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| All ZIP Codes | B | D | S | |
| ZipCode | 5 digit ZIP Code (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ClassificationCode | Standard, PO Box, Military, or Unique classification code (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZIPIntro | The date this ZIP Code was introduced into the database (ZC) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Location & Naming | B | D | S | |
| City |
Primary city name (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| State | 2 letter state name abbreviation (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| County | Name of Primary County or Parish this ZIP Code resides in (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MultiCounty | Y/N Flag indicating whether this ZIP Code crosses county lines (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AreaCode | The telephone area codes available in this ZIP Code (NANPA) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TimeZone | Hours past Greenwich Time Zone this ZIP Code belongs to (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DayLightSaving | Y/N Flag indicating whether this ZIP Code observes daylight savings (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| StateFIPS | 2 digit FIPS code for the State this ZIP Code resides in (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CountyFIPS | 3 digit FIPS code for the Primary County/Parish (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| StateANSI | ANSI code for the State (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CountyANSI | ANSI code for the Primary County/Parish (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CityAliasAbbreviation | 13 Character abbreviation for the city alias name (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CityAliasName | Alias name of the city if it exists (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CityAliasCode | Code indicating type of the city alias [Abbreviation, University, Government, etc] (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AliasIntroDate | The date this City Alias was introduced. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CityMixedCase | The city name in mixed case (i.e. Not in all uppercase letters). (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CityAliasMixedCase | The city alias name in mixed case (i.e. Not in all uppercase letters). (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CountyMixedCase | The primary county name in mixed case (i.e. Not in all uppercase letters). (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PrimaryRecord | Character ‘P’ denoting if this row is a Primary Record or not. (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MailingName | Y/N flag indicating if the USPS accepts this City Alias Name for mailing purposes (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Coordinates & Mapping | B | D | S | |
| Latitude | The latitude of the ZIP Code (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Longitude | The longitude of the ZIP Code (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elevation | The elevation, measured in feet (USGIS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LandArea | The land area covered by this ZIP Code in Square Miles (Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| WaterArea | The water area covered by this ZIP Code in Square Miles (Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| USPS Assignments | B | D | S | |
| CityType | Indicates the type of locale such as Post Office, Stations, or Branch (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PreferredLastLineKey | Links this record with other products ZIP-Codes.com offers (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CityStateKey | Links this record with other products ZIP-Codes.com offers such as the ZIP+4 (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FacilityCode | The type of locale identified in the city/state name (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UniqueZIPName | Field that specifies whether the City State Record contains the organization name for a unique ZIP Code (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CityDeliveryIndicator | Specifies whether or not a post office has city-delivery carrier routes (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CarrierRouteRateSortation | Identifies where automation Carrier Route rates are available (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FinanceNumber | A code assigned to Postal Service facilities (USPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Population | B | D | S | |
| Population | The population of the ZIP Code based on 2020 Census data (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| WhitePopulation | The White/Caucasian Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BlackPopulation | The Black/African American Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| HispanicPopulation | The Hispanic Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AsianPopulation | The Asian Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| HawaiianPopulation | The Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| IndianPopulation | The American Indian and Alaska Native Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| OtherPopulation | The Population of all other races (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MalePopulation | The Male Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| FemalePopulation | The Female Population (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| PopulationEstimate | An up to the month population estimate for this ZIP Code. (ZC) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Demographics | B | D | S | |
| HouseholdsPerZipcode | The number of households (ACS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| PersonsPerHousehold | The average number of persons per household (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AverageHouseValue | The median house value (ACS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| IncomePerHousehold | The median household income (ACS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MedianAge | The median age for all people (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MedianAgeMale | The median age for all males (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MedianAgeFemale | The median age for all females (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Statistical Areas | B | D | S | |
| CBSA | Core Based Statistical Area code/number (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CBSA_Type | Core Based Statistical Area Type (Metro or Micro) (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CBSA_Name | Core Based Statistical Area Name or Title (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CBSA_DIV | Core Based Statistical Area Division code/number (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CBSA_Div_Name | The name of the CBSA Division (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area code/number (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MSA_Name | Metropolitan Statistical Area name (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| PMSA | Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area code/number (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| PMSA_Name | Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area name or Title (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CSA | Combined Statistical Area code/number (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CSAName | The name of the CSA this ZIP Code is in (OMB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Region | The Region of the United States this record resides in (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Division | The Division of the United States this record resides in (ZC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CBSAPopulation | The population for the selected CBSA (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GrowthRank | The rank in which this county is growing according to the US Census. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GrowingCountiesA | The estimated number of housing units in this county as of July 1, 2010. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GrowingCountiesB | The estimated number of housing units in this county as of July 1, 2011. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GrowthIncreaseNumber | The change in housing units from 2003 to 2004, expressed as a number. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GrowthIncreasePercentage | The change in housing units from 2003 to 2004, expressed as a percentage. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CBSADivisionPopulation | The population for the selected CBSA Division (2020 Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Business Data | B | D | S | |
| NumberOfBusinesses | The total number of Business Establishments (CBP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NumberOfEmployees | The total number of employees (CBP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BusinessFirstQuarterPayroll | The total payroll for the first quarter (CBP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BusinessAnnualPayroll | The total annual payroll in $1000 (CBP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BusinessEmpolymentFlag | Due to confidentiality, some areas do not have actual figures for employment information. Employment and payroll data are replaced by zeroes with the Employment Flag denoting employment size class (CBP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Congressional Districts | B | D | S | |
| CongressionalDistrict | This field shows which Congressional District(s) the ZIP Code belongs to (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CongressionalLandArea | This field provides the approximate land area covered by the Congressional District(s) (Census) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mailboxes | B | D | S | |
| DeliveryResidential | The number of active residential delivery mailboxes and centralized units for this ZIP Code. This excludes PO Boxes and all other contract box types. (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DeliveryBusiness | The number of active business delivery mailboxes and centralized units for this ZIP Code. This excludes PO Boxes and all other contract box types. (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DeliveryTotal | The total number of delivery receptacles for this ZIP Code. This includes curb side mailboxes, centralized units, PO Boxes, NDCBU, and contract boxes. (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BoxCount | Total count of PO Box deliveries in this ZIP Code. (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SFDU | Total count of single family deliveries in this ZIP Code; generally analogous to homes. (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MFDU | Total count of multifamily deliveries in this ZIP Code; generally analogous to apartments. (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Medicare Assignments | B | D | S | |
| SSAStateCountyCode | The State County Code as set by the Social Security Administration for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MedicareCBSACode | The Medicare CBSA Code (CMS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MedicareCBSAName | The Medicare CBSA Name (CMS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MedicareCBSAType | The Medicare CBSA type. Metro or Micro (CMS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MarketRatingAreaID | The ID of the Insurance Market Rating Area (CMS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multi County | Supplemental File | B | D | S |
| ZipCode | 5 digit ZIP Code (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| StateFIPS | 2 digit FIPS code for the State (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| State | 2 letter state name abbreviation (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CountyFIPS | 3 digit FIPS code for the County/Parish/Borough (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| County | Name of the County/Parish/Borough (USPS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CountyMixedCase | The county name in mixed case (i.e. Not in all uppercase letters) (ZC) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Place FIPS | Supplemental File | B | D | S |
| ZIPCODE | 00000-99999 Five digit numeric ZIP Code of the area. (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| STATE | Two character state abbreviation. (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| STATEFIPS | 2 Digit FIPS code for the State. (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PLACEFIPS | 3 Digit FIPS code for the County this ZIP Code resides in. (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PLACENAME | Name of County or Parish this ZIP Code resides in. (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| OID_PLACE_20 | OID of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GEOID_PLACE_20 | GEOID of the 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AREALAND_PLACE_20 | Land area of 2020 place in square meters (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AREAWATER_PLACE_20 | Water area of 2020 place in square meters (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MTFCC_PLACE_20 | MAFTIGER feature class code of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MTFCC_TEXT_PLACE_20 | MAFTIGER feature class Text of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CLASSFP_PLACE_20 | FIPS class code of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CLASSFP_TEXT_PLACE_20 | FIPS class Text of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FUNCSTAT_PLACE_20 | Functional status code of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FUNCSTAT_TEXT_PLACE_20 | Functional status Text of 2020 place (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AREALAND_PART | Calculated Land area of the overlapping part in square meters (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AREAWATER_PART | Calculated Water area of the overlapping part in square meters (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| OID_ZCTA5_20 | OID of 2020 zcta5 (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GEOID_ZCTA5_20 | GEOID of the 2020 zcta5 (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NAMELSAD_ZCTA5_20 | Name with translated Legal/Statistical Area Description of 2020 zcta5 (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AREALAND_ZCTA5_20 | Total Land area of 2020 zcta5 in square meters (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AREAWATER_ZCTA5_20 | Total Water area of 2020 zcta5 in square meters (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MTFCC_ZCTA5_20 | MAFTIGER feature class code of 2020 zcta5 (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CLASSFP_ZCTA5_20 | FIPS class code of 2020 zcta5 (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FUNCSTAT_ZCTA5_20 | Functional status of 2020 zcta5 (Census Places) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Census American Community Survey (ACS) | Supplemental File | B | D | S |
| Download Sample | There are 524 Fields in the Census American Community Survey (ACS) Supplemental File covering topics such as Education, Households, Marital Status, Employment Status, Occupation, Housing Occupancy, Sex and Age, Race, and Voting Age. The ACS data is estimates only and is updated every year. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 2020 Census | Supplemental File | B | D | S |
| Download Sample | There are 161 Fields in the 2020 Census Supplemental File covering topics such as Population and breakouts, Age and Sex distribution, Race Composition, Hispanic or Latino Origin, Housing Units, Relationship to Householder, Education Attainment, and Median Income. |
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| 2010 Census | Supplemental File | B | D | S |
| Download Sample | There are 186 Fields in the 2010 Census Supplemental File covering topics such as Population and breakouts, Age and Sex distribution, Race Composition, Hispanic or Latino Origin, Housing Units, and Relationship to Householder. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
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