Sweet blog special: Obama fund-raising. California best state. Chicago's 60614 best zip code.

By Lynn Sweet

CHICAGO–White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has another fund-raiser in the Los Angeles area this week; California continues to be his most fertile ground to dig up campaign dollars. Goldman Sachs remains one of the top employers of Obama givers.

But his friends and supporters Chicago lead in metro area giving. Most specifially, Obama’s best zip code is 60614. That near downtown zipcode also scoops in people who list their office address on official records instead of their residence.

The top zip codes for Obama are 60614 in Chicago; 10021 in Manhattan; 60611, 60610 in Chicago and 20008 in northwest Washington D.C.

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BARACK OBAMA (D

Contributions by Geography

California

$11,599,156

20%

Illinois

$9,029,193

15%

New York

$7,660,948

13%

Massachusetts

$2,716,031

Other States

$27,441,870

47%

Top Metro Areas:

CHICAGO

$8,612,967

NEW YORK

$6,925,004

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV

$5,782,597

LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH

$4,908,735

SAN FRANCISCO

$2,773,966

Top Zip Codes:

60614 (Chicago, IL)

$999,324

10021 (New York, NY)

$739,515

60611 (Chicago, IL)

$721,274

60610 (Chicago, IL)

$627,633

20008 (Washington, DC)

$477,083

20016 (Washington, DC)

$475,652

60093 (Winnetka, IL)

$471,379

10128 (New York, NY)

$466,580

10024 (New York, NY)

$433,973

20815 (Chevy Chase, MD)

$431,556

HOW TO READ THESE CHARTS: Presidential candidates generally raise the vast majority of their campaign dollars from donors in states with the largest concentrations of population and wealth: New York, California, Florida, Washington, D.C., Illinois and Texas. In addition, they may also receive significant amounts from within their home state, depending on the size of the state and the wealth of its economic base.

“No State” means that there was no state listed on contribution report.

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are calculated from contributions of more than $200 from individuals, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. PAC dollars are not included.

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2008 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. Help! The numbers don’t add up…”)

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Goldman Sachs $311,228

Lehman Brothers $226,550

Exelon Corp $189,350

Sidley Austin LLP $187,750

Citadel Investment Group $168,650

JP Morgan Chase & Co $156,580

Citigroup Inc $152,750

UBS AG $136,000

Jones, Day et al $133,325

Skadden, Arps et al $112,650