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Allocation Methodology for Territories

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A Treasury document dated May 10, 2021 describing its methodology for allocating Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSFRF) payments to U.S. territories under the American Rescue Plan Act. The CSFRF provides $4.5 billion to the territories, half allocated equally and half by each territory's share of the total population of all territories. For Puerto Rico, Treasury used Census Bureau Population Estimates Program data for 2020. For the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, it used the Census Bureau's International Data Base 2020 population projections. A footnote states that the Census Bureau announced resident population statistics for the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico on April 26, 2021.

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              Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
                                     Allocations to Territories

                                                  May 10, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act (the Act) established the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
Fund (CSFRF) and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, which provide a combined $350
billion in assistance to eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments. This document
describes Treasury’s methodology for allocating the funds to the territories.

Allocation methodology

The CSFRF provides $4.5 billion to U.S. territories. Of this amount, the Act requires half to be
allocated equally among the territories and half to be allocated based on each territory’s
population share of the total population of all territories. For the portion of funds allocated based
on population, the Act requires that Treasury use the most recent data available from the U.S.
Census Bureau.

Treasury used the following datasets to calculate the population-based allocation for territories:

    •    For the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates
         Program, data for 2020. 1
    •    For the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
         and American Samoa: U.S. Census Bureau, International Programs, International Data
         Base, 2020 population projection. 2




1
  The Census Bureau announced resident population statistics for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico on April 26, 2021. These estimates are used for Puerto Rico.
2
  In order to maintain consistency with the Puerto Rico vintage, 2020 population projections are used for these
territories.

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