BILLINGS, MT

74,831 lines behind BILLINGS's $20.8M

BILLINGS shows 74,831 itemizations behind $20,799,354. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $20.8M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. The implied mean is about $278.

Billings is the eastern-Montana Yellowstone County string. Missoula is a western-Montana volume book on a different hub. Bozeman and Laurel are other keys. This packet does not add those pages together. 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 $20,799,354 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of BILLINGS gave. The 74,831 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints BILLINGS together with Laurel, Bozeman, and Missoula, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $20,799,354 on 74,831 BILLINGS, MT rows, mean near $278. Keep the stored spelling BILLINGS in the citation.

Why BILLINGS on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Billings give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city BILLINGS, MT total $20,799,354 across 74,831 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. BILLINGS, MT is the stored Yellowstone County string. Missoula is a different city key.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $20,799,354. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $278 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city BILLINGS, MT?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city BILLINGS, MT total $20,799,354 across 74,831 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 Billings. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $278 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Billings merged with Missoula on FEC reports?

No. BILLINGS, MT is the stored Yellowstone County string. Missoula is a different city key. LobbyVault counts 74,831 itemized contributions for BILLINGS, MT against $20,799,354. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 74,831 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Billings total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed BILLINGS with state MT. Office addresses and mail that list Billings can be part of $20,799,354 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 74,831-line count follows the same rule.

Are Billings numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $20,799,354 and 74,831 lines for BILLINGS, MT. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MT are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.