Number of PACs increases slightly in 2007
March 1, 2008
The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased by 1.5 percent during the second half of 2007, from 4,168 on July 1, 2007, to 4,234 by January 1, 2008. The number of registered PACs has remained relatively constant over the last 20 years, ranging from about 3,800 to 4,200 registered PACs.
Corporate PACs remain the largest category, with 1,601 committees, followed by nonconnected PACs, with 1,300. In addition, there were 925 trade/membership/health PACs, 273 labor PACs, 97 for corporations without stock and 38 PACs for cooperatives. The following chart details the number of PACs in existence since 2000.
