CARRIER ROUTE BOUNDARIES
A postal carrier route is the group of addresses to which the USPS assigns the same code to aid in mail delivery. These codes are 9 digits – 5 numbers for the ZIP Code, one letter for the carrier route type and 3 numbers for the carrier route code. The database is CASS Certifiable: our Carrier Routes are verified against the USPS Address Management System to assure perfect accuracy.
GBBIS offers boundaries for around 250,000 Carrier Routes. The attributes for the boundaries would be as follows:
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Column
|
Data Type
|
Description
|
|
ZIP
|
CHAR(5)
|
5-Digit ZIP Code
|
|
CROUTE
|
CHAR(4)
|
Carrier Route code
|
Code
|
Description
|
|
B###
|
PO Box
|
|
C###
|
City delivery
|
|
G###
|
General delivery
|
|
H###
|
Highway contract
|
|
R###
|
Rural route
|
|
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GEOCODE
|
CHAR(9)
|
Concatenation of the
5-Digit ZIP Code and Carrier Route
|
|
ZIP_NAME
|
VARCHAR(28)
|
City Name
|
|
STATE
|
CHAR(2)
|
State Abbreviation
|
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COUNTY
|
VARCHAR(25)
|
County Name
|
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STATE_FIPS
|
CHAR(2)
|
State FIPS
|
|
FIPSSTCO
|
CHAR(5)
|
State & County FIPS
|
|
HOME_COUNT
|
INT
|
Number of deliveries
to Homes
|
|
APT_COUNT
|
INT
|
Number of deliveries
to Apartments
|
|
BUSINESS_COUNT
|
INT
|
Number of deliveries
to Businesses
|
|
TOTAL_COUNT
|
INT
|
Total Number of
deliveries
|
Corresponding Demographics: together with the databases we offer 14,000 demographic variables by Carrier Route.
Output Formats: ESRI Shapefile, MapInfo Tab, & MapInfo Mid/Mif
CARRIER ROUTE DATABASE
A postal carrier route is the group of addresses to which the USPS assigns the same code to aid in mail delivery. These codes are 9 digits – 5 numbers for the ZIP Code, one letter for the carrier route type and 3 numbers for the carrier route code.
This database contains the approximately 640,000 carrier routes that exist in the US. The information is updated monthly and includes every single Carrier Route. We offer two versions of this database:
- Basic Version: this version displays the ZIP Code, Carrier Route, City, and State with the following formats:
|
Column
|
Data Type
|
Description
|
|
ZIP
|
CHAR(5)
|
5-Digit ZIP Code
|
|
CROUTE
|
CHAR(4)
|
Carrier Route code
|
Code
|
Description
|
|
B###
|
PO Box
|
|
C###
|
City delivery
|
|
G###
|
General delivery
|
|
H###
|
Highway contract
|
|
R###
|
Rural route
|
|
|
CITY
|
VARCHAR(28)
|
City Name
|
|
ST_ABRV
|
CHAR(2)
|
State Abbreviation
|
- Enhanced Version: Complete list of US Carrier Routes, with county information and delivery statistics. The database includes the 640,000+ carrier routes and over 660,000 records. Below are the specific formats of this information.
|
Column
|
Data Type
|
Description
|
|
ZIP
|
CHAR(5)
|
5-Digit ZIP Code
|
|
ZIPTYPE
|
CHAR(1)
|
ZIP Code
Classification
|
Code
|
Description
|
|
S
|
Standard ZIP with
many addresses assigned to it.
|
|
M
|
APO/FPO Military
ZIP Code
|
|
P
|
ZIP Code having
only PO Boxes
|
|
U
|
Unique ZIP Code
assigned to a single organization
|
|
|
CROUTE
|
CHAR(4)
|
Carrier Route code
|
Code
|
Description
|
|
B###
|
PO Box
|
|
C###
|
City delivery
|
|
G###
|
General delivery
|
|
H###
|
Highway contract
|
|
R###
|
Rural route
|
|
|
CITY
|
VARCHAR(28)
|
City Name
|
|
ST_ABRV
|
CHAR(2)
|
State Abbreviation
|
|
CTY_NAME
|
VARCHAR(25)
|
County Name
|
|
ST_FIPS
|
CHAR(2)
|
State FIPS
|
|
CTY_FIPS
|
CHAR(3)
|
County FIPS
|
|
HOME_CNT
|
INT
|
Number of deliveries
to Homes
|
|
APT_CNT
|
INT
|
Number of deliveries
to Apartments
|
|
BUS_CNT
|
INT
|
Number of deliveries
to Businesses
|
|
TOTAL_CNT
|
INT
|
Total Number of
deliveries
|
Database Formats: Comma Separated Values or Tab-Delimited
