Federal contributions itemized with ZIP 33401

A nine-figure total on 43,305 receipts

Forty-three thousand three hundred five itemized lines sum to $104,649,331. That receipt count is far below ZIPs with similar dollars and two hundred thousand rows. The arithmetic mean is therefore large: about $2,417 per line ($104,649,331 / 43,305). Means that high deserve a look at the biggest receipts before anyone describes 33401 as a typical household ZIP.

West Palm Beach has residents, professional offices, and seasonal addresses. FEC itemizations capture whatever ZIP the treasurer entered. LobbyVault does not flag snowbirds versus year-round filers. The $104,649,331 total is the labeled sum, not a seasonal adjustment and not a condominium census.

Florida east-coast ZIPs appear often in national fundraising coverage because joint-fundraising committees use convenient addresses. Coverage that skips the receipt count will miss why 33401 looks different from a high-volume residential code. Forty-three thousand lines is the fact that should sit next to $104,649,331 in any comparison.

Why sparse receipts change the story

When dollars stay in nine figures and receipts drop into the tens of thousands, a handful of transfers can dominate. Joint-fundraising committees and PACs often use a convenient Florida ZIP. Sorting the ZIP 33401 FEC page by amount will show whether $104,649,331 is broad or concentrated. If the top rows are committee names, the ZIP is functioning as a mail drop as much as a neighborhood.

There is still no unique-donor count in this packet. Forty-three thousand lines could be many people or repeated committee activity. Keep 43,305 labeled as contribution rows. Converting them into West Palm Beach residents would be a statistic this packet does not support.

What 33401 does not represent

The aggregate is not a Palm Beach County election result and not a Florida state-campaign total. It is federal itemizations only. It also is not a map of condominium wealth. FEC forms do not include property values, square footage, or seasonal occupancy.

33401 is one West Palm Beach code, not the entire city. Other Florida ZIPs have separate hubs on the all-ZIP index, built from the same FEC.gov source. Rank dollars and receipt counts; do not merge coastal codes into a homemade region total.

PAC and joint-fundraising caution for 33401

ZIP 33401 totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. The combination of $104,649,331 and 43,305 receipts is a reminder to read contributor names on the largest lines. A committee address in West Palm Beach can pull in money that originated with donors who live in other ZIPs. The FEC ZIP field follows the form, not the true origin of every dollar in a joint-fundraising pass-through.

Sparse receipts as a research flag in 33401

West Palm Beach geography will pull in searchers who expect seasonal residents and condominium itemizations. The FEC table may contain those rows, but 43,305 receipts against $104,649,331 is too thin to assume a household-heavy ZIP. A mean near $2,417 is the arithmetic of large lines on a modest receipt base. Start with the biggest amounts on the ZIP 33401 FEC page before writing a residential narrative.

Joint-fundraising committees often pick a Florida address for convenience. Money reported at 33401 can have been raised from donors whose own ZIPs appear on other schedules or not at all on the ZIP rollup. The contributor ZIP on the itemization is the field LobbyVault summed. It is not a trail of every original check. That limit is why PAC and joint-fundraising addresses belong in the first reading of 33401, not as a footnote after a neighborhood story.

Keep 33401 separate from other Palm Beach County codes. Adding neighboring ZIPs by hand creates a region total FEC did not publish. Rank codes on the all-ZIP index instead. Use the donor directory for names. This packet still offers only $104,649,331 and 43,305 contributions as ZIP-level facts.

Next tables after the 33401 hub

Open the ZIP 33401 FEC page for the receipts behind $104,649,331. Rank other codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory when you need names rather than a ZIP rollup. This guide does not add cycle years that are absent from the packet. If a receipt’s date matters, it is on the hub table, not here.

Questions

What is the FEC total for ZIP 33401?

Itemizations listing ZIP 33401 sum to $104,649,331 across 43,305 contributions in LobbyVault’s aggregate from FEC.gov. The ZIP is a five-digit contributor code. Because the receipt count is relatively low for the dollars, PAC and joint-fundraising addresses may account for a visible share of the total.

Why is the average around $2,400?

Dividing $104,649,331 by 43,305 receipts yields about $2,417 per line. That mean is pulled up by large checks or committee transfers on a relatively thin receipt base. It is not a median and not a per-resident average. This packet has no unique-donor count. Sort the ZIP 33401 FEC page by amount to see the largest payers.

Is 33401 only West Palm Beach residents?

No. 33401 is a West Palm Beach mailing code on FEC itemizations. Residents, offices, PACs, and joint-fundraising committees can all report it. Read the contributor name on large rows if you need to separate a household from a committee mail drop.

Where can I inspect 33401 itemizations?

The ZIP 33401 FEC page lists the table behind $104,649,331 and 43,305 receipts. Compare other Florida and national codes on the all-ZIP index, keeping receipt counts in the comparison. Person-level records are in the donor directory. LobbyVault’s 33401 packet reports the dollar total and contribution count only, from FEC.gov.