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	U.S.	Illinois
Population	304,059,724	12,901,563
Total recovery funding	$312,735,579,044	$12,686,178,831
Direct to County (see list)	$290,999,413,356	$11,389,374,504
County Funds per Capita	$957	$883
Statewide (see project list)	$21,736,135,188	$1,296,804,327
Statewide funding per capita	$71	$101
Unemployment (12/08)	7.4	7.2
Unemployment (12/09)	10	11.1
Median Household Income	$50,007	$53,745
Poverty Rate	13.3%	12.1%

Funding by Federal Agency and Department


Education Department	$3,219,927,309
Health and Human Services, Department of	$2,717,907,607
Transportation Department	$1,519,251,729
Labor Department	$1,485,512,138
Energy Department	$840,906,361
Housing and Urban Development Department	$616,481,102
Environmental Protection Agency	$563,264,156
Agriculture Department	$523,715,581
Small Business Administration	$502,088,914
General Services Administration	$159,523,503
Justice Department	$127,694,136
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	$115,916,329
National Science Foundation	$96,965,972
Homeland Security Department	$68,631,207
Army	$55,048,945
Commerce Department	$14,923,100
Department of Veterans Affairs	$14,703,014
State Department	$13,318,677
Air Force	$10,437,202
Navy	$5,229,590
No federal agency specified	$3,987,024
Interior Department	$3,203,528
Independent Agencies	$2,886,434
Treasury Department	$2,000,000
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities	$1,436,600
Federal Communications Commission	$723,578
Office of the Secretary of Defense	$469,662
Appalachian Regional Commission	$25,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$434

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Counties (see statewide items)

Note: County-level data does not include tax cuts, Medicaid, unemployment benefits or food stamps. There still may be overrepresentation of money going to counties where capitals are located because in some cases, awards to state agencies did not indicate that they were to be used statewide.

Key: Statewide | Countywide

County Name

Population

Unemployment
12/08 »6/09 »12/09

Poverty Rate

Total Funding

Per Capita

Illinois

12,901,563

7.2

10.3

11.1

12.1

$12,686,178,831

$983

Adams

66,897

5.7

6.9

8.1

11.5

$47,574,124

$711

Alexander

8,152

8.5

10.3

10.8

N/A

$6,233,898

$765

Bond

18,253

8.5

8.2

10.3

N/A

$8,882,058

$487

Boone

54,142

15.0

14.1

17.3

11.8

$21,962,329

$406

Brown

6,573

3.8

4.0

4.8

N/A

$3,965,699

$603

Bureau

34,933

8.2

9.4

13.7

10.6

$22,902,192

$656

Calhoun

5,101

8.3

7.8

11.7

N/A

$5,228,825

$1,025

Carroll

15,841

7.7

10.1

12.1

N/A

$5,727,657

$362

Cass

13,574

5.6

6.2

8.0

N/A

$21,376,965

$1,575

Champaign

193,636

5.9

7.7

8.4

19.3

$145,463,485

$751

Christian

34,501

8.1

9.1

11.2

14.4

$34,863,956

$1,011

Clark

16,834

11.0

11.6

14.0

N/A

$6,449,409

$383

Clay

13,767

9.8

11.4

13.1

N/A

$9,022,205

$655

Clinton

36,711

7.3

7.5

8.8

10.0

$35,739,030

$974

Coles

52,172

7.4

8.8

10.0

21.6

$53,473,094

$1,025

Cook

5,294,664

7.1

11.6

10.8

14.9

$3,952,249,909

$746

Crawford

19,555

7.6

8.8

10.4

N/A

$13,319,864

$681

Cumberland

10,846

9.3

9.2

12.0

N/A

$9,955,736

$918

De Witt

16,354

7.3

8.0

9.8

N/A

$8,126,184

$497

DeKalb

106,321

7.2

11.3

10.5

13.9

$63,166,225

$594

Douglas

19,448

7.4

8.3

10.1

N/A

$9,820,472

$505

DuPage

930,528

5.4

9.7

8.6

4.9

$248,985,038

$268

Edgar

18,692

9.1

9.6

12.1

N/A

$13,745,465

$735

Edwards

6,501

7.6

8.2

9.9

N/A

$2,121,917

$326

Effingham

34,275

6.3

7.2

9.1

8.6

$30,783,143

$898

Fayette

20,981

10.5

9.8

14.2

17.2

$9,716,609

$463

Ford

14,050

7.3

8.8

10.0

N/A

$7,737,132

$551

Franklin

39,488

9.9

13.0

14.1

17.7

$63,517,394

$1,609

Fulton

36,719

7.7

10.9

13.3

12.7

$23,899,069

$651

Gallatin

5,982

9.3

9.7

10.9

N/A

$3,164,950

$529

Greene

13,644

7.0

7.7

9.4

N/A

$5,416,391

$397

Grundy

47,958

9.2

13.7

4.5

$52,354,566

$1,092

Hamilton

8,267

8.2

8.6

9.7

N/A

$3,139,207

$380

Hancock

18,691

10.0

9.7

13.4

N/A

$11,840,501

$633

Hardin

4,381

9.6

10.6

13.0

N/A

$1,598,680

$365

Henderson

7,477

8.6

8.1

10.8

N/A

$2,637,476

$353

Henry

49,569

7.6

8.2

10.2

11.0

$35,447,086

$715

Iroquois

30,285

8.7

8.6

11.9

10.5

$16,531,543

$546

Jackson

58,264

6.1

7.1

7.9

29.2

$46,957,868

$806

Jasper

9,698

7.8

8.1

9.9

N/A

$4,411,617

$455

Jefferson

40,083

7.8

8.9

11.0

14.7

$19,191,472

$479

Jersey

22,622

7.6

8.0

9.4

6.9

$8,733,379

$386

Jo Daviess

22,188

7.3

7.6

10.8

10.3

$6,236,264

$281

Johnson

13,731

8.8

10.0

11.2

N/A

$8,251,154

$601

Kane

507,579

7.4

11.5

11.2

8.5

$268,533,113

$529

Kankakee

112,524

10.6

11.1

14.3

14.0

$64,278,586

$571

Kendall

103,460

6.9

12.1

11.1

4.0

$29,718,432

$287

Knox

51,857

7.2

9.0

10.8

17.1

$25,837,549

$498

Lake

712,453

8.3

8.7

11.6

6.2

$270,436,327

$380

LaSalle

112,474

10.1

11.0

15.0

11.7

$71,824,538

$639

Lawrence

16,681

8.6

9.4

10.8

N/A

$5,385,865

$323

Lee

35,129

8.4

10.1

12.9

9.2

$26,917,811

$766

Livingston

37,681

7.6

9.8

11.3

9.7

$19,744,919

$524

Logan

29,788

7.6

8.7

10.1

9.9

$15,059,939

$506

Macon

108,328

7.8

11.3

12.9

16.0

$70,880,655

$654

Macoupin

48,138

8.5

9.4

11.1

10.6

$30,839,679

$641

Madison

268,078

8.0

9.3

10.0

11.2

$164,796,184

$615

Marion

39,505

10.5

10.8

12.9

17.3

$32,437,120

$821

Marshall

12,670

6.4

9.2

11.1

N/A

$6,595,072

$521

Mason

15,076

9.6

12.1

15.7

N/A

$12,455,017

$826

Massac

15,070

7.7

9.1

9.3

N/A

$6,435,039

$427

McDonough

32,788

5.5

8.3

8.2

24.6

$22,202,074

$677

McHenry

318,641

6.8

10.9

10.4

5.3

$77,744,427

$244

McLean

165,298

5.3

6.7

7.7

12.8

$100,794,487

$610

Menard

12,464

6.1

6.6

8.7

N/A

$6,558,587

$526

Mercer

16,481

8.9

8.4

13.0

N/A

$5,942,486

$361

Monroe

32,804

6.0

6.8

7.9

3.5

$14,271,851

$435

Montgomery

29,773

10.9

10.4

14.1

12.9

$15,262,084

$513

Morgan

35,251

7.4

7.2

9.5

18.3

$26,332,802

$747

Moultrie

14,374

6.1

8.2

9.0

N/A

$4,552,080

$317

Ogle

55,167

10.4

11.5

14.0

6.7

$24,777,569

$449

Peoria

183,655

6.5

10.2

11.6

12.6

$101,413,325

$552

Perry

22,484

11.0

11.8

12.8

11.9

$7,602,512

$338

Piatt

16,505

5.7

7.6

8.1

N/A

$7,367,278

$446

Pike

16,519

6.4

7.4

9.6

N/A

$18,294,536

$1,107

Pope

4,079

8.8

10.1

11.4

N/A

$8,124,160

$1,992

Pulaski

6,362

9.6

10.5

11.1

N/A

$15,403,761

$2,421

Putnam

6,003

9.9

12.8

14.4

N/A

$1,425,856

$238

Randolph

32,641

7.8

8.6

9.9

11.0

$15,142,781

$464

Richland

15,532

7.7

9.2

10.5

N/A

$10,891,719

$701

Rock Island

146,886

6.7

8.0

10.5

14.0

$109,759,405

$747

Saline

25,944

8.7

9.3

11.1

22.7

$26,072,761

$1,005

Sangamon

194,925

6.2

6.9

8.4

13.1

$3,553,656,317

$18,231

Schuyler

6,916

5.7

7.9

N/A

$6,117,207

$885

Scott

5,181

7.9

6.5

11.3

N/A

$6,129,788

$1,183

Shelby

21,748

8.6

8.9

12.0

11.3

$21,156,825

$973

St. Clair

262,291

8.8

9.4

11.2

13.6

$154,679,217

$590

Stark

6,135

7.3

9.3

10.1

N/A

$5,061,351

$825

Stephenson

46,367

8.7

10.2

12.6

13.2

$32,045,453

$691

Tazewell

131,524

6.1

9.6

11.3

8.7

$62,314,882

$474

Union

18,191

9.8

10.2

12.4

N/A

$10,046,774

$552

Vermilion

80,680

9.4

10.9

12.5

19.2

$54,467,935

$675

Wabash

12,047

8.2

9.8

10.4

N/A

$4,108,021

$341

Warren

17,541

6.1

7.0

8.6

N/A

$6,677,447

$381

Washington

14,728

6.6

7.6

8.4

N/A

$6,695,538

$455

Wayne

16,494

7.8

9.7

10.3

N/A

$6,325,345

$383

White

14,671

7.9

8.1

9.2

N/A

$17,688,603

$1,206

Whiteside

59,153

8.1

10.1

11.8

12.1

$61,572,550

$1,041

Will

681,097

7.1

11.5

11.0

5.7

$274,623,943

$403

Williamson

64,628

7.5

8.7

10.0

14.4

$48,932,217

$757

Winnebago

300,252

12.2

14.0

15.8

13.6

$185,501,679

$618

Woodford

38,503

4.9

7.2

9.0

5.7

$17,539,796

$456

Statewide and Non-County Specific Projects

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Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient	Amount	Type	Description	Federal Dept./Agency
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$582,519,043.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance Federal Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Benefits, Sec 2001 of Assist. for Unemployed Workers & Struggling Families Act, Recovery Act	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$404,160,396.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance Federal Extended Unemployment Compensation Benefits & Modernization, Sec. 2003 & 2005 of Assist for Unempl. Wkrs and Struggling Families Act, Rec Act	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$289,072,150.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance Federal Increase in Unemployment Compensation Benefits ($25 weekly), Sec 2002 of Assist. for Unemployed Wrkrs & Struggling Families Act, Recovery Act	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$21,510,763.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance ARRA Funds - Transfer to State UI Accounts from Employment Security Administration Account within the Unemployment Trust Fund	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$1,193,347.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$-100,000.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY	$-1,551,372.00	Grant	Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance	Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration

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