TACOMA, WA: $29.9M on 134,675 FEC receipts

Tacoma’s volume relative to its dollars

One hundred thirty-four thousand six hundred seventy-five lines produce $29,854,673. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $222. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Pierce County giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Seattle, Lakewood, and Puyallup keep separate Washington hubs. They are not inside $29,854,673 unless the filer typed TACOMA. Pierce County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

South Sound city, not Seattle

Seattle keeps a separate hub. Adding it to Tacoma would be a recode. This packet publishes TACOMA, WA only: $29,854,673 and 134,675 lines.

State WA on the key is required in the citation. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands.

City string versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. TACOMA plus WA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Seattle–Tacoma MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Pierce County ZIPs can diverge from $29,854,673 when some receipts used Lakewood or University Place as the city. The 134,675-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Tacoma aggregate

Washington state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $29,854,673 and outside 134,675. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing TACOMA, WA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $29,854,673 with 134,675 together. Dropping the line count hides Tacoma’s volume on a $29.9 million book.

Office addresses can share the Tacoma city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 134,675 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 Tacoma receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Tacoma hub

Start on the live Tacoma city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $29,854,673 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 134,675 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Seattle as the “real” Sound. Filers typed TACOMA. LobbyVault indexed TACOMA.

A mean near $222 is only $29,854,673 divided by 134,675. The large line count is the shape of this extract. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout from the 134,675 rows. Cite the pair: contributor city TACOMA, WA, $29,854,673, 134,675 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Washington non-federal filings never enter either fact.

University Place, Lakewood, and Fife sit on neighboring streets. They enter $29,854,673 only if the filer typed TACOMA. The 134,675 lines are the high-volume shape of this extract. The mean near $222 follows from that volume. Pierce County is not an FEC roll-up.

Seattle is a different hub. Do not infer turnout from 134,675 rows. Washington non-federal filings stay outside. Cite TACOMA, WA with $29,854,673 and 134,675. If the live hub disagrees, trust the hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Tacoma’s 134,675 lines on $29,854,673 put the mean near $222. That is volume, not turnout. Seattle is a different hub. Lakewood is a different hub. Pierce County is a map. Washington state filings stay outside. Cite TACOMA, WA with both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Repeat gifts can add rows without adding donors. Unique donors are unpublished here.

Keep TACOMA, WA, $29,854,673, and 134,675 in one citation. The mean near $222 is those two numbers divided. Seattle remains a separate string. Lakewood remains a separate string. Pierce County remains a map. Washington 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 Tacoma receipt. Do not convert 134,675 lines into unique persons.

Questions

What is Tacoma’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city TACOMA, WA total $29,854,673 across 134,675 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Tacoma residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why is Tacoma’s mean near $222?

Divide $29,854,673 by 134,675 and the arithmetic mean is about $222. The line count is large relative to the dollar book. That is a shape fact, not a typical gift. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure and no median.

Does Tacoma’s total include Seattle or Lakewood?

Only if the filer typed TACOMA. Seattle, Lakewood, and Puyallup are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $29,854,673 is the TACOMA, WA match. The 134,675 lines follow the same rule. Pierce County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Tacoma facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $29,854,673 and 134,675 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Washington non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $222 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.