SPRING, TX: $22.5M on 96,711 FEC receipts

96,711 lines behind SPRING's $22.5M

SPRING shows 96,711 itemizations behind $22,503,592. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $22.5M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. The implied mean is about $233.

SPRING, TX is the north-Houston suburban string as typed, not Springfield and not a merge with The Woodlands. Filers who typed THE WOODLANDS land on another hub. Humble and Tomball are likewise other keys. 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. Read $22,503,592 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of SPRING gave. The 96,711 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints SPRING together with The Woodlands, Tomball, and Humble, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $22,503,592 on 96,711 SPRING, TX rows, mean near $233. Keep the stored spelling SPRING in the citation.

Why SPRING on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Spring give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city SPRING, TX total $22,503,592 across 96,711 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. The Woodlands is a different city string when filers typed it. SPRING plus TX is the match for this extract.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $22,503,592. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $233 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Outside the SPRING itemized book

$22,503,592 is not spending by SPRING candidates. A candidate who lives in SPRING can raise money from other cities. A donor row tagged SPRING, TX can go to a committee anywhere. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both packet facts.

Postal confusion with The Woodlands, Tomball, and Humble is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $22,503,592 counts rows that stored SPRING, TX. 96,711 lines. About $233 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs. TX state-office receipts are omitted.

SPRING versus Houston on the FEC tape

SPRING is a high-volume suburban book with a lower mean. 96,711 lines produce $22,503,592, a mean near $233. That line count is not a unique-donor count. Comparing this mean to Houston is only valid on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts.

A SPRING total of $22,503,592 does not absorb The Woodlands, Tomball, and Humble. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State TX stays on the citation so SPRING, TX is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. Mixing in TX state-campaign data breaks the comparison.

City total versus postal codes in TX

96,711 city-field lines can spread across many ZIPs or cluster in a few. This packet does not list those ZIPs. Open the ZIP directory and the live SPRING hub rather than guessing the split. After an amendment wave, recheck both the city hub and any ZIP you compared. Snapshots drift independently.

Because this packet carries only city, state, dollar total, and contribution count, every other story about SPRING politics sits outside the extract. That includes candidate quality, issue fights, and local election results. This guide stays on the two numbers FEC.gov supplied for the city field: $22,503,592 and 96,711.

Source tables for $22,503,592

A mean of about $233 is division of $22,503,592 by 96,711. It is fair to report as arithmetic. It is not fair to report as a typical resident of SPRING. Means move with a few large lines. Internal links on this page go only to the SPRING city hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory.

SPRING’s $22,503,592 across 96,711 contributions is a Harris and Montgomery counties city field, mean near $233. The Woodlands is a neighboring string, not a subset. Harris and Montgomery counties is not summed here. Repeat gifts add rows. Cite $22,503,592 with 96,711 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city SPRING, TX?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city SPRING, TX total $22,503,592 across 96,711 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Spring. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $233 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is SPRING, TX the same FEC key as The Woodlands?

The Woodlands is a different city string when filers typed it. SPRING plus TX is the match for this extract. LobbyVault counts 96,711 itemized contributions for SPRING, TX against $22,503,592. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 96,711 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Spring total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed SPRING with state TX. Office addresses and mail that list Spring can be part of $22,503,592 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 96,711-line count follows the same rule.

Are Spring numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $22,503,592 and 96,711 lines for SPRING, TX. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from TX are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.