Wilmington, NC: $28.5M on 58,328 FEC receipts

Cape Fear city string on the federal books

Fifty-eight thousand three hundred twenty-eight lines produce $28,537,809. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $489. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Raleigh, Charlotte, and Durham keep separate North Carolina hubs. They are not inside $28,537,809 unless the filer typed Wilmington. New Hanover County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

North Carolina, not Delaware

Wilmington, DE is a different city key. This packet publishes Wilmington, NC only: $28,537,809 and 58,328 lines. Folding the two states would be a recode.

Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands. Cite NC with the city name every time. The packet stores the city as Wilmington, mixed case, matching the FEC string as indexed.

City field versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. Wilmington plus NC is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Cape Fear MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing coastal ZIPs can diverge from $28,537,809 when some receipts used Wrightsville Beach or Carolina Beach as the city. The 58,328-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Wilmington aggregate

North Carolina state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $28,537,809 and outside 58,328. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing Wilmington, NC

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with NC, and print $28,537,809 with 58,328 together. Dropping the state invites confusion with Wilmington, DE.

Office addresses can share the Wilmington city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 58,328 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 Wilmington receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Wilmington hub

Start on the live Wilmington city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $28,537,809 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 58,328 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Charlotte as the “real” North Carolina. Filers typed Wilmington with NC. LobbyVault indexed that pair.

A mean near $489 is only $28,537,809 divided by 58,328. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city Wilmington, NC, $28,537,809, 58,328 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. North Carolina non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Leland are neighboring strings. They are outside $28,537,809 unless the filer typed Wilmington. The 58,328 lines follow the packet’s mixed-case city string. Wilmington, Delaware is a different state key. Print NC every time.

The mean near $489 is $28,537,809 divided by 58,328. New Hanover County is not an FEC roll-up. North Carolina non-federal filings stay outside. Cite Wilmington, NC with both facts. Recheck the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Print NC in every Wilmington citation. $28,537,809 and 58,328 are the North Carolina key. Wilmington, DE is out. Wrightsville Beach is out unless a filer typed Wilmington. The mean near $489 is a quotient. New Hanover County is orientation. North Carolina state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Keep Wilmington, NC, $28,537,809, and 58,328 in one citation. Print NC so Wilmington, DE cannot be confused with this hub. The mean near $489 is those two numbers divided. Wrightsville Beach remains a separate string. Charlotte remains a separate string. North Carolina 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 Wilmington receipt.

Questions

What is Wilmington, NC’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city Wilmington, NC total $28,537,809 across 58,328 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Wilmington residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is this Wilmington, Delaware?

No. The packet key is Wilmington, NC. State NC is required in the citation. $28,537,809 and 58,328 lines are the North Carolina match only. A Delaware Wilmington string is a different city key when filers typed it that way.

Does Wilmington’s total include Wrightsville Beach?

Only if the filer typed Wilmington. Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Charlotte are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $28,537,809 is the Wilmington, NC match. The 58,328 lines follow the same rule. New Hanover County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Wilmington facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $28,537,809 and 58,328 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. North Carolina non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $489 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.