RE: US Zip codes

John,

Careful, the Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) is not a dead match for Zip
codes. They are close now (but not perfect) and I expect that as time goes
on they'll separate even more. Also note, ZCTAs are for census purposes so
they leave out many business-specific zip codes (zips for large entities)
whereas those zips are likely to appear in Booth's case since he's looking
at sales. 

See: http://www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zcta.html
And: http://www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zctafaq.html

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: John Myers - MM [mailto:jmyersmm@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:02 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: US Zip codes

Booth,

Check out:

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html

The file zcta5.txt has a list of all Zip Codes by state ... and lots of 
other goodies!

John Myers
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
17 S. Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ 07446  USA
E-mail: mailto:jmyers@xxxxxxxxxx   Phone: +1 (201) EASY 400   x131
Web:    http://www.sbsusa.com      Fax:   +1 (201) 327-6984

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At 11:05 AM 10/4/2003, you wrote:

>Has anyone information concerning USA ZIP Codes and the state?  I have to
>group information by state and have valid 5-digit ZIP codes.
>
>Someone told me they believe the first digit is Region (0=northeast, 9 =
far
>west) and digit 2 & 3 are the postal center.  Someone else said that digits
>1 & 2 signify the political division (State, territory, etc.)
>
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
>Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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