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The government has spent over $5 trillion responding to the pandemic – that’s hard to wrap your head around.

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Read our data stories.

The best way to understand how your taxpayer dollars are being spent is to dive into the data. Use our visualizations to see who received pandemic relief money and what they spent it on.

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Data enthusiasts, you’re in luck. Our Dashboards & Datasets page provides supporting documentation for the datasets used in the visualizations on our site and points you directly to the source for a complete download. Or go to our Data Exports page to use filters to refine your datasets before you download.

Data Stories

After a slow start, states are now spending rental assistance at a steady rate.

Households struggling to pay rent or utility bills received relief from the $25 billion Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA1) program. State and local governments were responsible for administering the funds, which they began receiving in January 2021. The American Rescue Plan Act added $21 billion more to the program (ERA2) in March 2021.
04/21/2022

$76.3 billion to help keep colleges and universities open.

Many colleges and universities closed during the pandemic and faced uncertain futures. To help them remain open, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) program provided grants to approximately 4,900 institutions totaling $76.3 billion.
04/14/2022
Page last modified: 11/06/2023