HONOLULU, HI: $78.9M on 226,742 FEC receipts

Honolulu’s federal city total

Divide $78,939,472 by 226,742 and the average itemized line is about $348. Averages hide mixed line sizes. This packet has no distribution, so $348 is a mean, not a typical island household gift.

The city string can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of HONOLULU. Oahu is orientation, not an FEC dimension on this roll-up.

Postal confusion with Kailua, Pearl City, or Aiea is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $78,939,472 counts rows that stored HONOLULU, HI. 226,742 lines. About $348 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs.

A mid-volume island book

Honolulu sits in the middle of this extract’s volume range: 226,742 lines produce $78,939,472, a mean near $348. That is neither a thin large-check file nor a tiny-dollar flood. Volume is not unique people.

A later extract can move Honolulu across that description if large lines are refunded or if many small lines are added. Recheck $78,939,472 and 226,742 on the hub.

The FEC city field behind HONOLULU, HI

FEC.gov stores whatever city string appeared on the itemized receipt. HONOLULU, HI is that string plus state HI. Recoding rows into a Census place would be a new dataset. This page does not do that recode.

ZIP pages under the same state cut the same series more finely. A Honolulu city total is not the sum of every ZIP that postal service maps to Honolulu; it is the sum of rows that typed this city string.

A Honolulu total of $78,939,472 does not absorb Waikiki as a separate key or merge Maui towns. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State HI stays on the citation so HONOLULU, HI is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. The 226,742 lines and the mean near $348 describe this key only.

Finer grain than HONOLULU, HI

Use ZIP pages to see concentration inside the capital without replacing $78,939,472. Adding selected ZIPs and calling the sum “Honolulu” is a recode. FEC.gov did not publish that recode on this city packet.

State HI on the city key is required in the citation so Honolulu is not confused with a same-named city in another state. Hawaii has few large city strings; that does not make this page a statewide total.

A complete HONOLULU, HI footnote names FEC.gov as the source, names contributor city as the dimension, and prints $78,939,472 and 226,742 as a pair. Leaving off any of those parts turns a public-record total into a slogan.

Limits of the HONOLULU, HI aggregate

State and local campaigns in HI file under state law. Those receipts are outside $78,939,472 and outside the 226,742 line count. Adding them by hand would mix disclosure systems.

The source for $78,939,472 and 226,742 is FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If a later bulk file disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.

A complete HONOLULU, HI citation

Title, H1, and table on the live hub should show the same $78,939,472 and 226,742 this guide cites. If they do not, the hub was rebuilt from a newer extract. Trust the hub over this paragraph.

Guides do not replace filings. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named receipt on the Honolulu hub matters to a story. Honolulu’s $78,939,472 on 226,742 lines is an island-capital city book, mean near $348. Kailua is a different city key. Do not add neighbor strings and call the sum “Oahu.” FEC.gov stored city, not island. The 226,742-line count can include repeat givers. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. ZIP pages split a different field. Quote $78,939,472 with 226,742 in the same citation.

Honolulu is the largest Hawaii city string on this extract, but $78,939,472 is not a statewide figure. Neighbor islands and other Oahu labels stay off this page unless the filer typed HONOLULU. The 226,742 lines are the HONOLULU match only.

Researchers who want a Hawaii-wide picture must add other city hubs by design. This guide does not invent that merge. Quote $78,939,472 with 226,742 and the contributor-city dimension, or the citation is incomplete.

Carry four pieces: FEC.gov as the source, contributor city as the dimension, $78,939,472 as the dollar total, and 226,742 as the line count. Dropping any one of those pieces turns a public-record pair into a slogan about island politics.

The mean near $348 is a fifth optional number. It is useful only when both packet facts are already on the page. It is not a typical gift, not a median, and not a unique-donor average. This packet has no size bins.

Kailua, Pearl City, Aiea, and Waipahu remain other city strings. Unitemized federal gifts remain outside both facts. Hawaii state-office receipts remain outside both facts. The live Honolulu hub is the table; this guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub and open FEC.gov for the named receipt.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Honolulu federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city HONOLULU, HI total $78,939,472 across 226,742 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 Honolulu. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How should I read the 226,742 figure for HONOLULU, HI?

LobbyVault counts 226,742 itemized contributions for HONOLULU, HI. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 226,742 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $78,939,472. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors on the Honolulu string.

Does the Honolulu total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed HONOLULU with state HI. Office addresses and mail that list Honolulu can be part of $78,939,472 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 226,742-line count follows the same rule. Neighbor Oahu labels stay on their own hubs when filers typed those names instead of HONOLULU.

How current is the $78,939,472 total for Honolulu?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $78,939,472 and 226,742 lines for HONOLULU, HI. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from HI are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $348 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.