United States & Canada Combined Postal Code Database - Premium Edition

Combine Postal Codes

Advanced geocoded United States 5-digit ZIP and Canadian Postal Codes data. This product contains all United States ZIP codes and Canadian postal codes in a single package.

Contains over 800,000 records. Each record contains the ZIP or postal code, the preferred city or location name with state or province abbreviation and associated latitude and longitude coordinates. This package also includes full time zone information and primary telephone area code associated with each postal code.

Produced: on or before 5th calendar day quarterly
Current Release: April 2, 2024
Distribution Frequency: quarterly (issue date: January, April, July, October)
Distribution Format: Internet download

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Postal Code Assignments File

FieldData TypeField Description
PostalCodeVARCHAR(7)The five or six character post code.
CityVARCHAR(64)Name of city or location.
AbbreviationVARCHAR(13)Standard USPS or Canada Post 13 character city name abbreviation.
CountyNameVARCHAR (64)Name of primary county, parish, or borough for the ZIP Code location
StateProvinceNameVARCHAR(64)Full name of the state or province.
StateProvinceCHAR(2)Official abbreviation of the state or province.
CountryCHAR(2)ISO 3166 country code.
CityTypeCHAR(1)Postal Service recognition of the CITY field name
  • D - Default (preferred) city name
  • A - Alternate city name accepted
  • N - Not-recommended, used or accepted
PostalCodeTypeCHAR(1)The postal code definition or type for delivery purposes.
FIPSCHAR (5)FIPS 5-digit county number
AreaCodeCHAR(3)Primary area code associated with the post code.
OverlayVARCHAR (28)Additional telephone area codes in use when the predominate telephone area code is an overlayed area code.
TimeZone CHAR(2)

North American Time Zone the post code is located in. Identified using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offset also referred to as hours relative to GMT.

  • NT - Newfoundland UTC -3:30 hours
  • AT - Atlantic UTC -4 hours
  • ET - Eastern UTC -5 hours
  • CT - Central UTC -6 hours
  • MT - Mountain UTC -7 hours
  • PT - Pacific UTC -8 hours
  • AK - Alaskan UTC -9 hours
  • HT - Hawaiian-Aleutian UTC -10 hours
  • AS - Samoa UTC -11 (American Samoa)
  • CH - Chamorro UTC +10 (Guam and Northern Mariana Islands)
  • PO - Pohnpei (Ponape) UTC +11
  • KO - Kosrae UTC +11
DSTCHAR(1)Single character Y/N value indicating whether daylight saving time is observed at this location.
UTCVARCHAR (28)The standard time Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offset at this location. Format is +\-HH:MM.
LatitudeDOUBLELatitude in decimal degrees to the center of the postal code.
LongitudeDOUBLELongitude in decimal degrees to the center of the postal code.

FIPS County Codes File

FieldData TypeField Description
FIPSCHAR (5)FIPS county code
CountyNameVARCHAR (64)Name of the county, parish, or borough
StateCHAR (2)USPS state or territory abbreviation
Pop2000DOUBLEUnited States Census 2000 population
Pop2009DOUBLEUnited States Census 2009 population
Pop2010DOUBLEUnited States Census 2010 population
LandAreaSquareMilesDOUBLECounty land area in square miles
WaterAreaSquareMileDOUBLE DEFAULTCounty water area in square miles
CountyTypeVARCHAR (128)County or entity type described by county name
County_SeatVARCHAR (64)County seat or center of county government

SQL Table Definitions


CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `postalcodepremium`;
USE `postalcodepremium`;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `postalcodes`;
CREATE TABLE `postalcodes` (
	`PostalCode` CHAR(7) NOT NULL,
	`City` VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
	`Abbreviation` VARCHAR(13) DEFAULT NULL,
	`CountyName` VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
	`StateProvinceName` VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
	`StateProvince` CHAR(2) DEFAULT NULL,
	`Country` CHAR(2) DEFAULT NULL,
	`CityType` CHAR(1) DEFAULT NULL,
	`PostalCodeType` CHAR(1) DEFAULT NULL,
	`FIPS` CHAR(5) DEFAULT NULL,
	`AreaCode` CHAR(3) DEFAULT NULL,
	`Overlay` VARCHAR(28) DEFAULT NULL,
	`TimeZone` CHAR(2) DEFAULT NULL,
	`DST` CHAR(1) DEFAULT NULL,
	`UTC` VARCHAR(28) DEFAULT NULL,
	`Latitude` DOUBLE DEFAULT 0,
	`Longitude` DOUBLE DEFAULT 0,
	PRIMARY KEY (`PostalCode`));
	
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `counties`;
CREATE TABLE `counties` (
	`FIPS` CHAR(5) NOT NULL,
	`CountyName` VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
	`State` CHAR(2) DEFAULT NULL,
	`Pop2000` DOUBLE DEFAULT 0,
	`Pop2009` DOUBLE DEFAULT 0,
	`Pop2010` DOUBLE DEFAULT 0,
	`LandAreaSquareMiles` DOUBLE DEFAULT -1,
	`WaterAreaSquareMile` DOUBLE DEFAULT -1,
	`CountyType` VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
	`County_Seat` VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY (`FIPS`));