ZIP Code 79705

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.

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.