GREENVILLE, SC: $31.4M on 97,244 FEC receipts

Upstate city string on the federal books

Ninety-seven thousand two hundred forty-four lines produce $31,365,837. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $323. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Upstate giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Spartanburg, Anderson, and Columbia keep separate South Carolina hubs. They are not inside $31,365,837 unless the filer typed GREENVILLE. Greenville County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

South Carolina, not North Carolina

Greenville, NC is a different city key. This packet publishes GREENVILLE, SC only: $31,365,837 and 97,244 lines. Folding the two states would be a recode.

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

City string versus postal map

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

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Upstate ZIPs can diverge from $31,365,837 when some receipts used Greer or Simpsonville as the city. The 97,244-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Greenville aggregate

South Carolina state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $31,365,837 and outside 97,244. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing GREENVILLE, SC

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with SC, and print $31,365,837 with 97,244 together. Dropping the state invites confusion with Greenville, NC.

Office addresses can share the Greenville city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 97,244 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 Greenville receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Greenville hub

Start on the live Greenville city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $31,365,837 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 97,244 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Spartanburg as the “real” Upstate. Filers typed GREENVILLE with SC. LobbyVault indexed that pair.

A mean near $323 is only $31,365,837 divided by 97,244. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city GREENVILLE, SC, $31,365,837, 97,244 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. South Carolina non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Greer, Mauldin, and Simpsonville are Upstate neighbors. They are outside $31,365,837 unless the filer typed GREENVILLE. The 97,244 lines follow the same rule. Greenville County is not an FEC roll-up. Greenville, NC is a different state key. Print SC every time.

The mean near $323 is $31,365,837 divided by 97,244. It is not typical and not a unique-donor figure. South Carolina non-federal filings stay outside. Cite GREENVILLE, SC with both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov for named receipts.

Print SC in every Greenville citation. $31,365,837 and 97,244 are the South Carolina key. Greenville, NC is out. Spartanburg is out unless a filer typed GREENVILLE. The mean near $323 is $31,365,837 divided by 97,244. Upstate is a regional label. South Carolina state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Keep GREENVILLE, SC, $31,365,837, and 97,244 in one citation. Print SC so Greenville, NC cannot be confused with this hub. The mean near $323 is those two numbers divided. Spartanburg remains a separate string. Anderson remains a separate string. South 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 Greenville receipt.

Greenville County is orientation only. $31,365,837 and 97,244 stay on GREENVILLE, SC as typed.

Questions

What is Greenville, SC’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city GREENVILLE, SC total $31,365,837 across 97,244 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Greenville residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is this Greenville, North Carolina?

No. The packet key is GREENVILLE, SC. State SC is required in the citation. $31,365,837 and 97,244 lines are the South Carolina match only. A North Carolina Greenville string is a different city key when filers typed it that way.

Does Greenville’s total include Spartanburg?

Only if the filer typed GREENVILLE. Spartanburg, Anderson, and Columbia are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $31,365,837 is the GREENVILLE, SC match. The 97,244 lines follow the same rule. Upstate is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Greenville facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $31,365,837 and 97,244 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. South Carolina non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $323 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.