Federal stimulus dollars were used to help out-of-work congressional districts in Mississippi, according to Recovery.gov. The stimulus provided nearly $1 million to the 5th District, which was eliminated following the 2000 census. The rest of the data below, including jobs produced and cost:
28th congressional district 0 $3,300,026
00 congressional district 0 $1,267,800
5th congressional district 30 $984,600
48th congressional district 3 $136,344
6th congressional district 1 $112,417
19th congressional district 0 $94,250
A Watchdog study revealed 440 non-existent congressional districts within the stimulus tracking web site, recovery.org. The full report can be found here and below:
Recovery’s Phantom Districts –
[...] Mississippi: [...]