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LAKELAND, FL

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city LAKELAND, FL sum to $18.5M across 48,489 contributions. Lakeland is a Polk mid-volume book in Polk County between Tampa and Orlando: 48,489 lines against $18.5M produces a mean near $381 from those two packet facts. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a party score. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • $18,473,242 and 48,489 lines are the LAKELAND, FL packet facts.
  • Mean near $381 is arithmetic, not a median resident.
  • Lakeland is not Tampa on the FEC city key.
  • If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

48,489 lines carrying $18,473,242

The headline pair is $18,473,242 and 48,489 lines. The implied average is about $381. Cite both numbers. Quoting only the dollars drops the line-count shape of the LAKELAND book. Polk County filers typed LAKELAND with state FL.

Lakeland sits between Tampa and Orlando on the map, but those city strings are other FEC keys. Winter Haven and Bartow are neighboring Polk names. Filers who typed TAMPA do not land here. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string. Read $18,473,242 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of LAKELAND gave. The 48,489 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints LAKELAND together with Winter Haven, Bartow, and Plant City, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $18,473,242 on 48,489 LAKELAND, FL rows, mean near $381. Keep the stored spelling LAKELAND in the citation.

Why LAKELAND on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Lakeland give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city LAKELAND, FL total $18,473,242 across 48,489 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. LAKELAND, FL is the stored Polk County string. Tampa is a different city key.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $18,473,242. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $381 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Full analysis: LAKELAND, FL: $18.5M on 48,489 FEC receipts

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city LAKELAND, FL?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city LAKELAND, FL total $18,473,242 across 48,489 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Lakeland. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $381 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
Is Lakeland folded into Tampa on this extract?
No. LAKELAND, FL is the stored Polk County string. Tampa is a different city key. LobbyVault counts 48,489 itemized contributions for LAKELAND, FL against $18,473,242. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 48,489 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
Does the Lakeland total include only residents?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed LAKELAND with state FL. Office addresses and mail that list Lakeland can be part of $18,473,242 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 48,489-line count follows the same rule.
Are Lakeland numbers from FEC.gov?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,473,242 and 48,489 lines for LAKELAND, FL. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from FL are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

Total Donations

$18,473,242

Contributions

48,489

Top Industry

ATTORNEY

Top Industries

ATTORNEY
$5K
GROWER
$4K
PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS
$3K
RETIRED
$1K
BADCOCK FURNITURE
$1K
HOLLAND & KNIGHT
$1K
LINDER INDUSTRIAL MACHINE CO
$1K
REAL ESTATE DEV
$1K
INTL MINERALS & CHEM CO
$1K
B & M CONSTRUCTION
$1K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$31K
1982
$8K
1984
$10K
1986
$14K
1988
$10K
1990
$17K
1992
$16K
1994
$23K
1996
$26K
1998
$14K
2000
$24K
2002
$19K
2004
$32K
2006
$20K
2008
$39K
2010
$28K
2012
$23K
2014
$31K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in LAKELAND, FL, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1JENKINS, GEORGE W$3,5004GROWER1980
2JENKINS, GEORGE$2,5003PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS1980
3MAYER, CHARLES MRS$1,0001TEACHER/AIDE1980
4LINDER, P SCOTT MR$1,00011980
5HANOVER, HENRY M$1,00011980
6GANDOLFO, JOE M$1,0001GANDOLFO & ASSOC1980
7BADCOCK, W S JR$1,0001BADCOCK FURNITURE1980
8KAPLAN, DONALD D$1,00011980
9LINDER, P S MR$1,0001LINDER INDUSTRIAL MACHINE CO1980
10MAXWELL, LAWRENCE W$1,0001BUILDER1980
11MAYER, CHARLES R$1,0001ATTORNEY1980
12CARROLL, HARRY L$1,0001INTL MINERALS & CHEM CO1980
13MAYER, MARGERY G$1,0001EDUCATION1980
14KIBLER, D B III MR$1,0001ATTORNEY1980
15MEACHER, STEVEN C$1,0001REAL ESTATE DEV1980
16MOORE, BOBBY$1,0001B & M CONSTRUCTION1980
17BOWEN, FLOYD B$1,0001RETIRED1980
18MURRAY, ROBERT P$1,0002HOLLAND & KNIGHT1980
19KIBLER, D BURKE III$9503ATTORNEY1980
20MANLEY, WALTER W MR$8001LAWYER1980
21HOLCOM, T E$7502LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT1980
22BRENNAN, JOHN J$7031BRENNAN & BRENNAN1980
23KIRK, EDWARD J$6001A A ELECTRIC COMPANY1980
24MANLEY, WALTER$6001ATTORNEY1980
25MORROW, JAY$6001MORMAX INC1980
26LYONS, MARY LEE$5001MARY LEE LYONS1980
27MANLEY, WALTER W$5001ATTORNEY1980
28MAYS, C PARKHILL JR$5001HOLLAND AND KNIGHT1980
29JOYNER, R TOM JR$5001JOYNER LUMBER CO1980
30KELLY, SCOTT$5001SCOTT KELLY CORP1980
31HARRIS, LOIS F MRS$5001HOUSE WIFE1980
32FLETCHER, RALPH L$5001DRAFTSMAN1980
33ESTROFF, SELIA (IK)$5001RETAIL CLOTHING BUSINESS1980
34BAREST, RICHARD$5001ATTORNEY1980
35DOCKERY, C C MR$5001SUMMIT INC1980
36CARROLL, BARBARA MRS$5001HOMEMAKER1980
37COHEN, HERMAN$4502ALLSUN JUICES1980
38MCKNEELY, F O$3001BARNETT BANK OF ORLANDO1980
39COX, JAMES L$2501AMAX CHEMICAL CORP1980
40CAMPBELL, COLIN A$2501INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEM CORP1980
41CARLOW, ANNA M DR$25011980
42KIRKPATRICK, JAMES C$2501LAMAR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING1980
43CURRY, DAVID L$2001CURRY CONTROLS CO1980
44MATTHEWSON, MORLEY$20011980
45BOWEN, FLOYD B MR$2001RETIRED1980
46DUNCAN, DONN R$20011980
47BALDWIN, JOHN L$2001ADVERTISING1980

Top Recipients