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USA ZIP5 Points (USAZIP5Points)

The USA ZIP5 Points (USAZIP5Points File Geodatabase Feature Class) reference layer represents delivery-based centroids for the five-digit ZIP Code areas of the United States.

The layer is based on HERE data and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) source files. Coverage includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This layer contains the following fields:

Field Name Description Values
OBJECTID Internal feature number Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape Feature geometry Coordinates defining the features.
POSTCODE Postal code The five-digit ZIP Code used by the USPS to identify an area where mail is delivered.
ISO_CTRY Country Abbreviation ISO Alpha 3 code for the country.
ADMIN1 Country Name of the country where the postal code is located.
ADMIN2 State Name of the state where the postal code is located.
ADMIN3 County Name of the county where the postal code is located.
ADMIN4 City Name of the city where the postal code is located.
ADMIN5 Admin level 5 Admin level 5, if applicable.
STATE State abbreviation Two-letter state abbreviation where the postal code is located.
PC_NAME Postal code name Name of postal (ZIP) code. For non-unique and PO box postal codes this represents the post office name and for unique organizations postal codes this represents the company or large user name.
PC_TYPE Postal code classification Postal code type for each postal code reference. Postal code type values are: 'NON UNIQUE (General delivery postal code), UNIQUE ORGANIZATION (Unique postal code records for companies receiving large quantities of mail), PO BOX (Post Office box postal codes).
COUNTY County name County name where the postal code is located.
PA_NAME Postal area name Indicates the last line city name from USPS sources.
FIPS_PA Postal area FIPS code Five-digit FIPS code for the Postal Area (last line city from USPS sources).
FIPSCO County FIPS code Three-digit county FIPS code for the county where the postal code is located.
FIPSST State FIPS code Two-digit state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code.
GNIS U.S. County GNIS feature ID U.S. County GNIS feature ID from the official geographic names repository for the United States.
ACCURACY Accuracy Indicates level of accuracy for the postal code point: CS (County, State centroid), PC (Polygon centroid - from 5-digit Postal Code boundaries), S (Street level), or T (Town, county centroid).
ENC_PC Enclosing postal code boundary Postal code reference the postal code point falls within.
LINK_ID Nearest street Link ID Link ID to the nearest street feature.