Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
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ZIP codes starting with 116

ZIP codes
7
States
NY
Largest city
Far Rockaway, NY
Population
131,255

The first three digits of a ZIP code identify a sectional center facility — the postal processing plant that sorts mail for the area. It is a mail-routing grouping, not an administrative boundary.

Every ZIP code in 116xx

ZIP codes starting with 116
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
11690 Far Rockaway , NY No street area — — —
11691 Far Rockaway , NY Standard 69,359 $56,135 $677,000
11692 Arverne , NY Standard 22,734 $49,720 $710,400
11693 Far Rockaway , NY Standard 13,244 $68,449 $433,100
11694 Rockaway Park , NY Standard 21,489 $111,011 $884,300
11695 Far Rockaway , NY No street area — — —
11697 Breezy Point , NY Standard 4,429 $122,667 $720,200

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