ZIPList Can-USA TM (August 2008)
This database conveniently combines two of our other products, ZIPList5 Plus and ZIPList Canada, into a single ZIP code database which covers both the USA and Canada in a single product.
Description
This comma-delimited ASCII data file lists every city and ZIP or postal code for all of the USA and Canada, as well as telephone area codes, time zone and daylight saving time. This database includes all recent area code changes. Use this database with popular commercial database programs such as MS Access, dBase, Paradox, FoxPro, etc. Available for immediate download in native Access, dBase, and Paradox formats. You can also incorporate this data into your own applications to look up the city and state/province based on ZIP/postal code or area code.
- More than 850,000 records
- Covers all 50 states and all 13 provinces, including Nunavut
- Updated monthly (Canadian data quarterly)
Record Layout
The data records of the ZIPList Can-USA file consist of eleven quote-delimited, comma-separated, ASCII text fields, arranged as follows:
The fields are defined as follows:
| Field | Type | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Name | Variable length ASCII | 30 maximum | ||
| State/Province Code | Fixed length ASCII | 2 | ||
| ZIP/Postal Code | Fixed length ASCII | 6 alphanumeric characters, plus embedded space | ||
| Area Code | Fixed length ASCII | 3 numeric characters | ||
| County Name (USA only) | Variable length ASCII | 25 maximum | ||
| Time zone | Variable length ASCII | 5 maximum (EST, CST, MST, etc.) | ||
| DST | Fixed length ASCII | 1 ("Y" or "N") | ||
| Country | Fixed length ASCII | 1 ("C", or "U") | ||
| ZIP code type (USA only) | Fixed length ASCII | 1 character (P, U, M, or blank) | ||
| Preferred | Fixed length ASCII | 1 ("P","A", or "N") | ||
| County FIPS (USA only) | Fixed length ASCII | 5 numeric characters |
The City field identifies a city name associated with the ZIP/postal code. There can be several different city names associated with a particular ZIP or postal code. If so, that ZIP/postal code may appear in several different records, each with a different city name. The Preferred field (described below) identifies whether the city name in this record is the primary city name or an alias (alternate) city name for this ZIP/postal code.
Note that some city names in Quebec contain special diacritical marks. The character set employed for these characters is ISO-8859-1. An English-only version of this product is available for those applications which cannot use the French spellings.
The State/Province field contains the standard 2-character abbreviation for the state or province.
The ZIP/postal code field contains only valid ZIP/postal codes currently defined by the US Postal Service or Canada Post Corporation (CPC). Obsolete ZIP/postal codes which have been "retired" from service are not included in this database.
The Area code is the "most prevalent" area code for that one postal code. If multiple area codes apply to that one postal code, only the primary area code is listed. Overlay area codes are not listed.
The County Name field identifies the "most prevalent" county for the 5-digit ZIP code listed in a given record. Note: This field applies to ZIP code (USA) records only. In all Canadian records this field is empty.
The Time zone field always contains the standard time zone designation for a particular postal code. If that postal code falls within a political entity which participates in daylight saving time (DST) during the summer months, the DST field is set to "Y". Otherwise the DST field is set to "N".
The Country field contains a single character which identifies whether the record is a USA record ("U") or a Canadian record ("C").
The ZIP Code type field (USA only) identifies special ZIP codes used for PO Boxes, companies, or the military.
The Preferred flag can have one of three states, which indicate how that city name can be used for delivery of mail to the associated ZIP/postal code. The three states are:
- P - This is the preferred city name for this ZIP/postal code
- A - This city name is approved (but NOT preferred) for this ZIP/postal code
- N - The city name is NOT approved for mail delivery to this ZIP/postal code
The one preferred name record has the preferred field set to "P", while all alias name records have the preferred field set to "A" or "N". Note that in some cases a particular name may be preferred for some ZIP codes but an alias name for other ZIP codes. This frequently occurs when the exact political boundary between adjacent cities is obscure, leading people to use the two city names interchangeably within the boundary area.
The County FIPS code (USA only) is a 5-digit numeric field containing a unique numeric identification assigned to that county by the US government. The County FIPS code field and the County Name field identify the "most prevalent" county for the 5-digit ZIP code listed in a given record.
Sample Records
"City","ST","ZIP","AC","County","TZ","DST","Type","Pref","FIPS"
"Scotch Lake","NS","B1Y 3X1","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Barrachois","NS","B1Y 3X2","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Millville","NS","B1Y 3X3","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Little Bras d'Or","NS","B1Y 3X4","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Hillside Boularderie","NS","B1Y 3X5","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Florence","NS","B1Y 3X6","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Mill Creek","NS","B1Y 3X7","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Point Aconi","NS","B1Y 3X8","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Bras d'Or","NS","B1Y 3X9","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
"Hillside Boularderie","NS","B1Y 3Y1","902","","EST+1","Y","C",,"P",
Click here to download a self-extracting file containing sample records in Access 97 format (about 28 KB).
Click here to download a self-extracting file containing sample records in comma-delimited ASCII format (about 21 KB).
Available File Formats
| Format | Compression | Download Size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comma-delimited ASCII | self-extracting | 2.6 MB | ||
| Microsoft Access 2000 | self-extracting | 3.5 MB | ||
| Microsoft Access 97 | self-extracting | 3.1 MB | ||
| Paradox 9 | self-extracting | 2.8 MB | ||
| dBase 3/4 | self-extracting | 2.7 MB | ||
| Comma-delimited ASCII | PKZip | 2.6 MB |
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