Federal itemized receipts tagged to ZIP 98112

One hundred thousand receipts, a $501 mean

Divide $50,777,779 by 101,324 and the mean line is about $501. That average is a ratio. It is not a typical gift and it is not a median. A six-figure itemization list can mix ordinary individual rows with committee rows on the same five digits. FEC Schedule A stores whatever ZIP the filer put on the receipt. LobbyVault sums those rows.

One hundred one thousand three hundred twenty-four itemized lines is enough volume that no single restatement is guaranteed to dominate the mean, and still small enough that large committee receipts can pull $50,777,779. The table can support that scale check. It cannot support a story about who lives in 98112 or why they gave.

A mean near $501 on 101,324 lines is a mid-band ratio. It does not prove a typical gift. It does not prove a typical household. FEC.gov did not publish a median for 98112. Keep $50,777,779 and 101,324 together so a reader can redo the division.

How FEC addressing works on 98112

Individual contribution files include a ZIP field taken from the contributor record. Committees and joint fundraising committees often use a business ZIP. When those entities appear as contributors or as the address on a transferred receipt, their ZIP is 98112 if that is what was filed. Treating $50,777,779 as what residents donated overstates a neighborhood and understates how FEC addressing works.

Unitemized gifts below the federal itemization threshold never enter this total. State and local filings never enter it. Independent expenditures paid by a committee with a different ZIP never enter it. The $50,777,779 figure is a ZIP roll-up of itemized federal receipts, sourced from FEC.gov.

Reading 101,324 lines without a person count

Each of the 101,324 rows is a disclosed itemization, not a unique person. Repeat contributors, redesignations, and memo entries can add lines. LobbyVault’s packet for this ZIP does not publish a unique-donor count, so this guide does not invent one. If you need names, open the ZIP 98112 FEC page and follow receipts to committees.

Amendments still matter on a volume ZIP. One restated joint-fundraising schedule can move millions inside $50,777,779. The live hub is the place to check after an FEC amendment. This prose is a snapshot of the aggregate, not a live ticker.

Itemized-only scope still needs repeating on a six-figure line list. $50,777,779 never includes unitemized federal gifts, and it never includes state-office money. A newspaper that adds those systems to $50,777,779 has left FEC.gov. This page stays on the Commission’s itemized receipts tagged 98112.

98112 beside other ZIP totals

The all-ZIP directory ranks contributor ZIPs by the same FEC series. 98112’s combination of $50,777,779 and 101,324 lines is a mid-mean volume pattern. Neighboring codes in that directory may show fewer receipts and a higher mean, or more receipts and a lower mean. Use the directory to compare, and keep the comparison inside itemized federal receipts.

FEC.gov does not publish a mean table. A mean of about $501 is arithmetic from $50,777,779 and 101,324 so a reader can redo the division. Ranking by mean is a derived view, not a Commission ranking.

Where the original filings live

LobbyVault indexes FEC.gov bulk data. The ZIP 98112 page is the table behind these figures. The donor directory is a name-level view of itemized contributors across ZIPs, not a substitute for the 98112 roll-up. If a later extract disagrees with $50,777,779 or 101,324, the FEC filing controls.

Memo entries and redesignations can sit inside 101,324. They are still itemizations. Deleting them by hand would create a homemade total that is no longer $50,777,779. Leave the count intact unless you document a filter.

How to cite 98112 without inflating a neighborhood

The accurate citation is: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 98112 total $50,777,779 across 101,324 contributions, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Adding a neighborhood census or a party split would be a new dataset. This packet does not contain either.

Because unique donors are not in this packet, you cannot convert 101,324 into a person count. Open the ZIP 98112 FEC page for named receipts. Use the all-ZIP directory to compare other codes. Use the donor directory for names across ZIPs. If the live hub reprints a different $50,777,779 or 101,324, the newer extract wins.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 98112?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 98112 total $50,777,779 across 101,324 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $501 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 98112?

LobbyVault counts 101,324 itemized contributions for ZIP 98112. 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. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $50,777,779.

Does $50.8 million mean people who live in 98112 gave that much?

The ZIP is the five-digit code on the FEC itemization. Joint fundraising and PAC addresses can appear in the same $50,777,779 total. 101,324 is a contribution-line count, not a unique-person count. Treating $50,777,779 as resident-only giving overstates a neighborhood and understates how FEC addressing works. Open the ZIP 98112 hub for named receipts.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 98112 totals?

Figures come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $50,777,779 and 101,324 contributions for ZIP 98112. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are outside both numbers. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.