FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance State by State Breakdown

Release Date Release Number
HQ-21-250
Release Date:
December 6, 2021

WASHINGTON -- FEMA has provided over $1.47 billion to nearly 226,000 people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.

Eligibility determinations are not driven by state/location; instead, they are based on when the applicant submits all required documentation.

“Applications” in the below chart reflect the number of individuals who called to begin the assistance process.

Please find state-specific information below:

State/Territory

Applications

Amount Approved

Number of Awards

ALABAMA

8,683

$35,021,902

5,117

ALASKA

261

$727,623

137

AMERICAN SAMOA

Less than 10

$22,968

Less than 10

ARIZONA

5,831

$18,595,839

3,680

ARKANSAS

3,843

$15,666,242

2,475

CALIFORNIA

32,592

$141,590,588

21,907

COLORADO

2,901

$9,782,077

1,739

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS

Less than 10

$10,894

Less than 10

CONNECTICUT

3,538

$18,558,653

2,698

DELAWARE

1,010

$4,497,483

715

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

596

$2,585,026

376

FLORIDA

25,424

$83,986,665

14,912

GEORGIA

14,791

$59,707,678

8,653

GUAM

24

$79,952

11

HAWAII

457

$1,348,459

236

IDAHO

1,098

$3,222,349

562

ILLINOIS

13,304

$63,574,009

9,317

INDIANA

6,286

$27,419,062

3,939

IOWA

2,910

$14,904,137

2,078

KANSAS

2,869

$12,740,495

1,958

KENTUCKY

5,792

$22,529,992

3,135

LOUISIANA

6,816

$29,759,432

4,338

MAINE

508

$1,704,297

311

MARYLAND

6,110

$29,042,677

4,324

MASSACHUSETTS

6,021

$30,405,464

4,388

MICHIGAN

11,014

$46,338,708

7,623

MINNESOTA

3,314

$16,281,076

2,394

MISSISSIPPI

5,757

$23,806,988

3,525

MISSOURI

6,725

$27,587,860

4,384

MONTANA

813

$2,294,995

447

NEBRASKA

1,440

$7,225,921

1,036

NEVADA

3,107

$10,128,431

1,840

NEW HAMPSHIRE

757

$3,345,241

546

NEW JERSEY

12,477

$61,666,779

8,977

NEW MEXICO

1,896

$6,180,728

1,199

NEW YORK

27,236

$131,234,179

19,142

NORTH CAROLINA

11,455

$49,256,871

7,476

NORTH DAKOTA

797

$4,436,916

600

OHIO

12,495

$52,290,676

8,093

OKLAHOMA

5,385

$20,996,013

3,290

OREGON

1,469

$3,853,211

770

PENNSYLVANIA

14,809

$68,207,284

10,384

PUERTO RICO

1,554

$3,360,433

907

RHODE ISLAND

1,210

$6,147,586

900

SOUTH CAROLINA

8,015

$33,109,830

4,797

SOUTH DAKOTA

809

$4,280,344

588

TENNESSEE

9,944

$39,426,007

5,702

TEXAS

33,850

$141,429,983

21,701

U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

46

$180,364

28

UTAH

1,507

$6,688,732

951

VERMONT

162

$704,283

123

VIRGINIA

7,625

$32,118,955

4,853

WASHINGTON

2,745

$8,638,505

1,563

WEST VIRGINIA

2,237

$8,215,763

1,212

WISCONSIN

5,180

$23,341,488

3,585

WYOMING

467

$1,574,622

277

* Funeral assistance data can/will change daily; the information reflects data as of 8 a.m. EST today.

Applicants may apply by calling 844-684-6333 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. Multilingual services are available. Please note, phone calls from FEMA may come from an unidentified number. Applicants who use a relay service, such as a videophone, Innocaption or CapTel, should provide FEMA with the specific number assigned to them for that service so that agency representatives are able to contact them.

Additional information about COVID-19 funeral assistance, including frequently asked questions, is available on FEMA.gov.

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