ZIP 79705: $18.5 million across 35,885 FEC lines

Fewer lines, a higher mean than coastal peers

$18,452,095 divided by 35,885 is about $514 per itemized line. Relative to an $18 million ZIP with 80,000 lines, 79705 is the opposite shape: fewer receipts, more dollars on the typical row. That pattern is consistent with a mix of larger itemized gifts and any committee that files a Midland address. The packet does not split those groups.

Thirty-five thousand eight hundred eighty-five contributions is still a long list. It is not a unique-person count. Repeat itemizations from the same filer, spouse filings, and redesignations can add rows. This packet has no donor headcount, so 35,885 must be cited as a contribution-line total.

LobbyVault does not publish a party split on $18,452,095. Treating a Permian Basin ZIP as an industry bloc would require employer and occupation fields this aggregate does not carry. The number is a ZIP roll-up, sourced from FEC.gov.

Midland mail codes still mix entity types

79705 is a residential and commercial ZIP on the north side of Midland. Energy-office folklore does not convert $18,452,095 into an oil-company ledger. A household that lists 79705, a PAC that uses a Midland suite, and a joint fundraising committee that files the same ZIP all post that five-digit code. Say the caveat once: those addresses can appear in the total.

The 35,885-line count is the better clue that 79705 is not a three-thousand-line concentration ZIP. Open named receipts on the ZIP 79705 FEC page if you need to see which committees appear. This guide will not guess the mix.

What stays outside $18,452,095

Unitemized federal gifts never enter. Texas statewide and legislative campaigns never enter. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter. Cite $18,452,095 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 79705.

A restated joint-fundraising transfer can move the dollar headline more than hundreds of small lines. Recheck the live hub after large filings. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Repeat rows are a feature of FEC itemization, not an error in 35,885. A contributor who gives twice is two lines. Leave 35,885 as a contribution-line count.

Midland’s north-side ZIP is not Odessa and not the whole Permian Basin. 79705 is the contributor field on the itemization. A filer in 79707 or 79701 is a different key. $18,452,095 does not include those codes. Keep 35,885 as the 79705 line count. Stacking basin ZIPs is a recode you must document if you do it.

The $514 mean is a ratio of two packet facts. It is not a typical household gift and not a typical committee transfer. Open named receipts on the ZIP 79705 FEC page before describing the mix. This packet has no unique-donor count. Recheck the live hub after quarterly filings. FEC.gov remains the original.

79705 next to other West Texas codes

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same series. Nearby Midland and Odessa codes often show different means. Compare 35,885 against those peers rather than against a university-town ZIP with 70,000 lines. Filing shape is local to how addresses were entered. FEC.gov does not rank which basin ZIP is more engaged.

Stacking Midland with Odessa or Ector County ZIPs is a common recode. This page does not perform it. $18,452,095 is the 79705 key only.

Where the live table sits

The ZIP 79705 FEC page holds $18,452,095 and 35,885 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. No industry map is attached to this ZIP total.

Filtering the donor directory to 79705 should reconcile to the ZIP hub, not to a homemade $514 average. When a name search and 35,885 disagree, the ZIP roll-up on the hub is the geographic total.

Reading a Permian ZIP without an industry ledger

Midland’s 79705 key posts $18,452,095 across 35,885 contributions. That is fewer lines than many coastal $18 million ZIPs and a higher mean, about $514. Energy-office folklore is not an employer field. The packet has no NAICS split, no occupation split, and no unique-donor count. Quote the two numbers. Leave the industry story for named receipts on the ZIP 79705 FEC page.

A 35,885-line list is still long enough that repeat gifts matter. A couple who each itemize, a redesignation, and a memo entry can look like four people in a naive count. They are four lines. Do not subtract duplicates unless you document a match key. The published total remains $18,452,095.

West Texas state campaigns never enter this federal ZIP roll-up. Independent expenditures paid from Houston or Austin never enter unless the contributor ZIP on a receipt is 79705. Keep $18,452,095 as itemized federal receipts tagged 79705. The all-ZIP directory places the code among others. FEC.gov controls if a later extract disagrees.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 79705?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 79705 total $18,452,095 across 35,885 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not an oil-industry census. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $514 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 79705?

LobbyVault counts 35,885 itemized contributions for ZIP 79705. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and redesignations 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 $18,452,095.

Does ZIP 79705 measure only Midland residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses that file 79705 can be part of $18,452,095 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 79705 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,452,095 and 35,885 lines for ZIP 79705. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Texas state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.