Why Can't I Find a List of Zip Codes, Cities, and States?
I am working on a demo, and one of the things I dreamed up involves looking up cities based on a zip code, or zip codes based on a state.
I can't find the data.
Anyone know of a place where I can download a list of city, state, and zip codes? Preferably for all 50 states, but even individual state data would be useful.
Comments
- Anonymous
June 16, 2006
Not exactly what you asked for... but kind of close?
The USPS has an POX like API that looks free to use...
http://www.usps.com/webtools/address.htm
ZIP Code™ Lookup
Find matching ZIP Codes or ZIP+4 Code for any given address, city, and state in the U.S.
City/State Lookup
Get accurate city and state information when you only have the ZIP Code.
- Anonymous
June 16, 2006
The comment has been removed - Anonymous
June 16, 2006
By the way, check it this neat project on Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/zips/ - Anonymous
June 16, 2006
Well, the USPS sells such databases:
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/addressinfo/addressinfomenu.htm?from=zclsearch&page=ais - Anonymous
June 16, 2006
The comment has been removed - Anonymous
June 19, 2006
Why is it that you feel the USPS zip code database is "... something that they should provide for free on their web site?" - Anonymous
June 22, 2006
You might also look here, I think it's what you were looking for. http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html - Anonymous
August 03, 2006
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