How much did ZIP 78704 show in FEC itemized totals?

Receipts listing 78704 total $14,240,019 across 69,898 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of South Austin and not the Texas Ethics Commission campaign totals.

Does 69,898 contributions mean 69,898 people donated?

No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 78704 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.

Does ZIP 78704 include Texas state races?

No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Texas Ethics Commission filings sit outside $14,240,019. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 78704 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $14,240,019 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 78704 FEC page, not in this summary.

Where can I see 78704 itemizations?

On the ZIP 78704 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $14,240,019, 69,898 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

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ZIP Code 78704

AUSTIN, TX

Total Donations

$14,240,019

Contributions

69,898

Unique Donors

Itemized federal contributions that list ZIP 78704 add up to $14.2M across 69,898 contributions. The five-digit code is the contributor ZIP on FEC.gov receipts, not a Texas Ethics Commission local file. Nearly seventy thousand lines at this dollar scale is a long receipt list: many itemized rows, not a thin stack of oversized transfers. Numbers come from FEC.gov records indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

ZIP 78704 FEC itemizations total $14,240,019 ($14.2M).
69,898 contributions list 78704 — a high-volume receipt file at this dollar scale.
South Austin’s 78704 tag is a filing key, not a headcount of Travis County residents.
This packet has no unique-donor count.

South Austin’s $14,240,019 federal roll-up

$14,240,019 is a sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 78704 in the ZIP field. Federal committees anywhere in the country can receive that money. The Texas Ethics Commission filings and local municipal races generally sit outside this extract. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Quote $14.2M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in South Austin spent.

Sixty-nine thousand eight hundred ninety-eight rows is a high-volume file among ZIPs near $14 million. A long list can still hide a few large committee transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. This aggregate does not name the mix of individuals and committee traffic that share 78704.

No party share, cycle series, or unique-person census is attached to $14,240,019. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a Travis County political score. Readers who want named payees, dates, or employer strings should open the live hub rather than infer a story from the line count alone. The supported facts in this packet are the dollar total, the contribution count, FEC as source, and the five-digit ZIP definition.

69,898 lines behind South Austin's $14.2M

The extract lists 69,898 contributions for 78704. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this guide does not invent how many people sit behind South Austin filings. A file this long at $14.2M is a high-volume ZIP: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. Large committee lines can still sit inside a long list.

Scanning 69,898 rows by eye is impractical. Sort the ZIP 78704 FEC page by amount to see whether $14,240,019 is spread across many names or concentrated in a few payees. Repeat gifts, memo entries, and split receipts all add rows. This page will not publish an average as if the FEC printed one. The packet facts stop at the dollar total and the line count.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 78704 →

Questions

How much did ZIP 78704 show in FEC itemized totals?: Receipts listing 78704 total $14,240,019 across 69,898 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of South Austin and not the Texas Ethics Commission campaign totals.
Does 69,898 contributions mean 69,898 people donated?: No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 78704 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.
Does ZIP 78704 include Texas state races?: No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Texas Ethics Commission filings sit outside $14,240,019. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 78704 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $14,240,019 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 78704 FEC page, not in this summary.
Where can I see 78704 itemizations?: On the ZIP 78704 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $14,240,019, 69,898 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

ZIP is the 5-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$523K

1982

$346K

1984

$1.6M

1986

$1.2M

1988

$1.3M

1990

$1.5M

1992

$1.9M

1994

$1.9M

1996

$3.2M

1998

$2.1M

2000

$6.3M

2002

$9.6M

2004

$12.7M

2006

$5.1M

2008

$12.5M

2010

$7.6M

2012

$21.4M

2014

$8.0M

2016

$11.5M

2018

$16.7M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 78704 (AUSTIN, TX), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	RAMSEY, JOHN MR	$3,345,119	44	SELF-EMPLOYED	STUDENT	2012–2014
2	Texans For John Cornyn	$3,100,000	1	Information Requested - 6/14/2	—	2002
3	GOVERNOR BUSH COMMITTEE	$1,925,000	6	—	—	1996–2002
4	MCHALE, JONATHAN	$1,802,000	6	INVESTOR	—	2004–2012
5	TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE-TEXPAC	$1,580,146	113	—	—	1986–1990
6	MCCAUL, MICHAEL	$1,444,825	5	SELF EMPLOYED	SALES	2004–2012
7	MATTSO, CHRISTINE L	$1,200,000	1	HOMEMAKER	—	2004
8	TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$894,215	66	—	—	1992–2012
9	ROLLINS, KEVIN	$791,800	55	—	—	1998–2012
10	OSKOUI, STEPHEN	$698,715	15	SMILEY MEDIA/CEO	CEO	2012
11	BARNES, MELANIE	$674,474	276	GROCE, LOCKE & HEBDON	—	1990–2014
12	GLASSCO, DAVID	$543,066	108	SELF	THINKER	2006–2014
13	WILSON, STEVE	$423,234	196	—	—	1984–2014
14	VOTE 2 REDUCE DEBT	$409,500	2	—	—	2014
15	DELL, MICHAEL S	$390,650	59	DELL COMPUTER CORP	—	1994–2012
16	MARTIN, JACK L	$343,810	108	SENDERO VENTURES INC	—	1986–2014
17	BARNES, ELENA	$327,800	92	N/A	NOT EMPLOYED	2008–2014
18	WESNER, ALEXA	$327,600	75	HIRE TECH	CEO/PRESIDENT	2004–2014
19	MEREDITH, LYNN M	$311,430	74	HOMEMAKER	—	2000–2014
20	SCOTT, WALTER	$310,242	155	—	—	1980–2014
21	FOSTER, JOHN	$252,007	261	MBF PARTNERSHIP	—	1984–2014
22	Dell, MichaelS. Mr.	$250,000	1	Dell Computer Corporation	—	2002
23	PATMAN, CARRIN	$239,173	173	INVESTOR	—	1986–2014
24	WATSON, JOHN	$234,070	257	LOCK, STOCK & BARREL	—	1984–2014
25	GARWOOD, ST JOHN MRS	$233,691	184	HOUSE WIFE	—	1980–1994