Stimulus credited with 11,692 Mass. jobs this year

That’s up from 9,474 jobs in the fourth quarter of last year, indicating some projects in Massachusetts are ramping up hiring.

Nationally, 682,779 jobs were directly funded by the awards in the first quarter, according to the data from the US Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.

Still, most of the money earmarked for Massachusetts has not reached the state.

Of the $5.2 billion in grants, contracts, and loans awarded to Massachusetts organizations, $1.4 billion has actually been received and spent. That’s partly because the stimulus money is intended to be spent over several years, and partly because it has taken time to get projects off the ground.

By far the largest recipient has been the state and public agencies. The University of Massachusetts alone received $246 million, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority got $145.6 million.

Overall, the state reported it has spent $871 million so far.

Many cities and towns, as well as universities and other private institutions, have also received funding. Boston got $114.7 million, for example, and Worcester received $61.7 million.

Harvard University topped the list of private institutions, with $145.6 million, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with $99.4 million, and Community Builders Inc., a Boston group that calls itself the largest nonprofit urban housing developer in the country, with $78.6 million.

The Globe reported last year that many of the job numbers were inflated or contained errors. The government said it has been working with recipients to fill out the reporting forms correctly, though critics say job numbers remain inexact.

The federal data are posted online at www.recovery.gov.

The administration of Governor Deval Patrick has posted additional data at www.mass.gov/recovery/.

Todd Wallack can be reached at twallack@globe.com.