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    Bringing home the bacon: Minnesota 11th in stimulus funds

    By David Brauer | Published Thu, Aug 6 2009 8:58 pm

    The non-profit investigative site Pro Publica has been poring over stimulus-related contracts, and finds out Minnesota ranks 11th per-capita among the 50 states and D.C. We've received $2.87 billion of the $121.2 billion spent through July 20.

    The Gopher State is punching above its weight; we rank 21st in population. The extra stimulus money is also a reversal of our usual federal fortune: We ranked 46th in per capita federal spending in 2008.

    Pro Publica's Minnesota breakdown is here, with statewide projects here and county totals here.

    On a per-person basis, the county differences are dramatic: the most dough has been spent in Big Stone County ($1,005), the least in Scott County ($21). Hennepin County has received $232 per person; Ramsey $149.

    By far the most money came from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department ($916 million) and the Education Department ($863 million).

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    David Brauer authors Braublog and is MinnPost's local media reporter. He's covered media and politics as a writer and editor since 1983 for City Pages, the Southwest/Downtown Journal, KFAN and KSTP-AM, Mpls.St.Paul, Minnesota Monthly, Law & Politics, the Business Journal, KARE11 and national outlets. Follow him on Twitter. Email: dbrauer [at] minnpost [dot] com. 

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