Federal contributions itemized with ZIP 82331

A $28,000 mean on 3,595 lines

$101,535,258 divided by 3,595 is about $28,243 per itemized line. That mean is not a household figure. It is the arithmetic of large committee transfers on a short list. Among high-dollar ZIPs, 82331 is an extreme sparse pattern: similar money to urban codes that have one hundred thousand-plus receipts, here carried by 3,595 lines.

Three thousand five hundred ninety-five contributions is an itemization count, not a unique-person count. This packet has no donor headcount. Cite 3,595 as a contribution-line total. Repeat transfers and memo entries can lengthen even a short list without adding residents of Saratoga, Wyoming.

No party split is attached to $101,535,258. Wyoming geography is not an FEC ideology field. The Commission stores a ZIP string. LobbyVault reports the roll-up.

82331 as a filing address, not a town census

Saratoga, Wyoming uses ZIP 82331. A small town with more than $101 million in federal itemizations is a signal to read payer names before writing a local-giving story. A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that lists a 82331 address still posts that ZIP on Schedule A. $101,535,258 is therefore not automatically what Saratoga residents gave. It is what was itemized with that five-digit code.

The 3,595-line count is the research lead. Open named receipts on the ZIP 82331 FEC page if you need committees. This guide will not infer a grassroots story from a $28,243 mean. Means that high are committee arithmetic until the table shows a broader mix.

What $101,535,258 omits

Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Wyoming state office campaigns are omitted. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted. Cite $101,535,258 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 82331, from FEC.gov.

A short line list can move a lot when a single restated joint-fundraising block posts. Recheck the live ZIP 82331 FEC page after large filings. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Committee mail in a rural ZIP is why the residential reading of $101,535,258 fails. A PAC, a joint fundraising committee, or a work address that lists 82331 is counted. FEC.gov stored the ZIP that was filed. LobbyVault summed it. Recoding those rows out of $101,535,258 would be a new dataset.

Comparing 82331 without inventing a region total

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same series. Other Wyoming codes have their own dollar totals and line counts. Adding 82331 to neighboring codes is a recode you must document; it is not this $101,535,258 figure. Compare 3,595 lines against high-volume urban ZIPs as filing shape, not as civic virtue. FEC.gov does not rank which town is more engaged.

Independent expenditures mentioning a race in Wyoming can be paid by a committee with a different ZIP. Those disbursements do not move $101,535,258. Mixing independent-expenditure tables with this ZIP total double-counts some activity and misses other activity. Keep the series separate.

Source and next clicks

The ZIP 82331 FEC page holds $101,535,258 and 3,595 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory ranks other codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls. No ranch or energy narrative is attached to the ZIP field.

Title, H1, and table on the live hub should show the same $101,535,258 and 3,595 this guide cites. If they do not, the hub was rebuilt from a newer extract. Trust the hub over this paragraph. Guides are snapshots of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

How to cite ZIP 82331 without inflating a small town

The accurate citation is: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 82331 total $101,535,258 across 3,595 contributions, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Shorthand such as Saratoga donated $101,535,258 drops the itemized-only limit and the PAC-address caveat. Keep both limits in the sentence at least once.

A mean of about $28,243 describes an extreme sparse ZIP. It does not describe a median resident. Because this packet has no unique-donor count, 3,595 stays a line count. Researchers who need persons must match names on the ZIP 82331 FEC page rather than dividing $101,535,258 by a guessed household count.

ZIP 82331 will keep attracting how-much-did-this-Wyoming-ZIP-give queries because searchers use ZIP as a proxy for a town. FEC.gov does not use ZIP that way. It stores a five-digit contributor field. $101,535,258 across 3,595 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. The PAC and joint-fundraising caveat is in the source note and belongs in any careful citation.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 82331?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 82331 total $101,535,258 across 3,595 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 Saratoga, Wyoming. Joint fundraising committees and PAC addresses can appear in $101,535,258 when that five-digit code was filed.

Why is the average near $28,000?

Dividing $101,535,258 by 3,595 receipts yields about $28,243 per line. That mean is pulled up by large committee transfers on a short list. It is not a median and not a per-resident average. This packet has no unique-donor count. Sort the ZIP 82331 FEC page by amount to see whether a few payers dominate.

Does ZIP 82331 include only Wyoming residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops and joint fundraising committees can be part of $101,535,258 when 82331 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 3,595-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 82331 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $101,535,258 and 3,595 lines for ZIP 82331. 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.