ZIP Code 45202

A downtown dollar total on 38,390 receipts

Divide $28,879,085 by 38,390 and the mean line is about $752. Downtown codes often mix residential towers, law offices, and committee letterhead on the same five digits. That $752 figure is arithmetic from the packet, not a median gift and not a typical Over-the-Rhine household.

Thirty-eight thousand three hundred ninety itemizations is a substantial receipt list, shorter than some high-volume neighborhood ZIPs and denser than a box-only code. Repeat gifts still add rows. 38,390 is a line count, not a roster of people who live near Fountain Square.

The packet attaches no party split to $28,879,085 and no unique-donor field. Employer strings live elsewhere on LobbyVault. Quote 45202 with both $28,879,085 and 38,390 contributions.

What the 45202 field actually records

On FEC itemizations, 45202 is the contributor ZIP as filed. A Fourth Street office, a downtown condo, or a committee that uses 45202 on its report all feed $28,879,085 when that is the five-digit key. Recoding the field into a household-only book would invent a filter the Commission does not apply here.

Memo entries and redesignations sit inside the 38,390-line count. This guide will not invent a person count the packet left out. Cincinnati riverfront geography orients the map; it does not change the form field.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 45202?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 45202 total $28,879,085 across 38,390 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of downtown Cincinnati residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $752 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 45202?

LobbyVault counts 38,390 itemized contributions for ZIP 45202. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. Those rows are itemized Schedule A lines, not people. The matching dollar total is $28,879,085.

Does ZIP 45202 include only downtown Cincinnati residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses in the 45202 grid can be part of $28,879,085 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 38,390-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 45202 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $28,879,085 and 38,390 lines for ZIP 45202. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Ohio state filings are outside both figures. LobbyVault is the index, not the filing system. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.