MACON, GA: $16.3M on 60,841 FEC receipts

60,841 lines behind MACON's $16.3M

MACON shows 60,841 itemizations behind $16,290,283. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $16.3M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. The implied mean is about $268.

Macon is a central-Georgia Bibb County string. Atlanta is a different Fulton/DeKalb key. Warner Robins is a neighboring string. Consolidated Macon-Bibb labels are not this FEC city field unless the filer typed MACON. 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 $16,290,283 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of Macon gave. The 60,841 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints Macon together with Warner Robins, Macon-Bibb, and Atlanta, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $16,290,283 on 60,841 MACON, GA rows, mean near $268. Keep the stored spelling MACON in the citation.

Why MACON on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Macon give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city MACON, GA total $16,290,283 across 60,841 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. MACON, GA is the stored Bibb County string. Atlanta is a different city key.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $16,290,283. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $268 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Outside the MACON itemized book

$16,290,283 is not spending by Macon candidates. A candidate who lives in Macon can raise money from other cities. A donor row tagged MACON, GA can go to a committee anywhere. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both packet facts.

Postal confusion with Warner Robins, Macon-Bibb, and Atlanta is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $16,290,283 counts rows that stored MACON, GA. 60,841 lines. About $268 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs. GA state-office receipts are omitted.

MACON versus Atlanta on the FEC tape

MACON is a central-Georgia volume book in Bibb County in central Georgia. 60,841 lines produce $16,290,283, a mean near $268. That line count is not a unique-donor count. Comparing this mean to Atlanta is only valid on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts.

A Macon total of $16,290,283 does not absorb Warner Robins, Macon-Bibb, and Atlanta. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State GA stays on the citation so MACON, GA is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. Mixing in GA state-campaign data breaks the comparison.

City total versus postal codes in GA

60,841 city-field lines can spread across many ZIPs or cluster in a few. This packet does not list those ZIPs. Open the ZIP directory and the live Macon hub rather than guessing the split. After an amendment wave, recheck both the city hub and any ZIP you compared. Snapshots drift independently.

Because this packet carries only city, state, dollar total, and contribution count, every other story about Macon politics sits outside the extract. That includes candidate quality, issue fights, and local election results. This guide stays on the two numbers FEC.gov supplied for the city field: $16,290,283 and 60,841.

Source tables for $16,290,283

A mean of about $268 is division of $16,290,283 by 60,841. It is fair to report as arithmetic. It is not fair to report as a typical resident of Macon. Means move with a few large lines. Internal links on this page go only to the Macon city hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory.

Macon’s $16,290,283 across 60,841 contributions is a Bibb County city field, mean near $268. Warner Robins is a neighboring string, not a subset. Bibb County is not summed here. Repeat gifts add rows. Cite $16,290,283 with 60,841 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city MACON, GA?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MACON, GA total $16,290,283 across 60,841 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 Macon. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $268 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Macon folded into Atlanta on this extract?

No. MACON, GA is the stored Bibb County string. Atlanta is a different city key. LobbyVault counts 60,841 itemized contributions for MACON, GA against $16,290,283. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 60,841 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Macon total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MACON with state GA. Office addresses and mail that list Macon can be part of $16,290,283 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 60,841-line count follows the same rule.

Are Macon numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $16,290,283 and 60,841 lines for MACON, GA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from GA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.