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 196

ZIP codes
12
States
PA
Largest city
Reading, PA
Population
228,034

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 196xx

ZIP codes starting with 196
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
19601 Reading , PA Standard 36,479 $40,973 $123,100
19602 Reading , PA Standard 18,495 $34,582 $96,000
19603 Reading , PA No street area — — —
19604 Reading , PA Standard 30,124 $52,905 $119,000
19605 Reading , PA Standard 21,419 $92,648 $233,600
19606 Reading , PA Standard 35,853 $85,557 $245,600
19607 Reading , PA Standard 24,045 $81,346 $228,800
19608 Reading , PA Standard 24,178 $110,173 $332,400
19609 Reading , PA Standard 9,874 $82,576 $247,300
19610 Reading , PA Standard 16,581 $87,374 $343,600
19611 Reading , PA Standard 10,986 $63,331 $176,200
19612 Reading , PA No street area — — —

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