JACKSON, MS: $50.0M on 114,264 FEC receipts

What $50,019,411 on the Jackson city field covers

$50,019,411 divided by 114,264 is about $438 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $50,019,411 and 114,264.

Mississippi’s capital sits on this string as a Hinds County filing city, not as a score of statehouse races. 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.

A Jackson total of $50,019,411 does not absorb Ridgeland, Madison, or Pearl. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State MS stays on the citation so JACKSON, MS is not merged with Jackson, Tennessee or Jackson, Michigan. The 114,264 lines and the mean near $438 describe this key only.

Jackson is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Jackson against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed JACKSON can sit inside $50,019,411.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $50,019,411 and 114,264. If the live Jackson hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Capital city versus metro label

Searchers often treat Jackson as the Jackson metro. This hub is the city string JACKSON, MS. Clinton, Flowood, and Byram keep their own keys when filers typed those names.

Nothing in this packet ranks Jackson against Gulfport or Tupelo. Quote $50,019,411 and 114,264 for JACKSON, MS only.

What $50,019,411 from Jackson omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $50,019,411. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $50,019,411 as “all federal money from Jackson” overstates the series.

Mississippi state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $50,019,411 and outside 114,264. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Jackson without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city JACKSON, MS, and print $50,019,411 with 114,264 together. Dropping the state abbreviation invites a merge with another Jackson.

Jackson will keep attracting “how much did Jackson give” queries because searchers use city as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $50,019,411 across 114,264 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $438 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. Use the all-cities directory only to compare other strings on the same series. Use ZIP pages for a different field. If the live hub reprints a different $50,019,411 or 114,264, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Jackson receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Jackson hub

Start on the live Jackson city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $50,019,411 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 114,264 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Ridgeland or Madison as the “real” metro. Filers typed JACKSON. LobbyVault indexed JACKSON. Hinds County, the Jackson metro, and “central Mississippi” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $438 is only $50,019,411 divided by 114,264. It is not a typical Jackson household gift, not a typical state-employee gift, and not a typical downtown-office gift. Occupation is a different FEC field. Recipient is a different FEC field. Party is a different FEC field. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer them from the mean. Do not infer turnout. Do not infer that Jackson is more or less “politically active” than Gulfport because the line counts differ. Gulfport is a different city string if filers typed it.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city JACKSON, MS, $50,019,411, 114,264 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep MS on the citation so the key is not merged with Jackson, Tennessee. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original PDFs and electronic filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Jackson receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Mississippi non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. That is the full scope of this city page.

Questions

What is Jackson’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city JACKSON, MS total $50,019,411 across 114,264 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Jackson residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Jackson’s 114,264 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 114,264 itemized lines for JACKSON, MS. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $50,019,411.

Does Jackson’s total include Ridgeland or Madison?

Only if the filer typed JACKSON. Ridgeland, Madison, and Pearl are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $50,019,411 is the JACKSON, MS match. The 114,264 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Jackson facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $50,019,411 and 114,264 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Mississippi non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $438 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.