LAFAYETTE, LA: $29.9M on 66,299 FEC receipts

Acadiana city string on the federal books

Sixty-six thousand two hundred ninety-nine lines produce $29,928,872. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $451. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Acadiana giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Baton Rouge, New Iberia, and Lake Charles keep separate Louisiana hubs. They are not inside $29,928,872 unless the filer typed LAFAYETTE. Lafayette Parish is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Louisiana, not California

Lafayette, CA is a different city key. This packet publishes LAFAYETTE, LA only: $29,928,872 and 66,299 lines. Folding the two states would be a recode.

Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands. Cite LA with the city name every time.

City field versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. LAFAYETTE plus LA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or an Acadiana MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing parish ZIPs can diverge from $29,928,872 when some receipts used Broussard or Youngsville as the city. The 66,299-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Lafayette aggregate

Louisiana state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $29,928,872 and outside 66,299. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Lafayette voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

Citing LAFAYETTE, LA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with LA, and print $29,928,872 with 66,299 together. Dropping the state invites confusion with Lafayette, CA.

Office addresses can share the Lafayette city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 66,299 lines are receipts, not unique persons. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Lafayette receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Lafayette hub

Start on the live Lafayette city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $29,928,872 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 66,299 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Baton Rouge as the “real” Louisiana. Filers typed LAFAYETTE with LA. LobbyVault indexed that pair.

A mean near $451 is only $29,928,872 divided by 66,299. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city LAFAYETTE, LA, $29,928,872, 66,299 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Louisiana non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Broussard, Scott, and Youngsville share Lafayette Parish without sharing this city key. $29,928,872 is LAFAYETTE plus LA. 66,299 is the matching line count. Lafayette, California is a different state string. Print LA every time. Acadiana is a cultural label, not an FEC field.

The mean near $451 is $29,928,872 divided by 66,299. Louisiana non-federal filings stay outside. Cite LAFAYETTE, LA with both facts. Recheck the live hub. Baton Rouge and New Orleans keep separate hubs and are not inside this pair. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Print LA in every Lafayette citation. $29,928,872 and 66,299 are the Louisiana key. Lafayette, CA is out. Broussard is out unless a filer typed LAFAYETTE. The mean near $451 is a quotient. Acadiana is not an FEC field. Louisiana state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts and FEC.gov. Trust the live hub if the pair changes after an amendment.

Keep LAFAYETTE, LA, $29,928,872, and 66,299 in one citation. Print LA so Lafayette, CA cannot be confused with this hub. The mean near $451 is those two numbers divided. Baton Rouge remains a separate string. Lake Charles remains a separate string. Louisiana non-federal filings remain outside. Unitemized federal gifts remain outside. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations remain outside. Start on the live city page. Open ZIP pages for a postal cut. Open FEC.gov for a named Lafayette receipt.

Lafayette Parish is orientation only. $29,928,872 and 66,299 stay on LAFAYETTE, LA as typed.

Questions

What is Lafayette, LA’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city LAFAYETTE, LA total $29,928,872 across 66,299 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Lafayette residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is this Lafayette, California?

No. The packet key is LAFAYETTE, LA. State LA is required in the citation. $29,928,872 and 66,299 lines are the Louisiana match only. A California Lafayette string is a different city key when filers typed it that way.

Does Lafayette’s total include Baton Rouge or Lake Charles?

Only if the filer typed LAFAYETTE. Baton Rouge, New Iberia, and Lake Charles are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $29,928,872 is the LAFAYETTE, LA match. The 66,299 lines follow the same rule. Lafayette Parish is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Lafayette facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $29,928,872 and 66,299 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Louisiana non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $451 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.