The White House said Friday that the federal stimulus package created or saved more than 14,000 jobs in Minnesota through the end of September, which is about 2,500 more jobs than state officials counted weeks ago.

President Barack Obama’s administration reported 14,315 Minnesota jobs in a release.

Preliminary state reports earlier this month attributed 11,800 jobs to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — about half of them in public schools, colleges and universities and a tenth in public safety programs.

Minnesota finance officials said the new White House number included jobs from stimulus grants and contracts not handled by state administrators, giving them their first look at those positions. Statewide stimulus coordinator Michelle Weber said the jobs tied to state-administered stimulus programs changed only slightly, from 11,832 on Oct. 10 to 11,852 on Friday.

“It is confusing for folks to understand the difference between a state-administered program and the programs that are administered directly from the federal government,” Weber said. “We are continuously talking about the difference.”