What is an example of a ZIP Code?

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About United States ZIP-Codes

US ZIP code data depicts the boundaries of all United States districts. These districts are used by the US postal service to aid in efficient mail routing across the country.

Postal code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) are generalized aerial representations of United States Postal Service (USPS) postal code service areas. The USPS identifies post offices or delivery stations associated with individual mailing addresses, and its postal codes are a collection of mail delivery routes known as ZIP-codes.

United States Postal Code Structure

5-Digit postal code areas contain each of the following characters and features:

• 1xxxx : The first digit represents a broad area of the US. The number 1, for example, is used to identify Delaware (DE), New York (NY) and Pennsylvania (PA).
• x15xx: The second and third digits represent the area’s Sectional Center Facility (SCF)—in this case, these digits pertain to Western Nassau County.
• xxx60: The fourth and fifth digits close in on a specific area, city or town.

Current Postal Code Range in the United States

The current postal codes in the United States range from 00001 – 99950. The lowest and highest of these postal codes are both specific to areas in Alaska; The 00001 code is for the N Dillingham area, and the postal code 99950 is for Ketchikan, AK.

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Wednesday marks the 52nd birthday of the introduction of ZIP codes in the US.

Though the explosion of business mail is mostly responsible for the Zoning Improvement Plan (ZIP), the idea started during World War II, when the first two numbers were introduced.

The initial zoning address system took effect in 1943 when thousands of postal employees left to serve the military during World War II, leaving the system understaffed and in need of simplification. To start, 124 of the largest US cities were classified with two numbers — the first identifying the city and the second the state. The numbers were intended to make sorting easier for less experienced employees.

The postal system implemented the three other numbers 20 years later in 1963, as mail volume grew.

What each number means

• The first digit designates a broad area, which ranges from zero for the Northeast to nine for the far West.
• The two following digits are the code of a central post office facility in that region.
• The last two digits designate small post offices or postal zones.

For example, in a 10014 ZIP code, the first "1" stands for Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania; the "00" stands for New York Sectional Center Facility; and "14" stands for the part of Manhattan (Meatpacking and the West Village).

Six months after the implementation of ZIP codes in 1963, every address in the US had been assigned one.

Additional numbers

In 1983, a hyphen and four-digit code were added to some of the ZIP codes. The ZIP+4 code was implemented when it became difficult to sort mail based only on traditional ZIP codes, but it never quite caught on. The development of sorting technologies shortly after its implementation made it mostly redundant.

The sixth and seventh numbers delineate a "delivery sector," which may be an office building, a small geographical area, a few blocks, or a large apartment building.

The last two numbers stand for a delivery segment, which can be as restricted as the floor of an office building or a specific department in a firm.

Though the development of technologies in the past few decades has seriously diminished the amount of snail mail, ZIP codes are still used for many purposes. A myriad of information — such as age, education level, gender, or race — can be gathered about the population living in specific area based on ZIP codes.

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