ZIP 27514: $17.9 million across 72,489 FEC lines

A university-town ZIP with 72,489 lines

$17,853,842 divided by 72,489 is about $246 per itemized line. That high-volume, low-mean shape matches other campus-adjacent codes in this wave more than it matches a 24,000-line island ZIP. The packet publishes those two numbers. It does not publish a unique-donor count or a UNC-faculty split.

Seventy-two thousand four hundred eighty-nine contributions is among the longer lists here. Volume is not a headcount. Small itemized gifts, repeat givers, and redesignations can add rows. Quote 72,489 as a contribution-line total.

LobbyVault does not attach a Research Triangle political identity to $17,853,842. The source is FEC.gov receipts tagged 27514.

Chapel Hill volume is the story the two numbers support: $17,853,842 across 72,489 contributions, about $246 per line. Small itemized gifts and repeat rows produce that shape. They do not produce a unique-donor census. Recheck the ZIP 27514 FEC page after quarterly filings. Carrboro-adjacent keys are separate roll-ups. Named receipts show committees. FEC.gov remains the original.

Chapel Hill mail is still one five-digit field

27514 covers Chapel Hill households, campus-adjacent addresses, and small offices. A committee that lists a 27514 suite still posts that ZIP. $17,853,842 follows the form. It is not a resident-only book and not a faculty payroll book.

Open named receipts on the ZIP 27514 FEC page if you need to see which committees appear. This guide will not guess the mix inside 72,489 lines.

What $17,853,842 never includes

Unitemized federal gifts never enter. North Carolina state-office campaigns never enter. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter. Cite $17,853,842 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 27514.

Because the line list is long, small amendments may not change the headline much. A restated joint-fundraising block still can. Recheck the live hub after large filings. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Chapel Hill’s 27514 key can produce 72,489 federal lines against $17,853,842 because small itemized gifts add up. That volume is not a unique-person count of Chapel Hill. Repeat gifts and campus-adjacent batches add rows. This packet has no unique-donor count. Quote 72,489 as a line count. The $246 mean is arithmetic.

Orange County, N.C., local campaigns never enter this federal roll-up. Recheck the ZIP 27514 FEC page after quarterly filings. Adjoining Chapel Hill–Carrboro keys have their own totals in the all-ZIP directory. Named receipts show which committees appear. FEC.gov remains the original.

27514 versus 27516 and 27517

Chapel Hill and Carrboro have several mail keys. Adding them and calling the sum a town FEC total is a recode you must document. This page reports $17,853,842 for 27514 only.

The all-ZIP directory is the inventory for that comparison. Compare 72,489 against those peers rather than against a Midland ZIP with 35,000 lines. Filing shape is local to how addresses were entered.

Where to read Chapel Hill rows

The ZIP 27514 FEC page holds $17,853,842 and 72,489 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory places the code among others. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

Filtering the donor directory to 27514 should reconcile to the ZIP hub. When a name search and 72,489 disagree, the ZIP roll-up is the geographic total. No income map is attached to the $246 mean.

Chapel Hill volume without a Triangle roll-up

27514 posts $17,853,842 across 72,489 contributions, about $246 per line. University-town household mail can produce many small itemized rows. That is not a unique-donor census and not a faculty roster. Quote 72,489 as a contribution-line total. This packet has no unique-donor count.

27516 and 27517 are adjoining Chapel Hill–Carrboro keys. Adding them to 27514 manufactures a town figure. If you need that figure, list every ZIP. Keep 72,489 as the 27514 line count. The all-ZIP directory is the inventory.

North Carolina state filings sit outside $17,853,842. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside. A long list can hide a few large restated transfers. Recheck the ZIP 27514 FEC page after quarterly filings. Named receipts show which committees appear. FEC.gov remains the original filing.

If a later Commission extract reprints 27514, compare it to $17,853,842 and 72,489 on the live hub before quoting this snapshot. High-volume ZIPs hide restated blocks inside long lists. Named receipts remain the way to see committees. The donor directory is not a second copy of those two facts.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 27514?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 27514 total $17,853,842 across 72,489 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 Chapel Hill residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $246 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Why does ZIP 27514 have so many contribution lines?

LobbyVault counts 72,489 itemized contributions for ZIP 27514 against $17,853,842. University-town household mail and small itemized gifts can produce many rows at a low mean. Repeat gifts add lines without adding unique people. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 72,489 should not be quoted as a population.

Does ZIP 27514 include only Chapel Hill residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Campus-adjacent offices and committees that file 27514 can be part of $17,853,842 when that is what was entered. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 27514 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $17,853,842 and 72,489 lines for ZIP 27514. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and North Carolina state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.