Cook County, Illinois

On this page, we’ve estimated the amount of federal infrastructure funds distributed to Cook County, Illinois through the programs we've evaluated. Some of those funds are distributed to other local governments, public agencies, and private entities, not used by the county government. This page does not include formula funds redistributed by state governments to local governments.

Program funding

program	Total funding (2022 + 2023)
Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)	$1,959,257,954
Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (project based)	$907,087,055
Federal Transit Administration Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program	$393,461,296
Public Housing Operating Fund	$342,179,553
Federal Transit Administration State of Good Repair Grants Program	$316,486,393
Clean School Bus Program	$278,213,946
Capital Investment Grants Program (New Starts/Small Starts)	$265,476,132
Continuum of Care (COC) Program	$198,435,435
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program	$189,976,010
All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP)	$185,080,000
Bridge Investment Program	$144,000,000
Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG)	$124,835,265
Public Housing Capital Fund	$120,293,568
National Infrastructure Project Assistance Program (Mega Program)	$117,000,000
Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Program	$113,000,000
Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (FSP) Grant Program	$93,600,000
Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202)	$86,662,335
Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program (formerly RAISE)	$85,000,000
Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program (INFRA)	$70,000,000
HOME Investment Partnerships Program	$57,227,249
Rail Vehicle Replacement Program grants	$56,666,667
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program	$31,880,723
Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program	$28,836,080
Airport Terminals Program	$25,000,000
Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program	$24,823,748
Emergency Solutions Grants Program	$15,745,357
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities	$15,253,061
Carbon Reduction Program (CRP)	$14,943,870
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)	$14,695,361
Enabling Middle Mile Grant Program	$14,557,740
Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Formula Program	$10,839,531
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program	$8,646,190
Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program	$8,000,000
Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program	$7,324,148
Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP)—Leading Edge cohort	$5,580,000
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program	$5,073,250
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program	$2,888,000
Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP)—Elements cohort	$1,500,000
Urban and community forestry grants	$1,230,240
Affordable Connectivity (ACP) Outreach Grant Program	$920,000
Brownfields Program	$342,400
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant Program	$263,040

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About

Update: This tool was updated on March 13, 2025 to include data from fiscal year 2023, additional federal infrastructure programs, and new funding distribution measures. The title was also changed to "Are Federal Infrastructure Funds Meeting Your Community’s Needs" to make it clear that the tool tracks funding by a variety of characteristics, including geography, race, income level, and indicators of local need. This tool was originally named "Is Federal Infrastructure Spending Advancing Racial and Economic Equity?”

For this tool, we analyzed 85 grant programs funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 9 grant programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, 2 programs funded by annual appropriations to the Department of Transportation, and 14 housing programs that use annual HUD appropriations. The data presented here are limited to fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023. We collected program data from federal departmental announcements and project fact sheets. Demographic and need indicator data are sourced from approximately two dozen 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, see our user guide. To review the complete list of data sources and methods used in this work, see our full report.

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This data tool was funded by a grant from the Melville Charitable Trust as part of the Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities Initiative. We are grateful to them and to all our funders, who make it possible for Urban to advance its mission. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders. Funders do not determine research findings or the insights and recommendations of our experts. More information on our funding principles is available here. Read our terms of service here.

research Yonah Freemark, Amanda Hermans, Gabe Samuels, Tomi Rajninger, Sam Lieberman, Teddy Maginn, Mel Langness, and David Blount
Design Brittney Spinner
Data visualization and development Mitchell Thorson
Editing Lauren Lastowka
Writing Wesley Jenkins

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