Recovery Tracker

How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County?

Connecticut

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Check the chart below to compare unemployment and per capita spending among counties. Click on your county to find projects in your area. Data last updated on September 2012.

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U.S. Connecticut
Population 308,745,538 3,574,097
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $5,372,405,468
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,503
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
6.0
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+2.6
8.6
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
+0.8
9.4
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
-0.3
9.1
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
+0.2
9.3
Unemployment Rate, 7/08 – 7/12

Funding by Federal Agency and Department

Health and Human Services, Department of $1,769,769,091
Education, Department of $911,256,194
Transportation, Department of $541,717,227
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management $489,652,724
Employment and Training Administration $489,616,120
Agriculture, Department of $469,440,707
Small Business Administration $256,792,750
Energy, Department of $200,669,526
Housing and Urban Development, Department of $190,185,066
Social Security Administration $153,751,750
Commerce, Department of $109,083,548
Environmental Protection Agency $94,232,834
Justice, Department of $41,750,316
General Services Administration $36,167,600
National Science Foundation $28,770,437
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $16,219,768
Army, Department of $15,409,065
Homeland Security, Department of $14,568,869
Department of Veterans Affairs $12,771,952
National Aeronautics and Space Administration $6,532,726
Interior, Department of $4,460,566
Department of the Air Force $4,375,581
Navy, Department of $3,628,622
Independent Agencies $601,965
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities $456,100
Federal Communications Commission $140,485

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This site was updated in September 2012. It includes recipient-reported data through the second quarter of 2012, which was released in July 2012.

Important: This interactive database is not kept up-to-date and should be treated as a historical snapshot. As records may have changed since we stopped making updates, researchers and consultants wishing to use the data should check against original sources for accuracy before using any data published here.

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Counties

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Stimulus Funds Unemployment Rate
Name Total Per Capita 2009 2010 2011 2012
Fairfield $497,150,643 $541 8.2 8.5 8.2 8.4
Hartford $3,360,450,339 $3,757 9.1 9.9 9.7 9.8
Litchfield $99,737,651 $525 8.6 8.9 8.4 8.4
Middlesex $76,613,788 $462 7.2 7.9 7.9 7.9
New Haven $848,339,908 $983 9.4 10.4 10.1 10.2
New London $232,105,876 $847 7.8 8.8 8.9 9.2
Tolland $111,175,867 $728 7.5 8.3 7.8 8.0
Windham $146,831,397 $1,239 9.3 10.5 10.2 10.4