For many Alaska residents, Thursday is dividend day.

Many of you received just over $1,600,

As a reminder, the Permanent Fund Dividend Division has made changes to the PFD distribution schedule this year.

If you applied online and selected a direct deposit, your dividend will be deposited on Thursday.

If you completed a paper application and selected direct deposit, your dividend will be distributed on October 24.

If you completed a paper application and selected a paper check, those checks will also be distributed by the PFD division on October 24.

Alaskans are encouraged to use the state’s

to check the status of their PFD applications.

In the past, direct deposits were made during the first distribution in early October, no matter how you applied.

Here's a fun little fact: a person who has received every dividend since the first one in 1982, including this year's, has received $44,427.41.