As Indiana starts delving out stimulus money, cities and counties throughout the Hoosier state aren't having much trouble coming up with ways to spend it.

But according to a recent count, entitles around the state would like to spend about 6 times more money than Indiana is slated to get through the stimulus program.

The state’s website just posted a 911-page survey contracted through Ball State University, which details all the projects in the state with hopes to receive stimulus money.

But one sizable problem; the 9,000 requests included in the survey... Amount to well over $25 billion.

The state's only slated to get about $4.3 billion.

“OK, here's this pot of money, and whoever screams the loudest gets their piece of whatever's left after we tell you what we're going to do with it,” said Republican State Representative Jackie Walorski of Jimtown.

The state already has a good idea of how much the money will be spent, based on a federal formula. Here is a breakdown of what the state expects to spend in each sector:

Medicaid: $1.4 billion
Education: $1.3 billion
Roads and Bridges: $650 million
Nutrition: $400 million
Weatherization: $100 million
Water Quality: $100 million
Housing: $100 million
Public Transit: $80 million
Energy: $70 million
Employment Services: $70 million
Child Care: $40 million
Justice: $40 million

While the state expects $650 million dollars to go toward road and bridge projects statewide, road work projects in St. Joseph County alone, asked for more than $340 million.

State representatives think this high level of need might be a problem that’s somewhat unique to Indiana.

Due to years of underinvestment in infrastructure;

“If you talk to mayors, if you talk to county officials, this is a long term problem that has been building. So if you go to (them) and say, ‘Hey do you have projects ready to go,’ I’m sure there’s billions of dollars of projects,” said Democratic State Senator John Broden of South Bend.

And due to recent changes to local revenue, like the property tax caps.

“It's because of the timing, where we're at because of the the restructuring of how we're funding things in this state, and this all just happened at once,” Walorski said.

But they say as public entities look to replace lost revenue, they want to make sure the money addresses the original intent too: to Stimulate the economy.

“We want to put people to work we want to do this quickly and we want to make sure that this money is spent wisely,” Broden said.

“We are all scraping around trying to get what we believe is our fair share and turning things around and producing jobs,” Walorski said.

The state says this survey is not meant to be an actual application for assistance, and says many of the projects won't even be eligible for funding under the program's rules.

Meanwhile, Walorski estimates there is less than a billion dollars in true discretionary spending, after the allotments under the federal funding.

To see the survey of proposed projects, and see the state’s webpage with more information on the stimulus program, visit the links below.