Spreadsheet of all zip codes

They are intended to group mail to allow the USPS to deliver mail more efficiently. Some ZIP codes will span multiple states in order to make mail routing and delivery more efficient. In most cases, addresses in close proximity to each other are grouped in the same ZIP code which gives the appearance that ZIP codes are defined by a clear geographic boundary.

However, some ZIP codes have nothing to do with geogaphic areas. When ZIP codes appear to be geographically grouped, a clear shape cannot always be drawn around the ZIP code because ZIP codes are only assigned to a point of delivery and not the spaces between delivery points. In areas without a regular postal route or no mail delivery, ZIP codes may not be defined or have unclear boundaries. The main issue is discussed above: there simply isn't always a clear geographic boundary for a ZIP code.

The Census Bureau and many other commercial services will try to interpolate the data to create polygons shapes using straight lines to represent the approximate area covered by a ZIP code, but none of these maps are official or entirely accurate. They provide a very close approximation of the area covered by a ZIP code. You can easily notice some of the boundary issues when viewing our maps. Very rural areas aren't labeled as belonging to a ZIP code such as much of Nevada and Utah where there are few, if any, addresses to deliver mail.

If the address is on the same street as a ZIP code boundary on the map, be sure to search for the full street address to determine the ZIP code instead of relying on the map.

Their purpose is to convey statistical data about regions that are familiar to most citizens. As discussed above, it is difficult to precisely define a geographic area covered by a ZIP code. ZCTAs were developed to account for some of the difficulties in assigning an area to a ZIP code and to precisely define a geographic area. In general, they are updated once every 10 years for the Census.

The Census assigns an area to a ZCTA according to census blocks the smallest geographic unit used by the census. Imagine a city block that makes up a typical census block as pictured to the right.

Choose Values, which is the on the clipboard. Thanks again for viewing. Hello Edel, do you happen to have source or citation that explains how you compile this data? I ask because I want to make sure that the output of city, state and county for a zipcode is accurate, without having to manually check every single zipcode I have in my data sheet.

I also want to be able to accurately cite you for how I transformed our zipcodes into city, state and county. Thank you for your time and this amazing spreadsheet. Wow, you came to the rescue for me. I hate Excel and needed to quickly dump out state data based on a bunch of zip codes I had.

This worked beautifully! FYI, I love your car! Mazda almost hit the mark with the model but fell short, in my opinion. Glad it was useful! Yes, the MX5 rocks! How are you able to update it with data? Also, can you confirm if city column are true cities or can it represent a town? Hi Cindy, Looks like they took it down. I can redo with current data if you can help me find a good source. Let me know what you find. Thanks Edel for responding so quickly! It looks like the city field is a combination of cities and towns or incorporated places.

Thanks for putting this together! Hopefully we can find a new source to update this version with the new census info coming out. Do you have a mapping file from zip code or address to Wind Tiers Texas to Maine coastal regions.

Hi SM, Sorry, I do not have that information. It could just be voting districts. Thank you so much for making this! Any idea how to get around this? I can paste my zips in chunks of to get the info I need, but it would be great if I could paste all of them at once.

Edel, thanks for the database. Was wondering if it is possible to type an address and then get the zip code, city, etc.? Hi Seb, Unfortunately, not at this time. Thanks for visiting! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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Next article Defining Cultural Layers. Related Articles. Hi Edel, Question for you. Thanks for your awesome work. Thank you so much! Any plans on making one with area codes? Will add to the task lists. Yes — and the zipcodes are on the second tab but show NA on the first tab.

This is very helpful for me, do you also have a way to do it with population? Hi Edel Alon, Thanks for responding.

Hope this works out for you. Thank you! Amazing time saver for a school survey project. Real Deal! Hi Edel Alon, Thanks a lot! Regards, Joden. Hi James, it does not do the same. Let me try to reverse engineer it. Hi James, What does your data look like? Each city and state in their own column?

You rock brother. Nevermind I figured it out! Thank you Edel, this worked great and you saved me a ton of time.

I would like to integrate it into an existing spreadsheet. Hello Edel, I have a file with around 6, zip codes and when I paste it into your Excel sheet it is only returning about of the city and states. United States Census Bureau. Microsoft Access. MDB KB. Display numbers as postal codes. Applies To:. United States. Different locales provide different or no special codes in the Type list. Download zipcodes listing by countries. Buy postcodes of the world.

Look up ZIP Codes by street address, city, and state. Or, find all ZIP Codes within a city and state.

Works for corporate and residential addresses. The 'Canadian Postal Codes' package will provide you with the extended Canadian Postal Codes database as well as Canadian geographical data like latitude andHeres a convenient file with all the US zip codes and their associated latitude, longitude, city, state, and county.

Mapping modules in Drupal and WordPress may. This is a list of all zip codes in the United States, along with additional information such as the state, county, and geographic coordinates. Source from Geonames. About Us. About NCES. The affordable commercial-use database.