Generalized postal area polygons (Postal_Polygons_Gen)

This feature class represents ZIP code polygons as a spanning set that limits the representation for polygonal water features or water holes.

For a description of the attributes OBJECTID, Shape, Shape_Length, Shape_Area, and GlobalID, see Esri® system fields.

Field nameData typeDescription
POSTCODEString (10)ZIP code reference
ISO_CTRYString (3)Country- abbreviation
ADMIN1String (80)Country- abbreviation
ADMIN2String (80)State
ADMIN3String (80)County
ADMIN4String (80)City
ADMIN5String (80)Not Applicable
AREADouble (8)Area of the ZIP code polygon in square kilometers
COUNTYString (35)Identifies the name of the county associated with a point location
FIPSCOString (3)Identifies the official government code of the county. Official codes are based on the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes
FIPSSTString (2)Identifies the official government code of the state. Official codes are based on the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes
FIPS_PAString (5)Postal Area (Last Line City) Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
GNISString (10)GNIS feature ID for US counties from the official geographic names repository for the United States
MUNIString (30)Municipality
PA_NAMEString (35)Postal area name (Last line city name from USPS sources)
PC_NAMEString (35)Name of postal (ZIP) code
PC_TYPEString (19)ZIP code classification for each ZIP code reference
PRUIDString (2)Province Unique Identifier
PRV_ABRVString (2)Province Abbreviation
SETT_TYPEString (40)Settlement Type
STATEString (2)State abbreviation for the state within which the applicable ZIP code falls