US ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)
ID us_zcta
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Five-character code of a ZIP Code Tabulation Area, the Census Bureau's area approximation of a USPS 5-digit ZIP Code built from census blocks. A 2020 ZCTA code is a valid ZIP Code, but not every ZIP Code has a ZCTA, and ZCTAs are not used to deliver mail. Codes can start with zero.
- Categories
- Geographic identifiers, Government related
- Countries
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Quality
- 75/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^\d{5}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 20746 | Suitland, MD |
| 15007 | ZCTA used in the Census Data API guide |
| 20746-1234 invalid | a ZIP+4 code |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_Code_Tabulation_Area
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8063114
- doc: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/zctas.html
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/us_zcta - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/US/geo/us_zcta.yamlon GitHub