ZIP 20036: $632.9 million in federal itemizations

Dollars and line count for 20036

$632,916,413 on 118,886 lines produces a mean of about $5,320. That is in the same band as several other 2000x ZIPs that mix association offices with itemized individuals. The packet does not publish a median, a party split, or a unique-donor count. Cite the two numbers the file actually has.

One hundred eighteen thousand eight hundred eighty-six itemizations is a high-volume stream. Unlike ZIPs that post comparable dollars on a few thousand lines, 20036’s total is built from a long receipt list. Large transfers can still sit inside the $632,916,413. Volume does not prove the money is all small-dollar.

LobbyVault does not interpret 20036 as a Dupont Circle neighborhood score. The FEC field is a ZIP string. Geography beyond that string is orientation, not an extra fact from the Commission.

Contributor ZIP, not a resident roster

A PAC, a joint fundraising committee, or a trade group that files a 20036 address will add to $632,916,413 when that ZIP is on the itemization. Individuals who use a work address can do the same. The accurate description is federal itemized receipts tagged 20036, not “what people who live in 20036 gave.”

The 118,886 figure counts itemized rows. Repeat contributors add rows. Redesignations and memo entries can add rows. Without a unique-donor field in this packet, this page does not guess how many people are behind the list.

What stays outside $632,916,413

Unitemized federal gifts never appear. Maryland and Virginia state races never appear. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never appear, even if the ad names a District candidate. $632,916,413 is the 20036 slice of FEC itemized receipts only.

Amendments in a downtown ZIP can be large because joint fundraising committees file here. Recheck the ZIP 20036 FEC page after a restatement rather than freezing $632,916,413 as a permanent total.

Cycle windows matter even when this packet does not print a cycle year. $632,916,413 is the indexed aggregate for ZIP 20036 as harvested. An older news clip with a different total is not a contradiction until you check extract dates. FEC.gov amendments are expected on a high-dollar volume ZIP with 118,886 lines.

20036 in the ZIP ranking

The all-ZIP directory uses the same series. Nearby D.C. codes will often appear on the same screen because committee mail clusters. Compare 118,886 lines against ZIPs with similar dollars and fewer receipts if you are studying filing shape. Do not convert that comparison into a claim about voter intensity. FEC.gov does not measure intensity.

Downtown Washington mail in 20036 shows up in political coverage as a place name. This file does not borrow that story. $632,916,413 is a ZIP roll-up of itemized federal receipts. Occupation, employer, and recipient committee are other LobbyVault views. Loading them into this paragraph would invent a narrative the ZIP packet does not contain.

Tables to open next

The ZIP 20036 FEC page holds the live aggregate. The all-ZIP directory ranks other codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. Every dollar on this guide traces to FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $632,916,413, 118,886 contributions, ZIP 20036.

An amended joint-fundraising schedule can move ZIP 20036 after this snapshot. $632,916,413 and 118,886 lines are the indexed pair, not a permanent downtown total. Recheck the live ZIP 20036 FEC page when a large restatement posts. FEC.gov remains the underlying filing system; LobbyVault is the index.

ZIP 20036 as a geographic key, not a community survey

FEC contributor ZIP 20036 covers mail in downtown Washington near Dupont Circle. Geocoding those five digits to parcels, precincts, or income maps is extra work this aggregate does not do. $632,916,413 follows the form field. 118,886 counts itemized rows. Neither number is a poll of people who sleep in downtown Washington near Dupont Circle.

Joint fundraising and PAC addresses can be in $632,916,413. That caveat is the same for every ZIP on this wave and still has to be said on this page. Combined with a high-dollar volume mean of about $5,320, it tells a reader not to treat ZIP 20036 as a household checkbook. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Because 118,886 and $632,916,413 are large enough to quote in isolation, they get quoted in isolation. That is how ZIP 20036 gets misread. A dollar total without a line count hides whether Dupont Circle / downtown D.C. is a concentration ZIP or a volume ZIP. A line count without $632,916,413 hides scale. A mean of about $5,320 without the PAC-address caveat hides how FEC mail works. Quote the pair, then the caveat, then the source: FEC.gov itemized receipts indexed on LobbyVault. Skip motive language. Skip stacking neighboring ZIPs into a metro total unless you document the recode. The ZIP 20036 FEC page remains the live table for both printed facts.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 20036?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 20036 total $632,916,413 across 118,886 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in downtown Washington near Dupont Circle. Joint fundraising committees and PAC addresses can appear in $632,916,413 when that five-digit code was filed. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 20036?

LobbyVault counts 118,886 itemized contributions for ZIP 20036. 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, so 118,886 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $632,916,413.

Does ZIP 20036 include only residents of downtown Washington near Dupont Circle?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses in downtown Washington near Dupont Circle can be part of $632,916,413 when 20036 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 118,886-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 20036 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $632,916,413 and 118,886 lines for ZIP 20036. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from downtown Washington near Dupont Circle are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $5,320 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.