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One City per Postal Code? Not Always. When looking at postal codes around the world, there are cases where two different cities are served by the same postal code. For example, the zip code 94608 in California is used for both Emeryville and parts of Oakland.

There are three main parts of the 5-digit ZIP Code?the national area, the region or city, and the delivery area. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has segmented the country into 10 ZIP Code areas. Starting in the northeast, they are number 0-9.

Census blocks, however, almost always split down the middle of streets. As a result, blocks near the boundaries of ZIP codes typically split ZIP codes. If you picture the classic rectangular city census block, it is an area bounded by portions of 4 city streets.

Primary state prefixes. ZIP Codes are numbered with the first digit representing a certain group of U.S. states, the second and third digits together representing a region in that group (or perhaps a large city) and the fourth and fifth digits representing a group of delivery addresses within that region.

ZIP+4 codes, also known as Plus-Four codes, ZIP code extensions, 9 digit ZIP codes, extended ZIP codes, or full ZIP codes, are four-digit codes that are appended to the traditional five-digit USPS ZIP codes.

Also called ?plus-four codes?, ?add-on codes?, or ?add-ons?, the ZIP+4 code starts with the standard five-digit ZIP Code. The four extra numbers are added after a hyphen to complete the ZIP+4. So what do the extra numbers mean? These last 4 digits represent specific delivery routes within delivery areas.

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