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:

Recovery’s Phantom Districts –