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National statistics · ACS 2023 5-Year (2019-2023)

US ZIP Code Statistics

National aggregates computed live from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates, the HUD USPS ZIP crosswalk, and Census ZIP Code Business Patterns. Every figure below is a database total, not an estimate invented on this page.

33,099
ZCTAs tracked
312,447,629
residents covered
27,619
city roll-ups
$78,662
mean ZIP median income

The national picture

A 33,099-ZCTA corpus joins ACS income, housing, and demographics with ZIP Business Patterns into one citable research surface, with California leading by ZIP-area population.

33,099
ZCTAs tracked
312,447,629
residents covered
$78,662
mean ZIP median income
8,315,398
business establishments

Coverage follows published ZCTAs and Business Patterns rows. State averages of ZIP medians are not the same as household-weighted state medians published elsewhere by Census.

Key findings

Standalone facts, each computed live from the current dataset and free to quote with attribution.

  • • PlainZIP tracks 33,099 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas across 52 states and territories, covering about 312,447,629 residents in the ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
  • • The corpus includes 27,619 city roll-ups and 3,212 county roll-ups built from the same ZIP-level ACS rows.
  • • California accounts for the largest ZIP-area population among the 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico in this corpus (37,249,464 residents across 1,761 ZCTAs).
  • • Texas has the most ZCTAs in the corpus (1,935), and the three densest ZIP-count states hold about 17% of every ZCTA.
  • • Across ZCTAs with published income, the corpus mean of ZIP median household income is $78,662 (ACS median, not a household-weighted national mean).
  • • New Jersey has the highest state average of ZIP median household income among the 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico ($121,992).
  • • 30,049 ZCTAs publish a median home value; the corpus mean of those ZIP medians is $297,916.
  • • Of 32,322 ZCTAs with owner-occupancy rates, 22,828 (70.6%) have owner-occupied shares of 70% or higher.

States by ZIP-area population

Sum of ZCTA population for every reporting ZIP in the state (50 states + DC + Puerto Rico). Broad states can lead by ZIP count even when they do not lead by residents.

California37,249,464Texas25,144,800New York19,378,077Florida18,801,226Illinois12,830,581Pennsylvania12,702,102Ohio11,535,123Michigan9,883,612Georgia9,687,711North Carolina9,535,477

States by average ZIP median income

Mean of published ZIP median household incomes inside each state. This ranks the ZCTA corpus, not a household-weighted state median.

New Jersey$121,992District of Columbia$119,055Massachusetts$115,681Maryland$114,125Connecticut$113,078New Hampshire$102,353Rhode Island$102,328California$101,666

States with the most ZCTAs

State ZCTAs Population Avg ZIP median income
Texas 1,935 25,144,800 $75,579
Pennsylvania 1,795 12,702,102 $77,864
New York 1,794 19,378,077 $92,475
California 1,761 37,249,464 $101,666
Illinois 1,383 12,830,581 $80,067
Ohio 1,195 11,535,123 $73,011
Missouri 1,022 5,989,092 $66,851
Michigan 986 9,883,612 $73,354
Florida 983 18,801,226 $77,121
Iowa 934 3,046,945 $76,594

See state rankings and the full methodology.

Free to reuse with attribution: download the state-level summary (CSV) (ZIP counts, population, and average income/home-value/median-age figures for every jurisdiction this page aggregates).

This page explains the source records, calculation, and limits behind the figures shown. Totals are live aggregates from ACS ZCTA records, HUD USPS ZIP crosswalk geography, and Census ZIP Code Business Patterns as currently loaded - not a hand-curated summary. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of the 2023 ACS 5-Year release.

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Figures are live aggregates from public Census and HUD records as currently loaded. ACS values are survey estimates; Business Patterns counts follow Census disclosure rules for small cells.