Stimulus Road Bucks: Where States Are Spending Transportation Money
Updated July 1, 2009 with data through June 26
Four months after the stimulus bill passed, only one state (Maine) has obligated all of its stimulus highway money, according to the federal Department of Transportation. Total and obligated amounts include money targeted at major cities in each state. So far, most of the money has gone to paving projects. We will continue to update the list numbers until states have obligated all of their stimulus money. You can help track projects in your area by signing up here.
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| State | $ Total Funding |
$ Total Per Capita |
# of Projects Signed Off On |
$ Obligated |
% Obligated |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | $130,752,032 | $99 | 71 | $130,752,032 | 100% | |
| Utah | $213,545,653 | $78 | 95 | $196,854,537 | 92% | |
| Wyoming | $157,616,058 | $296 | 49 | $142,414,696 | 90% | |
| Iowa | $358,162,431 | $119 | 165 | $319,955,892 | 89% | |
| New Hampshire | $129,440,556 | $98 | 24 | $108,161,306 | 84% | |
| Oklahoma | $464,655,225 | $128 | 136 | $384,093,825 | 83% | |
| Rhode Island | $137,095,725 | $130 | 46 | $112,984,060 | 82% | |
| District of Columbia | $123,507,842 | $209 | 10 | $100,009,331 | 81% | |
| Tennessee | $572,701,043 | $92 | 196 | $453,598,493 | 79% | |
| Idaho | $181,934,631 | $119 | 31 | $143,001,139 | 79% | |
| West Virginia | $210,852,204 | $116 | 78 | $165,675,014 | 79% | |
| Florida | $1,346,735,003 | $73 | 199 | $1,054,537,240 | 78% | |
| Mississippi | $354,564,343 | $121 | 59 | $276,152,658 | 78% | |
| Illinois | $935,592,704 | $73 | 337 | $679,181,367 | 73% | |
| Washington | $492,242,337 | $75 | 151 | $354,576,602 | 72% | |
| Maryland | $431,034,777 | $77 | 105 | $308,181,296 | 71% | |
| New Jersey | $651,774,480 | $75 | 51 | $462,585,815 | 71% | |
| Pennsylvania | $1,026,429,012 | $82 | 200 | $717,171,097 | 70% | |
| Minnesota | $502,284,177 | $96 | 110 | $337,381,953 | 67% | |
| Wisconsin | $529,111,915 | $94 | 135 | $351,915,762 | 67% | |
| New Mexico | $252,644,377 | $127 | 10 | $157,393,729 | 62% | |
| Kansas | $347,817,167 | $124 | 22 | $216,410,997 | 62% | |
| Missouri | $637,121,984 | $108 | 136 | $391,839,153 | 62% | |
| California | $2,569,568,320 | $70 | 324 | $1,558,192,538 | 61% | |
| Colorado | $403,924,130 | $82 | 59 | $243,910,077 | 60% | |
| Connecticut | $302,053,956 | $86 | 21 | $177,103,318 | 59% | |
| North Carolina | $735,526,684 | $80 | 100 | $423,318,645 | 58% | |
| Louisiana | $429,859,427 | $97 | 41 | $238,970,017 | 56% | |
| North Dakota | $170,126,497 | $265 | 97 | $92,655,661 | 54% | |
| New York | $1,120,684,723 | $57 | 259 | $605,260,712 | 54% | |
| Oregon | $333,902,389 | $88 | 171 | $177,914,192 | 53% | |
| Indiana | $657,967,707 | $103 | 251 | $348,363,335 | 53% | |
| Alaska | $175,461,487 | $256 | 13 | $92,146,664 | 53% | |
| Kentucky | $421,094,991 | $99 | 35 | $220,295,140 | 52% | |
| Texas | $2,250,015,146 | $92 | 205 | $1,163,153,465 | 52% | |
| Delaware | $121,828,650 | $140 | 29 | $62,891,070 | 52% | |
| Arizona | $521,958,401 | $80 | 102 | $262,621,657 | 50% | |
| Michigan | $847,204,834 | $85 | 241 | $425,637,119 | 50% | |
| South Dakota | $183,027,359 | $228 | 16 | $90,290,807 | 49% | |
| Georgia | $931,585,680 | $96 | 128 | $448,639,476 | 48% | |
| Nebraska | $235,589,279 | $132 | 30 | $110,365,028 | 47% | |
| Montana | $211,793,391 | $219 | 51 | $98,718,683 | 47% | |
| Hawaii | $125,746,380 | $98 | 11 | $54,329,359 | 43% | |
| Vermont | $125,791,291 | $202 | 22 | $53,069,059 | 42% | |
| Alabama | $513,692,083 | $110 | 75 | $212,679,529 | 41% | |
| Ohio | $935,677,030 | $81 | 156 | $386,933,092 | 41% | |
| Virginia | $694,460,823 | $89 | 45 | $285,186,164 | 41% | |
| South Carolina | $463,081,483 | $103 | 65 | $189,075,495 | 41% | |
| Massachusetts | $437,865,255 | $67 | 30 | $173,530,958 | 40% | |
| Arkansas | $351,544,468 | $123 | 65 | $134,543,503 | 38% | |
| Nevada | $201,352,460 | $77 | 13 | $71,288,539 | 35% |
Source: ProPublica analysis of U.S. Department of Transportation data
