City State Product
The City State Product is a comprehensive list of city, county, and Post Office names associated with each ZIP Code™.
Who is City State Product for?
City State Product is for mailers who need assistance with the following processing functions: ZIP Code validation, ZIP Code Assignment, finance number assignment, county code/name identification, street name matching, ZIP Code and carrier route changes.
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Description
What is City State Product?
City State Product is a comprehensive list of ZIP Codes with corresponding city and county names. This file also contains other names by which a Post Office™ may be known. City State Product can assist mailers with city, state, and 5-digit ZIP validation; ZIP Code and finance number assignment; and county code/name identification.
This product contains raw data and does not contain any software. It is available through Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) and contains approximately 100,000 records. The data is encrypted and cannot be exported. Updates are issued monthly and technical guides are available on-line by searching "Address Information System (AIS) Products Technical Guide" and downloading.
Note: City State Product does not contain detailed street data; it only contains city place names and their associated ZIP Codes. To perform complete 5-digit ZIP coding of address files, City State Product must be used in conjunction with Five-Digit ZIP® Product, ZIP + 4® Product, or Carrier Route Product.
Featured Resources
01/19/2024
Address Information System (AIS) Products Pricing
Pricing guide for Address Information System (AIS) products, including Carrier Route, ZIP + 4®, Five-Digit ZIP®, City State, Delivery Statistics, Z4Change, ZIPMove, eLOT®, and RDI™.
01/21/2024
Address Information System (AIS) Viewer Order Form (PS Form 5111)
Product order form for Adress Information System (AIS) Viewer. Products available for purchase are the City/State Delivery Type Retrieval, County Name Retrieval, Delivery Statistics Retrieval, and ZIP + 4 Retrieval.
05/16/2022
Address Information System (AIS) Products Technical Guide
The Address Information System (AIS) Products Technical Guide contains documentation on all AIS products, including RDI™, Z4Change, ZIPMove, ZIP + 4®, Five-Digit ZIP®, eLOT®, Carrier Route, City State, and Delivery Statistics.
05/22/2020
City State Sample File TXT
This document contains the sample text file for the AIS City State product.
City State Sample File XLS
This document contains the sample file for AIS City State product.
12/01/2022
Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Web Access Request Form
This form is used to create a Web-based account with the Addressing and Geospatial Technology (AGT) office which will be utilized to retrieve/download files from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.
01/16/2024
Address Information Systems (AIS) Products Order Form
Order form for Address Information System (AIS) products.
04/29/2024
12/11/2017
07/09/2023
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Contact
For more information about Address Information Systems products, please contact the Addressing and Geospatial Technology office at 800-238-3150, or at incsc@usps.gov.