# US Geographic Codes Dataset This code is used to generate a combined data set of US ZIP, FIPS, and County data for most ZIP Codes in the U.S. (41,867 to be exact). Code to generate the data set from the government files listed below can be found [here](https://github.com/tsnowak/us_geographic_codes_dataset/tree/no_polygons). ## The Data The dataset is organized as follows: - Zip Code: USPS ZIP code from [here](https://www.dol.gov/owcp/regs/feeschedule/fee/fee15/fs15_gpci_by_msa-ZIP.xls) - State Name: Full state name (E.g. Michigan) - State Abrv: USPS abbreviated state name (E.g: MI) - State Code: FIPS State Code from [here](https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/state.txt) - County Name: County in which ZIP is located - County Code: FIPS County Code - FIPS Code: FIPS State Code + FIPS County Code from [here](http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_Gaz_counties_national.zip) - ANSI Code: American National Standards Institute Code - Centroid Lat: Latitude value of the county center - Centroid Long: Longitude value of the county center ## Sources The data used to create this data set was taken from several recent government data sets. These are: - [2017 US Gazetteer FIPS Dataset](http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_Gaz_counties_national.zip) - [2017 US Census County Polygons Dataset](http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2017/shp/cb_2017_us_county_500k.zip) - [2015 Department of Labor GPCI Dataset](https://www.dol.gov/owcp/regs/feeschedule/fee/fee15/fs15_gpci_by_msa-ZIP.xls) - [General Census State Code Reference Document](https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/state.txt) ## Disclaimers The final csv is in 'latin1' encoding to preserve the Spanish county names in Puerto Rico. This data is from, and shall remain in the public domain, and the onus of responsibility lies with the user of this data.