{
  "id": "us_zcta",
  "name": "US ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)",
  "status": "draft",
  "doc": "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": [
    {
      "id": "geo",
      "name": "Geographic identifiers"
    },
    {
      "id": "government",
      "name": "Government related"
    }
  ],
  "country": [
    {
      "id": "US",
      "name": "United States"
    }
  ],
  "langs": [
    {
      "id": "en",
      "name": "English"
    }
  ],
  "is_pii": false,
  "classification": "categorical",
  "regexp": "^\\d{5}$",
  "examples": [
    {
      "value": "20746",
      "description": "Suitland, MD"
    },
    {
      "value": "15007",
      "description": "ZCTA used in the Census Data API guide"
    },
    {
      "value": "20746-1234",
      "valid": false,
      "description": "a ZIP+4 code"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "type": "wikipedia",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_Code_Tabulation_Area"
    },
    {
      "type": "wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8063114"
    },
    {
      "type": "doc",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/zctas.html"
    }
  ],
  "type": "datatype",
  "translations": {}
}