HAMMOND, IN

A thin Hammond file on $52,159,907

$52,159,907 divided by 5,195 is about $10,040 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $52,159,907 and 5,195.

Lake County’s Hammond sits on this string as a Calumet filing city, not as a score of mill-town races. A five-thousand-line book that still reaches $52,159,907 is a shape fact: a few large itemizations can dominate the dollar total. 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.

A Hammond total of $52,159,907 does not absorb Gary, East Chicago, or Munster. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State IN stays on the citation so HAMMOND, IN is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. The 5,195 lines and the mean near $10,040 describe this key only.

Hammond is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Hammond against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a committee street that still typed HAMMOND can sit inside $52,159,907.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $52,159,907 and 5,195. If the live Hammond hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Questions

What is Hammond’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city HAMMOND, IN total $52,159,907 across 5,195 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Hammond residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why is Hammond’s average line so large?

LobbyVault counts 5,195 itemized lines for HAMMOND, IN against $52,159,907. Divide those two packet facts and the mean is about $10,040. That is arithmetic on a thin file, not a unique-donor figure and not a household survey. A few large itemizations can dominate dollars when the line count is this small.

Does Hammond’s total include Gary or East Chicago?

Only if the filer typed HAMMOND. Gary, East Chicago, and Munster are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $52,159,907 is the HAMMOND, IN match. The 5,195 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Hammond facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $52,159,907 and 5,195 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Indiana non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $10,040 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.