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.

First Class Mail

First Class Mail

Parcels

Parcels

Periodicals

Periodicals

Standard Mail

Standard Mail

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

Fact Sheets
07/14/2024
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™.

Applications/ Forms
07/14/2024
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.

Tech Guides
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.

Data Files
05/22/2020
City State Sample File TXT

This document contains the sample text file for the AIS City State product.

Data Files
City State Sample File XLS

This document contains the sample file for AIS City State product.

Applications/ Forms
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.

Applications/ Forms
07/14/2024
Address Information Systems (AIS) Products Order Form

Order form for Address Information System (AIS) products.

Data Files
11/18/2024
Applications/ Forms
07/14/2024

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Delivery Statistics Product

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Z4CHANGE Product

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ZIP + 4® Product

The ZIP + 4® Product is a base reference file that can be accessed by an application to assign the correct ZIP + 4® Code associated with a physical address.

ZIPMove Product

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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.