Economics
New York, Washington, D.C., Got Some of Smallest Stimulus Checks
- Utah, Idaho households received largest relief payments
- About 95% of the $1,400 stimulus checks have been distributed
A permanently closed restaurant in New York on Dec. 10, 2020.
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Residents of states in the Midwest and West received the largest of this year’s stimulus payments, on average, while those living in the Northeast received some of the smallest, according to new data from the Treasury Department.
Residents of Utah and Idaho -- where the number of children per family is consistently among the highest in the country -- got the biggest payments, with households in those states receiving about $2,784 and $2,628, respectively, from the American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed into law in March, Treasury Department data showed on Tuesday. Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas were among those atop the list.