Utah ranked dead last for federal pandemic aid per person. Why is that?

The state has gotten about $6,000 per capita — or less than half of what D.C. has received, a new analysis shows.

(Eric Gay | AP) President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS in April. Utah, with its relatively strong economy, is last in the nation for the amount of federal COVID-19 funding that has flowed into the state so far, a recent per-capita analysis shows.

Utah ranked dead last for federal pandemic aid per person. Why is that?

The state has gotten about $6,000 per capita — or less than half of what D.C. has received, a new analysis shows.

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