Federal contributions itemized with ZIP 02111

Fewer downtown Boston lines, similar dollars

$21,258,843 on 17,087 itemizations is a thicker mean than a ZIP that reaches the same dollars with four or five times as many rows. Dividing the two packet facts yields about $1,244 per line. That average is filing shape. It does not prove a typical gift size for every payer, and it does not name the committees on the large rows.

Seventeen thousand eighty-seven is still a large line count. It is not small enough to treat as a handful of mega-checks, and it is not a unique-donor census. Repeat itemizations can lengthen 17,087 without adding people. This packet has no donor headcount.

Chinatown and the Leather District on FEC forms

02111 covers Chinatown, the Leather District, and overlapping downtown Boston mail. A contributor who lists a tower address, a firm, or a committee that files 02111 adds to $21,258,843 when that ZIP is on the itemization. Treating the total as household-only giving misstates the field.

The 17,087-line count includes memo entries and redesignations. This guide does not invent a person count the packet omitted. Boston geography is orientation only.

Why the leading zero on 02111 matters

FEC files store contributor ZIP as a five-character string. 02111 is not 2111, and it is not 02110. Exports that coerce the field to a number drop the zero and fail to match the ZIP 02111 FEC page. Researchers joining LobbyVault tables to other extracts should keep 02111 as text.

The $21,258,843 total is attached to that string as filed. Recoding 02111 into a neighborhood or a three-digit sectional center is a new dataset. LobbyVault reports the five-digit roll-up from FEC.gov.

What $21,258,843 leaves out

Unitemized federal contributions never enter the $21,258,843 sum. Massachusetts state races that do not file with the FEC never enter it. Independent expenditures paid under a different ZIP do not move this receipt total.

Amended reports can still shift $21,258,843 and 17,087. Recheck the live hub after large filings. This guide is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Using the 02111 hub

Open the ZIP 02111 FEC page for the current $21,258,843 and 17,087. Sort by amount if you need to see whether a few large itemizations sit inside the mean of about $1,244. The all-ZIP directory places 02111 next to other codes on the same series. Do not add 02111 to 02110 into a downtown total on this page.

Researchers who export ZIP 02111 into Excel as a number will silently create 2111 and then fail to match the hub. Store the field as text before any join. LobbyVault’s overlay path keeps the zero in /zip-codes/02111/. A clean citation names the leading zero, the dollars, and the line count: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 02111 total $21,258,843 across 17,087 contributions.

Citing 02111 without merging downtown codes

Keep the leading zero and keep 02111 separate from 02110. The citation is: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 02111 total $21,258,843 across 17,087 contributions, per FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. A mean of about $1,244 is $21,258,843 ÷ 17,087. That thicker mean is filing shape on a shorter downtown list, not a typical Chinatown household and not a unique-donor figure.

Numeric spreadsheets turn 02111 into 2111 and break the join to /zip-codes/02111/. Store the field as text. Do not add 02111 to 02110 into a Financial District total on this page. Massachusetts state races that never file with the FEC sit outside $21,258,843. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside it. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer extract wins. Named receipts answer who is on the 17,087 rows; this roll-up answers the five-character key and the two packet facts.

A researcher who only quotes $21,258,843 without 17,087 hides the $1,244 mean that marks this as a shorter downtown list. Quote both, and keep the leading zero. If a committee later amends the ZIP field on a large Chinatown or Leather District row, both figures move. Recheck the ZIP 02111 FEC page.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 02111?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 02111 total $21,258,843 across 17,087 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. Keep the leading zero on 02111. The figure is a five-digit ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts sit outside $21,258,843.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 02111?

LobbyVault counts 17,087 itemized contributions for ZIP 02111. That is a line count. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new people. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $21,258,843, about $1,244 per line.

Why keep the leading zero on ZIP 02111?

FEC contributor ZIP is a five-character field. 02111 is not the same key as 2111. Number-formatted spreadsheets drop the zero and break joins to the ZIP 02111 FEC page. Store the code as text. The $21,258,843 and 17,087 facts attach to the five-digit string as filed on FEC.gov.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 02111 totals?

From FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $21,258,843 and 17,087 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Non-federal campaigns and unitemized federal gifts are outside both numbers. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.