ZIP Code Statistics
Statistics about people, households, personal income, labor force, housing:
Statistics about business establishments:
- 2002 Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics
-- counts of establishments by detailed NAICS industry by receipt size--are available
on American FactFinder and on 2002 Economic Census DVD-ROM Volume 2.
2002 ZIP code data include only 8 of the 18 sectors covered by the Economic
Census.
- 1997 Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics
include a simple display on-line. More extensive statistics--counts of establishments
by detailed NAICS industry by employment size and receipt size--are available
on 1997 Economic Census CD-ROM Volume
3. 1997 ZIP code data include only 9 of the 18 sectors covered by the Economic
Census.
- 1992 Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics are available only on
1992 Economic Census CD-ROM, Volume 2, but, since they are classified
by SIC, they are not entirely comparable to the 1997 NAICS-based data.
- ZIP Business Patterns (ZBP) provides counts
of establishments by industry by employment size for a broader range of industries
than are included in the Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics. ZBP is published
generally 2 to 3 years after the end of the reference year, starting 1994.
Data are available in an on-line lookup system at
http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml. Starting
in 1998, the data are classified by NAICS. 1994 to 1997 data were classified
by SIC.
General issues:
ZIP codes are defined at the convenience of the U.S. Postal Service and may change
from time to time.
ZIP codes in the Economic Census and ZBP are those reported by the businesses
or on administrative address lists. ZIP Code tabulation
areas (ZCTAs) in Census 2000 are statistical geographic entities that approximates
the delivery area for a U.S. Postal Service five-digit and three-digit ZIP Codes.
ZCTAs are aggregations of census blocks that had the same predominant ZIP Code
associated wth the residential mailing addresses in the Census Bureau's master
address file for Census 2000.
Maps: To obtain a map of a single ZIP Code tabulation area, follow steps 1
through 4.3. below, then select a single 5-digit code and click the "Map It"
button. Census 2000 ZCTA maps are also accessible from the 1997
Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics.
There are two different paths to 2000 Census ZIP Code data. The simplest, but
least flexible, is to
- At www.census.gov, select "American FactFinder" in the left column.
- In the lefthand column, select the "People" button and pick a
topic.
- Enter a 5-digit code in the ZIP code field and press the "Go" button.
- Select one of the detailed tables or maps presented there.
If you want to create a consolidated table with different ZIP Codes
in successive columns,
- At www.census.gov, select "American FactFinder" in the left column.
- In the lefthand column, select the "Data Sets" button, then "Decennial
Census".
- On the Decennial Census page
- Select the data set: Click the radio button next to one of the following:
- "2000 Summary File 1" (to select age, race and hispanic
origin, household relationship, owners and renters, etc) or
- "2000 Summary File 3" (to select migration, education,
employment, income, housing characteristics).
- In the righthand column select "Detailed Tables"
- On the Select Geography page,
- In the "select a geographic type" box, pick "5-digit ZIP Code
Tabulation Area" at the bottom of the menu.
- Select the first 3 digits of the ZIP code
- Select one or more 5-digit ZIP codes and click "Add".
- Click on "Next" (If you don't see the "Next" button, scroll right until
you do.)
- On the Select Tables page
- Select one or more of the tables from the list. Search "by keyword"
or "by subject" if necessary.
- Click "Add"
- Click "Show Result"
Notes:
- To obtain a map of a single ZIP Code tabulation area, follow steps 1 through
4.b., then select a single 5-digit code and click the "Map It" button.
- When selecting ZIP Code data in 1990 Census Summary Tape File 3, you must
click on "Show all geography types" on the Select Geography page
to see ZIP codes as an option under "Select a geographic type".
You can obtain a list of all ZIP Code Tabulation areas within a county (or place
or state) with these steps:
- At www.census.gov, select "American FactFinder" in the left column.
- In the lefthand column, select the "Data Sets" button, then "Decennial
Census"
- On the Decennial Census page
- In the righthand column select "Detailed Tables"
- On the Select Geography page,
- Select the "geo within geo" tab
- In the "Show me all" box, pick "5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation
Areas"
- Under "That are", either leave at "fully or partially
contained" or change to "fully contained" and specify "county"
after "within".
- Select the state
- Select the county
- Select "All 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas" and click the
"Add" button, but make a list for yourself of the specific ZIP
Codes shown in red with an asterisk in the selection boxe. If you want
to differentiate that part of each ZCTA that is really in a particular
county, you will need to take the following steps.
- Click the "List" tab at the top
- Select "Show all geographic types"
- Select ".... .... .... County (or part)" under "5-digit
ZIP Code Tabulation Area (or part)"
- Select the state
- Select a 3-digit ZCTA corresponding to the first asterisked ZCTA
on your list
- Select the 5-digit ZCTA
- Select the desired county part
- Click "Add"
- Repeat steps 5 to 8 for each of the partial ZCTAs on your list.
The county parts of ZIPs will appear at the end of the list in the
"Current geography selected" box.
- Click on "Show Result"
- On the Select Tables page
- Select table P1 for the total population, or any others you want, and
click "Add"
- Click "Show Result"
- Only 10 ZCTAs are shown on the screen. To work with them all at once, you will
need to download the data.
- Under "Print/Download" at the top, click on "Download"/li>
- Select "Comma delimited (.csv) (transpose rows and columns)" if you want
to load the results into your spreadsheet, or select "Rich Text Format (.rtf)
(transpose rows and columns)" if you want to display the result in your
word processor.
- Click "OK" down at the bottom of the page
- Save the file to disc or open it in your application.
To access 1990 Census ZIP Code data in American FactFinder,
use the following steps:
Questions?
- At www.census.gov, select "American FactFinder" in the left column.
- In the lefthand column, select the "Data Sets" button, then "Decennial
Census".
- On the Decennial Census page
- Click on the tab for 1990 Census
- Select the data set: Click the radio button next to "1990 Summary
Tape File 3"
- In the righthand column select "Detailed Tables"
- On the Select Geography page,
- Click the link "Show all geographic types"
- In the "select a geographic type" box, under State...County, pick
"ZIP Code (or part)"
- Select a state
- Select a county
- Select one or more 5-digit ZIP codes, or "All ZIP Codes (or parts)",
and click "Add".
- Click on "Next" (If you don't see the "Next" button,
scroll right until you do.)
- On the Select Tables page
- Select one or more of the tables from the list. Search "by keyword"
or "by subject" if necessary.
- Click "Add"
- Click "Show Result"