
1,203
Mont.
1,157
1,203
Mass.
388
1,198
W.V.
700
1,175
N.M.
593
1,172
La.
388
1,118
N.H.
915
1,115
N.J.
388
1,061
Ill.
390
1,050
Calif.
389
1,047
Miss.
421
1,037
Penn.
388
1,025
Mich.
389
1,012
Colo.
384
1,009
Idaho
684
1,007
Ariz.
380
994
Ore.
386
982
Wisc.
387
981
Ky.
387
971
Md.
387
966
Ohio
388
948
Kan.
429
944
Ark.
412
944
Texas
383
925
Neb.
645
921
Tenn.
385
917
Iowa
395
911
Okla.
385
900
Ind.
386
875
Wash.
384
873
Mo.
387
867
N.C.
384
858
Minn.
387
828
Ala.
386
818
Utah
385
782
Ga.
384
771
Fla.
383
759
Va.
385
753
S.C.
383
716
CARES Act
New bill
D.C.
$695
$3,148
R.I.
1,182
1,632
Hawaii
888
1,511
Nev.
398
1,247
Maine
926
1,245
Conn.
389
1,211
N.Y.
390
1,203
Mont.
1,157
1,203
Mass.
388
1,198
W.V.
700
1,175
N.M.
593
1,172
La.
388
1,118
N.H.
915
1,115
N.J.
388
1,061
Ill.
390
1,050
Calif.
389
1,047
Miss.
421
1,037
Penn.
388
1,025
Mich.
389
1,012
Colo.
384
1,009
Idaho
684
1,007
Ariz.
380
994
Ore.
386
982
Wisc.
387
981
Ky.
387
971
Md.
387
966
Ohio
388
948
Kan.
429
944
Ark.
412
944
Texas
383
925
Neb.
645
921
Tenn.
385
917
Iowa
395
911
Okla.
385
900
Ind.
386
875
Wash.
384
873
Mo.
387
867
N.C.
384
858
Minn.
387
828
Ala.
386
818
Utah
385
782
Ga.
384
771
Fla.
383
759
Va.
385
753
S.C.
383
716
CARES Act
New bill
D.C.
$695
$3,148
R.I.
1,182
1,632
Hawaii
888
1,511
Nev.
398
1,247
Maine
926
1,245
Conn.
389
1,211
N.Y.
390
1,203
Mont.
1,157
1,203
Mass.
388
1,198
W.V.
700
1,175
N.M.
593
1,172
La.
388
1,118
N.H.
915
1,115
N.J.
388
1,061
Ill.
390
1,050
Calif.
389
1,047
Miss.
421
1,037
Penn.
388
1,025
Mich.
389
1,012
Colo.
384
1,009
Idaho
684
1,007
Ariz.
380
994
Ore.
386
982
Wisc.
387
981
Ky.
387
971
Md.
387
966
Ohio
388
948
Kan.
429
944
Ark.
412
944
Texas
383
925
Neb.
645
921
Tenn.
385
917
Iowa
395
911
Okla.
385
900
Ind.
386
875
Wash.
384
873
Mo.
387
867
N.C.
384
858
Minn.
387
828
Ala.
386
818
Utah
385
782
Ga.
384
771
Fla.
383
759
Va.
385
753
S.C.
383
716
States that would receive less than they did under the CARES Act
New bill
CARES Act
Vt.
$1,540
$2,005
Wyo.
1,490
2,147
Alaska
1,483
1,710
N.D.
1,380
1,633
Del.
1,220
1,267
S.D.
1,220
1,400
New bill
CARES Act
Vt.
$1,540
$2,005
Wyo.
1,490
2,147
Alaska
1,483
1,710
N.D.
1,380
1,633
Del.
1,220
1,267
S.D.
1,220
1,400
New bill
CARES Act
Vt.
$1,540
$2,005
Wyo.
1,490
2,147
Alaska
1,483
1,710
N.D.
1,380
1,633
Del.
1,220
1,267
S.D.
1,220
1,400
New bill
CARES Act
Vt.
$1,540
$2,005
Wyo.
1,490
2,147
Alaska
1,483
1,710
N.D.
1,380
1,633
Del.
1,220
1,267
S.D.
1,220
1,400
Graphic by
Chris Canipe, Jason Lange and Andy Sullivan
Sources
House Committee on Oversight and Reform, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Census Bureau