pdZIP – File Layout & Data Definitions

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Field: name of the field. Type: field type; Chr = character or alphanumeric, Num = numeric. Width: field width. Dec: number of decimal points. From: field starting point. To: field ending point. Description: data definition of the field contents. Users can match the ZIP field against their lists to append the information contained in the fields beginning with CITY.

Field Type Width Dec From To Description
PEACOCK_ID Chr 10   1 10 Unique ID number assigned to each record
ZIP Chr 5   11 15 5-digit USPS ZIP Code
CITY Chr 28   16 43 Preferred city
CITYABBR Chr 13   44 56 Preferred city abbreviation (filled if CITY is more than 13 characters long)
STATENUM Chr 2   57 58 State 2-digit FIPS code number
STATEABBR Chr 2   59 60 USPS state 2-character abbreviation
STATE Chr 30   61 90 State name
COUNTYNUM Chr 3   91 93 County 3-digit FIPS code number
COUNTY Chr 30   94 123 County name
COUNTYLONG Chr 33   124 156 County name in long form
AREACODE Chr 3   157 159 Area Code (most common)
TIMEZONE Chr 1   160 160 Time Zone (key):
T = Atlantic
E = Eastern
C = Central
M = Mountain
P = Pacific
A = Alaskan
H = Hawaiian
1 = GMT+1
3 = PST-3
4 = PST-4
5 = PST-5
6 = PST-6
7 = PST-7
DAYSAVE Chr 1   161 161 Y = Daylight Savings Time is recognized
LATITUDE Chr 8   162 169 Latitude coordinate - 4 decimal places
LONGITUDE Chr 9   170 178 Longitude coordinate - 4 decimal places
LATRAD Num 18 15 179 196 Latitude coordinate converted to radians for use in trigonometry functions - 15 numeric places
LONRAD Num 18 15 197 214 Longitude coordinate converted to radians for use in trigonometry functions - 15 numeric places
LATDMS Chr 14   215 228 Latitude coordinate - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
LONDMS Chr 15   229 243 Longitude coordinate - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
AREA Num 10 3 244 253 Area in Square Miles
LAND Num 10 3 254 263 Land Area in Square Miles
WATER Num 10 3 264 273 Water Area in Square Miles
POPULATION Num 10 0 274 283 Total Population (2010 Census)
POP2000 Num 10 0 284 293 Total Population (2000 Census)
MALES Num 10 0 294 303 Male gender population (2010 Census)
FEMALES Num 10 0 304 313 Female gender population (2010 Census)
WHITE Num 10 0 314 323 White race alone (2010 Census)
BLACK Num 10 0 324 333 Black or African American race alone (2010 Census)
ASIAN Num 10 0 334 343 Asian race alone (2010 Census)
NATIVE Num 10 0 344 353 American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander race alone (2010 Census)
OTHERRACE Num 10 0 354 363 Other race alone (2010 Census)
MULTIRACE Num 10 0 364 373 Two or more races (2010 Census)
HISPANIC Num 10 0 374 383 Hispanic or Latino (2010 Census)
MEDIANAGE Num 10 1 384 393 Median Age for total population (2010 Census)
MEDIANAGEM Num 10 1 394 403 Median Age of Males (2010 Census)
MEDIANAGEF Num 10 1 404 413 Median Age of Females (2010 Census)
HOUSEHOLDS Num 10 0 414 423 Households (2010 Census)
FAMILIES Num 10 0 424 433 Family Households (2010 Census)
FAMILIES18 Num 10 0 434 443 Family Households with one or more members under 18 years (2010 Census)
AVGHHSIZE Num 10 2 444 453 Average Household Size (2010 Census)
AVGFAMSIZE Num 10 2 454 463 Average Family Size (2010 Census)
GQINST Num 10 0 464 473 Institutionalized Population in Group Quarters (2010 Census)
GQNONINST Num 10 0 474 483 Non-Institutionalized Population in Group Quarters (2010 Census)
HOMEOWNOCC Num 10 0 484 493 Owner-Occupied housing units (2010 Census)
HOMERENTED Num 10 0 494 503 Renter-Occupied housing units (2010 Census)
HOMEVACANT Num 10 0 504 513 Vacant housing units (2010 Census)
HOMEMEDVAL Num 10 0 514 523 Owner-Occupied home medium value (2000 Census)
HOMEMEDYR Num 10 0 524 533 Median year houses were built (2000 Census)
INCOMEPC Num 10 0 534 543 Average per-capita income (2000 Census)
INCOMEHH Num 10 0 544 553 Average household income (2000 Census)
POVERTY Num 10 0 554 563 Number of individuals living in poverty (2000 Census)
EMPLOYED Num 10 0 564 573 Number of individuals employed (2000 Census)
COMMUTE Num 10 0 574 583 Number of individuals who commute to work (2000 Census)