From the DOT: Cash for Clunkers Stats

Number Submitted: 690,114
Dollar Value: $2,877.9M

This should push light vehicle sales to about 16 million (SAAR) in August. Of course the real question is what happens in September.

Darn – Floyd Norris beat me to it, but my table is sortable.

Using the Census Bureau population estimates, here is a table of dollars per person.

New Hampshire is the “Clunker State” by ‘Dollars per person’. What happened in D.C.? No one wanted a new car?

Where were all those clunkers that the government paid to get rid of?

A disproportionate number were in New England. The South seems to have not had its share.

The government released the state-by-state figures today for the clunker rebates. Using the latest population estimates from the Census Department, I calculated the per capita dollars sent out by this program to residents of each state.

Leading the pack is New Hampshire, which stands to receive $17.51 a person. Vermont is second at $15.90. Rounding out the top 10 are Minnesota, North Dakota, Maryland, Michigan, South Dakota, Delaware, Virginia and Maine.

The least money went to residents of the District of Columbia, at 11 cents each. That means the average New Hampshire resident received 159 times as much money as the average District denizen. D.C. residents filed for just $67,500 in all. Since the clunker rebates were as much as $4,500 a car, that could translate into just 15 cars.

Puerto Rico got just 57 cents a resident.

The lowest state was Mississippi, at $4.24, followed by Wyoming at $4.72. Rounding out the bottom 10 states were Nevada, Hawaii, Arizona, Montana, Alabama, New Mexico, Alaska and Georgia.

[Addendum, Thursday morning. Many commenters are correct: The figures refer to the location of the dealer, which explains the low D.C. figure, and could help to explain the high one for Maryland. But I am not sure it explains New Hampshire. It is true that New Hampshire, a state where I used to live and covered state government, has no sales tax. It also has the cheapest liquor in New England, which is -- or was when I was there -- the largest source of state revenue. But for cars, I was under the impression that other states collect the tax when the cars are registered at home, so there is no advantage to buying out of state Anyone know if that is true?]

Here is the total list, including total dollars for each state and the per capita amount.

New Hampshire — $23,045,500 — $17.51
Vermont — $9,879,000 — $15.90
Minnesota — $73,160,500 — $14.01
North Dakota — $8,938,000 — $13.93
Maryland — $74,903,000 — $13.30
Michigan — $132,407,500 — $13.24
South Dakota — $10,367,500 — $12.89
Delaware — $11,235,000 — $12.87
Virginia — $98,523,500 — $12.68
Maine— $16,579,500 — $12.59
Iowa— $37,728,000 — $12.57
Wisconsin— $70,165,000 — $12.47
Nebraska — $21,784,500 — $12.21
New Jersey — $103,375,500 — $11.91
Ohio— $136,267,000 — $11.86
Connecticut — $40,114,000 — $11.46
Kansas — $31,496,500 — $11.24
Pennsylvania — $138,651,500 — $11.14
Illinois — $143,613,000 —$11.13
Missouri — $61,271,500 — $10.36
Indiana — $65,797,000 — $10.32
Oklahoma — $37,422,000 — $10.27
Rhode Island — $10,690,500 — $10.17
Massachusetts — $64,855,000 — $9.98
Oregon — $37,531,500 — $9.90
Kentucky — $40,246,500 — $9.43
California — $326,822,000 — $8.89
Utah— $24,102,500 — $8.81
Washington — $55,927,500 — $8.54
North Carolina — $78,601,500 — $8.52
South Carolina — $37,207,500 — $8.31
Tennessee — $50,949,000 — $8.20
Arkansas — $23,402,500 — $8.20
New York — $156,292,000 — $8.02
Florida — $146,565,000 — $8.00
Idaho — $11,655,000 — $7.65
Colorado — $37,676,500 — $7.63
Louisiana — $33,376,500 — $7.57
Texas — $183,776,500 — $7.55
West Virginia — $13,477,000 — $7.43
Georgia — $70,496,000 — $7.28
Alaska — $4,868,500 — $7.09
New Mexico — $13,941,500 — $7.03
Alabama — $31,251,500 — $6.70
Montana — $6,461,000 — $6.68
Arizona — $39,542,500 — $6.08
Hawaii — $7,333,500 — $5.69
Nevada — $14,582,000 — $5.61
Wyoming — $2,513,000 — $4.72
Mississippi — $12,463,500 — $4.24
Puerto Rico — $2,252,000 — $0.57
District of Columbia — $67,500 — $0.11