How Many People in New York Applied for Student Loan Forgiveness?

The Biden-Harris administration's student loan forgiveness plan continues to be held up in litigation, but that didn't stop millions of Americans from applying.

A new report from the White House breaks down how many people in each state applied for the one-time $10,000 debt relief plan:

In the less than four weeks that the application was available, 26 million people either applied for debt relief or had already provided sufficient information to the Department of Education (Department) to be deemed eligible for relief. Over 16 million of those borrowers’ applications were fully approved by the Department and sent to loan servicers. However, in November of last year– less than a month after the application was first released – the Department was required to stop accepting applications as a result of lawsuits brought by opponents of the program.

All in all, 1,549,000 New Yorkers applied or were deemed automatically eligible for the debt relief plan. That's the fourth highest total of applicants in the U.S., behind only California, Texas and Florida.

Over 16 million Americans await the Supreme Court's decision on whether or not the student debt forgiveness plan is Constitutional. Exactly when that decision will come is unclear. Justices will reportedly hear oral arguments against the plan at the end of February.

Check out how many people in other states applied for the plan below:

Alabama	373,000	238,000
Alaska	38,000	24,000
Arizona	496,000	314,000
Arkansas	222,000	144,000
California	2,315,000	1,473,000
Colorado	471,000	295,000
Connecticut	321,000	208,000
Delaware	81,000	52,000
District of Columbia	72,000	46,000
Florida	1,598,000	1,047,000
Georgia	1,012,000	642,000
Hawaii	74,000	46,000
Idaho	126,000	79,000
Illinois	1,044,000	679,000
Indiana	542,000	348,000
Iowa	264,000	169,000
Kansas	228,000	143,000
Kentucky	362,000	241,000
Louisiana	381,000	242,000
Maine	116,000	74,000
Maryland	522,000	323,000
Massachusetts	593,000	380,000
Michigan	864,000	566,000
Minnesota	507,000	327,000
Mississippi	248,000	160,000
Missouri	484,000	305,000
Montana	75,000	46,000
Nebraska	154,000	97,000
Nevada	198,000	128,000
New Hampshire	121,000	77,000
New Jersey	759,000	493,000
New Mexico	125,000	77,000
New York	1,549,000	998,000
North Carolina	812,000	522,000
North Dakota	53,000	32,000
Ohio	1,079,000	702,000
Oklahoma	270,000	172,000
Oregon	329,000	211,000
Pennsylvania	1,157,000	743,000
Puerto Rico	204,000	145,000
Rhode Island	96,000	63,000
South Carolina	442,000	282,000
South Dakota	73,000	46,000
Tennessee	517,000	336,000
Texas	2,163,000	1,391,000
Utah	191,000	121,000
Vermont	52,000	33,000
Virginia	685,000	429,000
Washington	486,000	308,000
West Virginia	131,000	85,000
Wisconsin	465,000	302,000
Wyoming	30,000	18,000
All Other Locations*	58,000	33,000
State Not Identified**	632,000	31,000
Total	26,260,000	16,486,000

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