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

We’re here to help.  

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.

Download the Data

Data enthusiasts, you’re in luck. Our Data Download Center 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

Data Stories: A new feature series

We work with data every day and know that it can be confusing and complicated. So, we’ve launched a new feature: Data Stories to tell the story of one data point and why it matters.
10/05/2021

What has each state spent in rental assistance?

Millions of Americans have struggled to pay rent during the pandemic, and now face the possibility of eviction. To help meet this need, Congress created the Emergency Rental Assistance program in December 2020, making $24 billion available to state and local governments to help households pay rent or utilities.
10/05/2021