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United States Postal Zip Code Numbering System

Everyone knows what the zip code is, and whatassigned to it. As well, a sectional center
it is essentially used for, but how manyfacility will service an area in a state next
people actually know how it works? Chancesto it. The code 739 in Oklahoma is assigned
are, very few actually understand the innerto Liberal, Kansas, while 865 in Arizona is
workings of a very common piece of the postalassigned to Gallup, New Mexico. New England
service puzzle. Essentially, zip codes arehas the lowest zip codes in the country
numbered with the first digit representing abecause they begin with 0, as is the case in
certain group of states in the United States.Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The
That being said, several states can have thelowest zip code in the entire country is
same number. Connecticut, Main, New Jersey,Holtsville, New York, which has a 00501 zip
Rhode Island, Vermont and six othercode. Other low codes include 00601 in
locations, including Army Post Office Europe,Adjuntas, Puetro Rico, 01001 in Agawam,
are represented by 0, while Delaware, NewMassachusetts and 01002 in Amherst,
York and Pennsylvania is represented by 1.Massachusetts. Stretching out south from the
This number system goes up to 9, with everyEast Coast, postal codes begin to increase in
single number having at least three differentsize. For example, 02115 is in Boston, while
states assigned to it. Of all the numbers, 010001 is in New York City. Philadelphia has
and 9 have the most states assigned to them,19103, while Washington has 20008, Atlanta
while 1 has only three and 4 has only four.30303 and Miami 33130. Going west and north
The second and third digits of the zip codefrom the East Coast, the numbers increase
represent a region in a particular state.even more, with 40202 in Louisville,
Often, this will be a large city, or a vastKentucky, 60601 in Des Moines, Iowa, 77063 in
rural area like in the Midwest or Alaska. TheHouston, 80202 in Denver, 98101 in Seattle
fourth and fifth numbers in the zip codeand  99950  in  Ketchikan,  Alaska.
represent a particular delivery address
within  that  region.The zip code is a fascinating implementation
of processing that allows the post office to
Generally, the main town or city in a regiondelivery packages and mail faster than they
gets the first zip codes for that area, withwould without it. Through the postal code,
the rest of the numerical order of the zipthe entire country can be divided into a
code in that region following thenumber of digits that allow sorters to know
alphabetical order of the cities or towns.exactly where the piece of mail is meant to
Sometimes, zip codes will actually span statebe delivered, quickly and easily. Without the
boundaries. This is done to ensure efficientzip code, it is highly likely that the post
postal delivery and can be found in militaryoffice would have folded long ago under the
facilities that span multiple states, or incrushing demand of millions of pieces of mail
remote areas where two areas of a state canthat need to be delivered on a daily basis.
be  serviced  in  conjunction.It can be said that the zip code has
revolutionized the postal system, in the
The first three digits of the code generallyUnited States and abroad, where various
correspond to a sectional center facilitycompanies use a similar system. With such an
which sorts the mail for the area. Sometimes,easy system, the postal service is able to
an area will have more than one three digitmake sure all of its customers are happy
codes assigned to it. For example, thebecause nothing is worse than losing your
sectional center facility in Merrifield,mail.
North Virginia has 220, 221, 222 and 223



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