Georgia has received more than $5 billion in stimulus payments; ranks 9th in the country

ATLANTA — In the three weeks since the president signed the CARES Act into law, Americans have received nearly $158 billion in economic impact payments.

The IRS has issued 88.1 million stimulus payments to people across the country and more are being delivered each week.

“The IRS, Treasury and partner agencies are working nonstop to get these payments out in record time to Americans who need them,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.

Georgia received the ninth-most stimulus payments in the country with money sent to nearly 2.8 million people and families across the state. The payments totals more than $5 billion.

California received the most with over 9 million people and nearly $16 billion. Wyoming received the least with 166,000 payments and $316 million. For complete breakdown by state, see below.

Payments are automatic for people who filed a tax return in 2018 or 2019, receive Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits (SSDI), Railroad Retirement benefits, as well as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries who didn’t file a tax return in the last two years.

Millions of people are still awaiting payments that Rettig says are on the way. If you still haven’t received your payment, you can check your status on the IRS website here.

State	No. of Payments	Money Received
California	9,127,137	$15,894,426,934
Texas	7,812,382	$14,398,065,881
Florida	6,348,503	$11,067,476,416
New York	5,481,796	$9,283,821,196
Pennsylvania	3,725,334	$6,628,241,748
Illinois	3,561,467	$6,288,620,441
Ohio	3,504,529	$6,258,547,152
Michigan	2,945,568	$5,338,452,373
Georgia	2,785,534	$5,041,819,449
North Carolina	2,774,379	$5,057,006,091
Virginia	2,312,429	$4,146,024,506
New Jersey	2,245,299	$3,861,741,262
Washington	2,058,899	$3,680,595,622
Indiana	2,047,079	$3,801,302,228
Tennessee	1,997,548	$3,683,938,147
Arizona	1,868,529	$3,408,327,214
Massachusetts	1,774,172	$2,951,357,726
Missouri	1,737,013	$3,220,707,956
Wisconsin	1,690,733	$3,093,584,754
Minnesota	1,568,913	$2,857,063,159
Maryland	1,561,936	$2,662,114,660
Colorado	1,532,632	$2,697,948,990
South Carolina	1,361,971	$2,489,898,415
Alabama	1,306,879	$2,432,903,249
Louisiana	1,265,581	$2,297,891,337
Kentucky	1,247,465	$2,352,784,094
Oregon	1,098,231	$1,945,572,937
Oklahoma	1,074,373	$2,056,089,347
Connecticut	961,464	$1,631,719,992
Iowa	901,609	$1,709,391,510
Nevada	892,115	$1,561,690,988
Utah	818,700	$1,676,956,785
Kansas	806,471	$1,527,129,168
Mississippi	804,317	$1,481,695,852
Arkansas	778,710	$1,484,876,413
New Mexico	596,433	$1,072,887,126
Nebraska	562,422	$1,070,565,880
West Virginia	522,573	$984,826,539
Idaho	470,200	$939,632,351
New Hampshire	407,786	$714,166,522
Maine	400,919	$722,201,531
Hawaii	378,200	$677,850,427
Rhode Island	319,156	$541,849,017
Montana	295,589	$547,319,262
Delaware	275,688	$484,493,248
South Dakota	255,301	$487,326,070
North Dakota	215,321	$399,771,434
Alaska	209,626	$384,976,728
Vermont	188,076	$332,111,224
District of Columbia	179,738	$255,501,803
Wyoming	166,195	$316,335,903

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Georgia has received more than $5 billion in stimulus payments; ranks 9th in the country

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