Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area
CBSA overview
This page details funding through major infrastructure programs distributed to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area in fiscal years 2022 through 2025. Core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) include metropolitan and micropolitan areas, which are made up of an urban area and its surrounding communities. This page includes funds for entities or projects located within the boundaries of the CBSA. In some cases, a funding obligation for a statewide effort may list the state government as the recipient and the state capital as the recipient location. While we have taken steps to account for this, there may still be cases in this tool where CBSAs that contain state capitals appear to receive more money than they actually received.
| Infrastructure category | Total obligated funding (FY 2022–25) |
|---|---|
| Housing and Community Development | $10,555,508,946 |
| Public Transportation | $6,442,281,668 |
| Roads and Bridges | $4,252,237,648 |
| Water Conservation | $1,230,526,908 |
| Energy and Power | $1,108,113,901 |
| Broadband | $871,043,501 |
| Airports and Docks | $478,387,449 |
| Passenger and Freight Rail | $129,258,956 |
| Environmental Resilience | $55,251,721 |
Where Was Funding Distributed?
In some cases, a funding obligation for a statewide effort may list the state government as the recipient and the state capital as the recipient location. While we have taken steps to account for this, there may still be cases in this tool where CBSAs that contain state capitals appear to receive more money than they actually received.
About
Update: This tool was updated on October 21, 2026 with a new data source for federal funding information, new fiscal years of data, new measures of community need, and new analysis pages by infrastructure category.
In this tool, we analyze 71 major federal infrastructure programs funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and annual appropriations (many programs were allocated funding through multiple laws). The funding data comes from USAspending.gov, which is standardized across federal agencies. Data in the initial tool release (2023) and prior update (2025) came from a combination of sources, including USAspending.gov, program fact sheets, and agency-level press releases and award announcements.
Demographic and need indicator data come from approximately 25 publicly available sources, including the 2016–20 American Community Survey five-year estimates from the US Census Bureau and data produced by other federal agencies.
To learn more about how to use this tool and how we’ve updated it over time, see our user guide.
Project Credits
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- research Yonah Freemark, Amanda Hermans, Gabe Samuels, Tomi Rajninger, Sam Lieberman, Teddy Maginn, Mel Langness, and David Blount
- Design Brittney Spinner
- Development Mitchell Thorson
- Editing Lauren Lastowka
- Writing Wesley Jenkins
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