SACOG Metadata

Abstract
U.S. ZIP Code Areas represents five-digit ZIP Code areas used by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail more effectively. The first digit of a five-digit ZIP Code divides the country into 10 large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far West. Within these areas, each state is divided into an average of 10 smaller geographical areas, identified by the 2nd and 3rd digits. These digits, in conjunction with the first digit, represent a sectional center facility or a mail processing facility area. The 4th and 5th digits identify a post office, station, branch or local delivery area.

Originator
United States Postal Service

Publication Date

Purpose
U.S. ZIP Code Areas provides area, post office name, and population for each ZIP Code area in the United States.

Supplementary Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.

Contact Person


380 New York Street
Redlands California, 92373-8100
Phone: 800-447-9778
Fax:
Email:

Coordinate System
Projected: Lambert Conformal Conic North American Datum of 1983
Geographic: GCS_North_American_1983

Attribute
Name Description
Shape Feature geometry.
ObjectID Internal feature number.
POP2003 The 2003 estimated population of the ZIP Code area.
SHAPE Feature geometry.
OBJECTID_1 Internal feature number.
ZIP The five-digit number used by the postal service to identify an area where mail is delivered.
PO_NAME The post office name.
STATE The two-letter abbreviation for the state in which the ZIP Code area is located.
OBJECTID
Shape.area
Shape.len