United States ZIP Codes

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:Zone_Improvement_Plan
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_Postal_Service
gptkbp:availableOn gptkb:U.S._Census_Bureau
gptkb:USPS
commercial vendors
gptkbp:compatibleWith U.S. territories without regular USPS service
gptkbp:example gptkb:90210
10001
20500
30301
gptkbp:firstThreeDigitsRepresent sectional center facility
gptkbp:firstZIPCodeIssued 00601 (Adjuntas, Puerto Rico)
gptkbp:format ZIP+4
five digits
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States ZIP Codes
gptkbp:introducedIn 1963
gptkbp:largestZIPCodeArea 99557 (Alaska)
gptkbp:lastTwoDigitsRepresent local post office
gptkbp:lastZIPCodeIssued 99950 (Ketchikan, Alaska)
gptkbp:notAssignedTo every possible number
some U.S. territories
gptkbp:numberOfActiveCodes over 42000
gptkbp:purpose mail delivery
mail sorting
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:post_office
gptkb:FIPS_code
address standardization
Canadian postal codes
gptkbp:smallestZIPCodeArea various urban ZIPs
gptkbp:specialPurposeZIPCodes gptkb:military
federal agencies
PO Boxes
unique ZIPs for organizations
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:government_agency
individuals
businesses
gptkbp:usedFor census
marketing
taxation
insurance rating
demographic analysis
delivery routing
geographic identification
school districting
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:ZIPCodeDirectoryPublishedBy gptkb:USPS
gptkbp:ZIPCodeRanges 00001-99950
gptkbp:ZIPPlus4Introduced 1983
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ZIP_Code_Tabulation_Areas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7