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  2. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address. Introduced on July 1, 1963, the basic format comprised five digits.

  3. List of ZIP Code prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Each cell in this table contains a three-digit ZIP code prefix, the state where that ZIP code prefix is located, and the name of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Sectional Center Facility (SCF) that serves that ZIP code prefix, which may be in a different state.

  4. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    The first digit is assigned regionally (for example, ZIP codes beginning with 9 are found in the western coastal states, Alaska, Hawaii, and islands in the Pacific), and ZIP codes with the same first three digits are served by the same USPS sorting facility (which sometimes serve multiple such groupings), so will be geographically clustered ...

  5. Geographic - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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    ZCTAs are approximations of United States Postal Service (USPS) 5-digit ZIP Code service areas that the Census Bureau creates using census blocks to present statistical data from censuses and surveys. The ZCTA locale assignments are based on NCES locale boundaries and reflect the locale that accounts for the largest areal proportion of the ZCTA.

  6. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The ANSI alphabetic state code is the same as the USPS state code except for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, which have an ANSI code "UM" but no USPS code—and U.S. Military Mail locations, which have USPS codes ("AA", "AE", "AP") but no ANSI code. Postal codes. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has established a set of uppercase ...

  7. List of post offices in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of United States post offices which currently operate, or previously operated, in the area of the State of Colorado. For post offices currently in operation: the first ZIP Code is the ZIP Code of the postmaster. See the List of populated places in Colorado for location information.

  8. Sectional center facility - Wikipedia

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    Sectional center facility. A destination sectional center facility ( SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes. A sectional center facility routes mail between local post offices and to and from ...

  9. ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) Locale Assignments File ...

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    1.0 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) locale assignments. The ZCTA Locale file is a table of NCES Locale assignments applied to each of the Census Bureau’s ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) included in the TIGER boundaries. The assignments rely on the current NCES Locale boundaries and are based on the locale that accounts for the largest areal ...