ZIP Code 98102

Seventy thousand Eastlake and Capitol Hill lines

$19,950,592 divided by 70,171 is about $284 per itemized line. Eastlake, Capitol Hill fringe, and overlapping Portage Bay mail share those five digits on Schedule A. That $284 figure is arithmetic from the packet, not a median gift and not a typical Seattle household.

Seventy thousand one hundred seventy-one itemizations is a high-volume receipt list. Repeat gifts, small-dollar itemizations that still clear the FEC threshold, workplace itemizations, and bundled events can all add rows. 70,171 is not a headcount of people along Lake Union’s east shore.

A modest mean with a long line count often means many smaller rows plus some larger ones that do not dominate the average. The packet does not publish size bands. Sort the ZIP 98102 FEC page by amount to inspect the mix inside $19,950,592.

An inner-Seattle ZIP, still a federal string

98102 covers Eastlake and overlapping Capitol Hill / Portage Bay mail. A contributor who lists a home, an apartment, an office, or a committee that files 98102 adds to $19,950,592 when that ZIP is on the itemization. Treating the total as household-only giving recodes the field.

The 70,171-line count includes memo entries and redesignations. This guide does not invent a person count the packet omitted. Seattle geography is orientation only.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 98102?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 98102 total $19,950,592 across 70,171 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 Eastlake residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $284 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 98102?

LobbyVault counts 70,171 itemized contributions for ZIP 98102. That is a high line count for this dollar band. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $19,950,592.

Does ZIP 98102 include only Eastlake residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses in the 98102 grid can be part of $19,950,592 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 70,171-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 98102 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $19,950,592 and 70,171 lines for ZIP 98102. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Washington state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.