--- title: Here Are the States Getting the Most (and Least) Stimulus Check Money description: Our map shows how much every state got. authors: - name: Julia Glum role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/julia-glum/ bio: Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. She also writes Dollar Scholar, a weekly newsletter that teaches young adults how to navigate the messy world of money. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2018 articles: 453 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - Newsweek - International Business Times - CBS News - Good Morning America - WUSA9 - Pix 11 - The New York Times - Mashable - The Washington Post - CNBC - Politico social: - https://x.com/superjulia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-glum published: '2020-05-11T20:28:57.000Z' modified: '2024-01-10T13:47:51.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Apex4229 - News - stimulus checks word_count: 530 canonical: https://money.com/stimulus-check-payment-amounts-by-state/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![States-Stimulus-Check-Covid](https://img.money.com/2020/05/gettyimages-131667981.jpg) The IRS is making (relatively) fast work of sending out stimulus payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis. As of [Friday](https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/treasury-irs-release-latest-state-by-state-economic-impact-payment-figures), the government says it's distributed more than 130 million of the 150 million economic impact payments outlined in the CARES Act. But as you might expect, certain states are faring better than others. Newly released numbers show that California has received the most stimulus payments, with 13.6 million checks adding up to over $22 billion in total. Statistically, this makes sense — the Golden State has the [biggest population](https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/popest-nation.html) in the nation, so it follows that it would see the most disbursements. On the other end of the spectrum is Wyoming, the state with the smallest population and fewest number of checks to date. Roughly 226,000 payments have been made there, totaling just under $408 million. The CARES Act [provided](https://money.com/heres-how-big-your-coronavirus-stimulus-check-will-be-if-youre-getting-one-at-all/) for one-time economic impact payments of $1,200 per person making under $75,000 a year, with diminishing amounts for earners above that threshold. Taxpayers were also supposed to receive $500 for each of their dependents, though there have been widespread reports of deposits [missing](https://money.com/stimulus-check-wrong-amount/) that bonus. If you add up the IRS's state-by-state totals and divide by the number of payments, the average stimulus check comes out to $1,699. Back-of-the-envelope math indicates that Washington, D.C., has the lowest average payment at $1,386. Utah, which has the [largest average household size](https://gardner.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/UtahAtAGlance_20180207.pdf), has the highest average stimulus check at $1,944. Couples who file taxes as married couples receive their stimulus payments together, and payments allotted for eligible children are lumped into the same household check as well. So it makes sense that states where bigger families are common will have a higher average payment compared to spots with more singles and smaller families. Scroll over the map below to see how much money people in your state have received so far. Then read on to see the top five states with the most stimulus payments: ## States With Highest Stimulus Check Payment Totals Naturally, the states with the biggest populations also tend to have received the most stimulus checks. Here are the top 5: ## California Number of stimulus payments: 13,564,730 Total amount of stimulus payments: $22,465,995,771 ## Texas Number of stimulus payments: 10,728,541 Total amount of stimulus payments: $18,796,209,760 ## Florida Number of stimulus payments: 9,169,713 Total amount of stimulus payments: $15,173,922,832 ## New York Number of stimulus payments: 7,737,476 Total amount of stimulus payments: $12,523,017,409 ## Pennsylvania Number of stimulus payments: 5,215,824 Total amount of stimulus payments: $8,821,284,132 Remember: The IRS sent out stimulus payments first to people for whom it had direct deposit information on file. So if you haven't gotten your payment yet, you may want to use the [Get My Payment](https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment) tool to update your data or track your check. And you might want to do so sooner rather than later. The IRS just set a [Wednesday deadline](https://money.com/stimulus-check-direct-deposit-get-my-payment-deadline/) for Americans to sign up to get their stimulus money via direct deposit. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/stimulus-check-payment-amounts-by-state/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Stimulus Check", "item": "https://money.com/stimulus-check/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Here Are the States Getting the Most (and Least) Stimulus Check Money" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/stimulus-check-payment-amounts-by-state/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/stimulus-check-payment-amounts-by-state/", "name": "Here Are the States Getting the Most (and Least) Stimulus Check Money", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2020-05-11T20:28:57.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/stimulus-check-payment-amounts-by-state/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/stimulus-check-payment-amounts-by-state/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-01-10T13:47:51.000Z" }, { "@type": "NewsArticle", "headline": "Here Are the States Getting the Most (and Least) Stimulus Check Money", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2020/05/gettyimages-131667981.jpg", "width": 2880, "height": 1920, "caption": "States-Stimulus-Check-Covid" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Glum", "url": "https://money.com/author/julia-glum/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/julia-glum/#author", "description": "Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. 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