Half-million Oregonians could benefit from student loan relief: White House

The White House says nearly a half-million Oregonians could benefit from the recently announced cancellation of $10,000 of student loan debt. And more than 300,000 could benefit from the planned $20,000 in relief to Pell Grant recipients.

The White House released the state-by-state data from the Department of Education Tuesday morning.

The Education Department says 499,000 Oregonians would benefit from the basic student loan relief. About 332,100 would get Pell Grant forgiveness.

Not surprisingly, California and Texas — the two states with the highest populations have the highest numbers of potential student loan debt recipients: 3.5 million and 3.3 million, respectively. Each state also has more than 2 million potential Pell Grant relief beneficiaries.

Around the Pacific Northwest, the White House says Washington could have 697,600 regular student loan borrowers and 423,800 Pell borrowers see relief.

In Idaho, 201,400 loan borrowers and 144,900 Pell borrowers could benefit.

The Department of Education says an online form will be available in October to apply for relief. The deadline to apply will be Dec. 31, 2023.

Those whose annual federal income was below $125,000 (individual or married, filing separately) or $250,000 (married, filing jointly or head of household) in 2021 or 2020 will be eligible.

More information can be found at the Department of Education website.

State or Jurisdiction	Estimated Number of Borrowers Eligible for Student Debt Relief (rounded to the nearest hundred)	Estimated Number of Pell Borrowers Eligible for Student Debt Relief (rounded to the nearest hundred)
AK	60,500	37,300
AL	588,000	404,900
AR	365,600	269,000
AS	2,000	1,500
AZ	810,800	554,900
CA	3,549,300	2,340,600
CO	698,100	419,000
CT	454,200	238,200
DC	105,600	60,300
DE	116,900	68,000
FL	2,427,600	1,716,300
GA	1,506,100	1,039,100
GU	6,900	4,500
HI	111,500	65,700
IA	408,700	248,900
ID	201,400	144,900
IL	1,486,600	863,600
IN	856,400	555,500
KS	360,900	225,500
KY	563,300	394,000
LA	608,100	435,200
MA	813,000	401,200
MD	747,100	419,400
ME	175,000	105,300
MI	1,316,000	849,300
MN	729,700	416,300
MO	777,300	502,200
MP	1,400	1,000
MS	417,200	316,400
MT	120,400	78,600
NC	1,190,500	785,500
ND	82,000	49,600
NE	232,100	136,000
NH	175,100	85,300
NJ	1,082,900	590,300
NM	215,900	159,000
NV	315,800	216,900
NY	2,258,800	1,320,100
OH	1,677,800	1,085,700
OK	454,300	321,600
OR	499,000	332,100
PA	1,717,300	988,800
PR	275,500	241,900
RI	133,900	75,300
SC	681,100	458,400
SD	109,100	65,100
TN	795,300	542,000
TX	3,323,200	2,306,700
UT	282,700	206,300
VA	965,100	566,500
VI	7,800	4,700
VT	72,200	37,100
WA	697,600	423,800
WI	685,100	412,700
WV	213,100	145,000
WY	49,600	31,400
Other	10,900	7,400
Unknown	3,770,600	1,376,000

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Half-million Oregonians could benefit from student loan relief: White House

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