ZIP Code 90212

Mid-size line list, a $901 mean

$47,699,170 on 52,924 lines is neither a mass-small-dollar pattern nor a handful of mega-transfers. A mean near $901 can mix individual Schedule A rows with committee rows on the same five digits. FEC.gov does not label which of those categories produced the mean. LobbyVault reports the sum and the count.

Fifty-two thousand nine hundred twenty-four itemizations is enough volume to be a real filing stream and small enough that a few large transfers still dominate the mean. Do not read $901 as what a 90212 donor typically gives. The typical line is not in this packet. The mean is arithmetic.

A mean near $901 on 52,924 lines sits between volume ZIPs with 150,000 rows and concentration ZIPs with a few hundred rows. That placement is filing shape. Keep $47,699,170 and 52,924 in the same citation.

The 90212 ZIP field versus a census

FEC contributor ZIPs are not geocoded to parcels. A committee that lists 90212 will post to this total if that is the ZIP on the form. Individuals who live elsewhere and use an office or seasonal address can do the same. $47,699,170 is therefore not resident-only giving in 90212.

The 52,924-line count is an itemization count. Unique people are not totaled in this packet. Repeat gifts, reallocations, and memo items can inflate the line list without adding new contributors.

Researchers comparing 90212 to volume ZIPs with similar dollars should keep both packet facts in the same sentence. $47,699,170 without 52,924 hides whether the total is a long list or a short list. 52,924 without $47,699,170 hides scale. FEC.gov published both.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 90212?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 90212 total $47,699,170 across 52,924 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 $901 follows from dividing those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 90212?

LobbyVault counts 52,924 itemized contributions for ZIP 90212. 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 $47,699,170.

Does ZIP 90212 include only residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses can be part of $47,699,170 when 90212 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 52,924-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 90212 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $47,699,170 and 52,924 lines for ZIP 90212. 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.