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48 Michigan “entitlement communities” received $112 million in ‘04

April 4, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell
Great Lakes Bulletin News Service

In the 2004 fiscal year, Congress awarded $155.7 million to the state through both “non-entitlement” and “entitlement” CDBG funding.

Non-entitlement communities, which are communities located in non-urban areas with populations of less than 50,000, receive their federal funding through the State of Michigan; last year that amounted to $42.9 million. The other jurisdictions, known as entitlement communities, receive their federal funding directly from Washington; last year that amounted to $112.8 million. Michigan’s 48 entitlement communities, and the amounts they received in 2004, are listed below.

These communities range from very poor ones, such as Detroit, to some that are perceived as being relatively wealthy, such as St. Clair Shores, Midland, and Troy. 

Considering that CDBG guidelines require that dollars be directed to low- and moderate-income communities, it would appear that even in relatively well-off areas there are enough residents of modest means that the jurisdictions qualify for the program.

FY 2004 CDBG Appropriations Ranked by Amount for
Michigan’s Entitlement Communities

CITY/COMMUNITY APPROPRIATION

1. Detroit
2. Wayne County
3. Flint
4. Grand Rapids
5. Oakland County
6. Saginaw
7. Lansing
8. Dearborn
9. Genesee County
10. Kalamazoo
11. Macomb County
12. Pontiac
13. Kent County
14. Bay City
15. Jackson
16. Royal Oak
17. Battle Creek
18. Ann Arbor
19. Dearborn Heights
20. Westland
21. Muskegon
22. Redford
23. St. Clair Shores
24. Warren 
25. Port Huron
26. Lincoln Park
27. Washtenaw County

28. Sterling Heights
29. East Lansing
30. Roseville
31. Clinton Township
32. Monroe 
33. Southfield    
34. Taylor 
35. Wyoming
36. Benton Harbor
37. Muskegon Heights   
38. Livonia
39. Farmington Hills
40. Waterford Township
41. Canton Township
42. Troy
43. Niles
44. Holland
45. Rochester Hills
46. Midland
47. Portage
48. Norton Shores

$45,829,000
6,543,000
5,216,000
4,737,000
3,811,000
3,016,000
2,536,000
2,485,000
2,257,000
2,166,000
1,984,000
1,900,000
1,838,000
1,742,000
1,677,000
1,650,000
1,577,000
1,308,000
1,282,000
1,270,000
1,212,000
1,161,000
1,116,000
1,053,000
1,023,000
989,000
906,000
828,000
727,000
672,000
641,000
629,000
629,000
620,000
573,000
572,000
569,000
487,000
463,000
451,000
434,000
429,000
397,000
386,000
359,000
303,000
262,000
153,000

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