SPRINGFIELD, IL: $18.9M on 75,614 FEC receipts

75,614 lines behind SPRINGFIELD's $18.9M

SPRINGFIELD shows 75,614 itemizations behind $18,910,460. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $18.9M 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 $250.

SPRINGFIELD, IL is the Sangamon capital string. Springfield, Missouri and Springfield, Virginia are other state keys. State IL must stay on the citation so those names are not added 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 $18,910,460 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of SPRINGFIELD gave. The 75,614 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints SPRINGFIELD together with Rochester, Chatham, and Sherman, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $18,910,460 on 75,614 SPRINGFIELD, IL rows, mean near $250. Keep the stored spelling SPRINGFIELD in the citation.

Why SPRINGFIELD on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Springfield give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city SPRINGFIELD, IL total $18,910,460 across 75,614 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. This extract is SPRINGFIELD with state IL only. Springfield, MO and Springfield, VA are other FEC city keys.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $18,910,460. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $250 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

What $18,910,460 does not cover

Unitemized federal gifts never enter $18,910,460 or the 75,614-line count. IL state-office filings are also omitted. A candidate based in SPRINGFIELD can raise from other cities; a SPRINGFIELD, IL row can travel to a committee in any state.

Rochester, Chatham, and Sherman share a map with SPRINGFIELD and still need their own hubs. The 75,614 lines stored as SPRINGFIELD, IL are the only rows in this extract. About $250 each is division, not a household typical.

Same-name cities and the IL key

State IL is part of the match. SPRINGFIELD, IL is not merged with a same-named place in another state. SPRINGFIELD is a capital-city volume book; 75,614 lines produce $18,910,460, mean near $250.

Chicago is a comparison only on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts. Rochester, Chatham, and Sherman are other strings when typed. Mixing IL state-campaign data with $18,910,460 breaks the comparison.

How 75,614 lines sit next to ZIP pages

The city field and the ZIP field are independent FEC columns. 75,614 SPRINGFIELD rows may cluster in a few codes or scatter. This packet lists neither those ZIPs nor a split. Use the ZIP directory and the live SPRINGFIELD hub.

Amendments can move the city hub and a ZIP page on different clocks. Recheck both before publishing a comparison. This guide’s facts remain $18,910,460 and 75,614 for contributor city SPRINGFIELD, IL.

Citing SPRINGFIELD, IL from FEC.gov

Report $18,910,460 with 75,614 lines and name FEC.gov as the source, indexed on LobbyVault. The mean near $250 is $18,910,460 divided by 75,614. Do not call that a typical SPRINGFIELD resident.

Links on this page go to the SPRINGFIELD hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory. Rochester is a neighbor, not a subset. Sangamon County is not totaled here. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Researchers citing SPRINGFIELD should keep state IL in the sentence so readers do not hunt a same-named place. The live city table can show named committees that this snapshot does not list. A later FEC extract can move $18,910,460 or 75,614 without this guide rewriting itself. Treat the mean near $250 as division only. Rochester, Chatham, and Sherman remain other strings. The 75,614-line count still is not a headcount.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city SPRINGFIELD, IL?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city SPRINGFIELD, IL total $18,910,460 across 75,614 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 Springfield. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $250 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Which Springfield is this $18.9M total?

This extract is SPRINGFIELD with state IL only. Springfield, MO and Springfield, VA are other FEC city keys. LobbyVault counts 75,614 itemized contributions for SPRINGFIELD, IL against $18,910,460. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 75,614 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Springfield total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed SPRINGFIELD with state IL. Office addresses and mail that list Springfield can be part of $18,910,460 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 75,614-line count follows the same rule.

Are Springfield numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,910,460 and 75,614 lines for SPRINGFIELD, IL. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from IL are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.