SPRINGFIELD, MO: $31.1M on 94,557 FEC receipts

Ozarks city string on the federal books

Ninety-four thousand five hundred fifty-seven lines produce $31,119,274. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $329. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of southwest Missouri giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Joplin, Branson, and Kansas City keep separate Missouri hubs. They are not inside $31,119,274 unless the filer typed SPRINGFIELD. Greene County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Missouri, not Illinois

Springfield, IL is a different city key. This packet publishes SPRINGFIELD, MO only: $31,119,274 and 94,557 lines. Folding the two states would be a recode.

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

City string versus postal map

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

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Greene County ZIPs can diverge from $31,119,274 when some receipts used Nixa or Ozark as the city. The 94,557-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Springfield aggregate

Missouri state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $31,119,274 and outside 94,557. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing SPRINGFIELD, MO

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with MO, and print $31,119,274 with 94,557 together. Dropping the state invites confusion with Springfield, IL.

Office addresses can share the Springfield city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 94,557 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 Springfield receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Springfield hub

Start on the live Springfield city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $31,119,274 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 94,557 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Kansas City as the “real” Missouri. Filers typed SPRINGFIELD with MO. LobbyVault indexed that pair.

A mean near $329 is only $31,119,274 divided by 94,557. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city SPRINGFIELD, MO, $31,119,274, 94,557 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Missouri non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Nixa, Ozark, and Republic share Greene County without sharing this city key. $31,119,274 is SPRINGFIELD plus MO. 94,557 is the matching line count. Springfield, Illinois is a different state string. Print MO every time. The Ozarks are a map label, not an FEC field.

The mean near $329 is division. It is not a typical southwest Missouri gift. Missouri non-federal filings stay outside. Cite SPRINGFIELD, MO with both facts. Recheck the live hub. Kansas City and St. Louis keep separate hubs and are not inside this pair. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Print MO in every Springfield citation. $31,119,274 and 94,557 are the Missouri key. Springfield, IL is out. Joplin and Branson are out unless a filer typed SPRINGFIELD. The mean near $329 is division. Greene County is orientation. Missouri state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov for named receipts.

Keep SPRINGFIELD, MO, $31,119,274, and 94,557 in one citation. Print MO so Springfield, IL cannot be confused with this hub. The mean near $329 is those two numbers divided. Joplin remains a separate string. Kansas City remains a separate string. Missouri 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 Springfield receipt.

Questions

What is Springfield, MO’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city SPRINGFIELD, MO total $31,119,274 across 94,557 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Springfield residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is this Springfield, Illinois?

No. The packet key is SPRINGFIELD, MO. State MO is required in the citation. $31,119,274 and 94,557 lines are the Missouri match only. An Illinois Springfield string is a different city key when filers typed it that way.

Does Springfield’s total include Joplin or Branson?

Only if the filer typed SPRINGFIELD. Joplin, Branson, and Kansas City are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $31,119,274 is the SPRINGFIELD, MO match. The 94,557 lines follow the same rule. Greene County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Springfield facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $31,119,274 and 94,557 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Missouri non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $329 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.