ZIP 15222: $43.5 million on 42,166 FEC itemizations

Forty-two thousand lines, a four-figure mean

$43,547,897 divided by 42,166 is about $1,033 per itemized line. That mean sits above volume ZIPs with 100,000-plus rows and similar dollars. It is not a median. FEC.gov did not publish a typical-gift figure for 15222. LobbyVault reports the dollar sum and the contribution count.

Forty-two thousand one hundred sixty-six itemizations is a mid-size list. It is large enough to be a real filing stream and small enough that a few committee rows still matter. Both facts belong in any citation of $43,547,897. No party share is attached to the total.

A mean near $1,033 on 42,166 lines sits above many volume ZIPs with similar dollars. That placement is filing shape, not a ranking of civic energy. Keep $43,547,897 and 42,166 in the same citation.

What the 15222 ZIP field stores

Schedule A stores a five-digit contributor ZIP. A PAC, a joint fundraising committee, or an individual who lists 15222 will add to $43,547,897 when that is the ZIP on the receipt. FEC.gov does not mark which rows are homes. This aggregate therefore cannot be cited as resident-only giving in 15222.

The 42,166 figure counts itemized lines. Repeat contributors add lines. Redesignations and memo entries can add lines. This packet has no unique-donor count, so this guide does not invent a headcount of people behind 15222.

Downtown mail codes like 15222 are easy to misread as resident books. FEC.gov stored the ZIP that was filed. $43,547,897 across 42,166 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $1,033 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet.

What $43,547,897 leaves out

Unitemized federal gifts below the itemization threshold never enter this total. Pennsylvania state campaign filings never enter it. Independent expenditures paid by a committee with a different ZIP never enter it, even if the advertisement mentions a Pittsburgh race. $43,547,897 is itemized federal receipts tagged 15222, sourced from FEC.gov.

Amended reports can still move a ZIP total. After a large restatement, use the live ZIP 15222 FEC page rather than treating $43,547,897 as a frozen figure. This prose is a snapshot of the aggregate indexed on LobbyVault.

Itemized-only scope still needs repeating. $43,547,897 never includes unitemized federal gifts and never includes Pennsylvania state-office money. Mixing those systems with this ZIP total leaves FEC.gov. This page stays on itemized receipts tagged 15222.

15222 among other ZIP totals

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same FEC series by dollars. Other codes will appear on the same screen with different line counts. A ZIP with more receipts and a lower mean is not more grassroots. A ZIP with fewer receipts and a higher mean is not more captured. Compare $43,547,897 and 42,166 against peers as filing shape.

Dollar rank and line-count rank can diverge. 42,166 receipts against $43,547,897 is the pairing that describes this code. FEC.gov does not score generosity.

Cycle coverage in the underlying bulk files can span more than one election. This guide does not invent a cycle list because the packet does not include one. Treat $43,547,897 as the ZIP roll-up on the extract LobbyVault indexed, then confirm the live hub if you need a dated window.

Source and follow-on tables

LobbyVault indexes FEC.gov bulk data. The ZIP 15222 FEC page is the live table behind $43,547,897 and 42,166. The all-ZIP directory ranks other five-digit codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized rows across ZIPs. If a later extract disagrees with the printed numbers, the Commission’s filing controls.

If the live hub reprints a different $43,547,897 or 42,166, the newer extract wins. Guides are snapshots of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

How to cite 15222 without inflating a neighborhood

The accurate sentence is: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 15222 total $43,547,897 across 42,166 contributions, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Downtown office addresses can share the same five digits as homes. The packet does not split them.

Because unique donors are not in this packet, 42,166 stays a line count. Researchers who need persons must match names on the ZIP 15222 FEC page rather than dividing $43,547,897 by a guessed household count. The mean of about $1,033 is arithmetic only.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 15222?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 15222 total $43,547,897 across 42,166 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $1,033 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 15222?

LobbyVault counts 42,166 itemized contributions for ZIP 15222. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $43,547,897.

Does ZIP 15222 include only residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses can be part of $43,547,897 when 15222 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 42,166-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 15222 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $43,547,897 and 42,166 lines for ZIP 15222. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.