The monitors at recovery.gov must not be too savvy about America’s political or geographic landscape. More than $2 million was given to the 99th District of North Dakota, a state which has only one congressional district. In order to qualify for 99 districts, North Dakota would have to have a population of about 60 million people, almost 24 million more people than California. The 99th was one of many non-existent districts to receive funds in one of America’s least populous states. Below are the fake districts in the state, along with the number of jobs and stimulus dollars each received:
00 congressional district 190.6 $114,652,517
99th congressional district 30 $2,115,007
9th congressional district 8 $983,128
2nd congressional district 4 $285,653
17th congressional district 1.8 $260,110
4th congressional district 10.6 $243,517
5th congressional district 5 $201,677
7th congressional district 1 $196,176
36th congressional district 1 $192,165
15th congressional district 4 $79,694
25th congressional district 0 $25,334
13th congressional district 0 $13,136
16th congressional district 0.2 $12,055
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:
[...] North Dakota: [...]