This set of boundaries represent Zip Code Tabulation Areas (5-digit) as released by the US Bureau of the Census as cartographic boundary files based on Census 2000 geography. There are multiple polygons per 5-digit zip code in some cases. Statistical data are not joined to these boundaries.
The purpose of this data set is to provide approximate zip code boundaries as a context for other GIS themes and as a reference for statistical data from Census 2000, Zip Code Tabulation Areas.
These are cartographic boundary files, not at the same scale as TIGER/Line 2000 boundaries.
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US Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Accuracy of the boundaries and zip code designations have not been verified.
Data were downloaded from www.census.gov as a cartographic boundary file in shapefile format.
The data cover all of North Carolina
Boundaries are less accurate than TIGER/Line 2000 boundaries.
Preparation of cartographic boundary file.
CGIA dissolved the ZCTA boundaries on zip code and created a field with a count of the number of polygons for each zip code value as well as the total area of each zip code.
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Dataset copied.
Total area of polygons by ZCTA in square meters
CGIA
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Zip Code Tabulation Area
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000
Internal feature number.
ESRI
ZCTA values (5-digit zip codes), count of polygons for each ZCTA, and sum of the area in square meters for each ZCTA.
US Bureau of the Census
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