Zip Code Tabulation Areas, Census 2000

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Identification Information

Title Zip Code Tabulation Areas, Census 2000
Date 2009-03-04
Date Type Publication
Cited Responsible Party
Organization Name U.S. Census Bureau
Role identify
Presentation Form vector digital data
Abstract This data set contains zip code tabulation areas for 5-digit zip codes in New Mexico. It was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau web page http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/zt.html. The metadata at this site is so poor that this metadata record has been created. Technical details are available from the technical documentation at http://www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zctatddr.pdf. A ZIP Code tabulation area (ZCTA ) is a statistical geographic entity that approximates the delivery area for a U.S. Postal Service five-digit or three-digit ZIP Code. ZCTAs are aggregations of census blocks that have the same predominant ZIP Code associated with the addresses in the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File. Three -digit ZCTA codes are applied to large contiguous areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau does not have five-digit ZIP Code information in its Master Address File. ZCTAs do not precisely depict ZIP Code delivery areas, and do not include all ZIP Codes used for mail delivery. The U.S. Census Bureau has established ZCTAs as a new geographic entity similar to, but replacing, data tabulations for ZIP Codes undertaken in conjunction with the 1990 and earlier censuses.
Purpose To show the zip code tabulation areas.
Status Complete
Point of Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name RGIS Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area New Mexico
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Descriptive Keywords zip codes
Access Constraints none
Use Constraints none
Language English
Topic Category boundaries
Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
West Bound -109.050173
East Bound -103.001964
North Bound 37.000232
South Bound 31.332301
Temporal Extent
DateTime 2000-01-01
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Distribution Information

Distributor
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Transfer Options
Online Resource ZIP
Online Resource ESRI Shapefile (shp)
Online Resource GML
Online Resource KML
Online Resource GeoJSON
Online Resource JSON
Online Resource Comma Separated Values (csv)
Online Resource MS Excel format (xls)
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial References
Spatial Reference North American Datum of 1983
Online Reference EPSG:4269
Spatial Reference Geodetic Reference System 80
Online Reference EPSG:7019
Indirect Spatial Reference New Mexico (35)
Geometric Object Type G-polygon
Geometric Object Count 435
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Data Quality Information

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Attribute Accuracy Explanation
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation
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Logical Consistency Report None
Completeness Report None
Lineage
Process Step
Process Description Data was downloaded from the Census site
Process Date Unknown
Process Time
Process Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name RGIS Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area New Mexico
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier 26366669-1b53-4a1f-b7ec-a61e8878eb2a
Metadata Language English
Hierarchy Level Dataset
Date Stamp 2025-07-08
Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
Metadata Standard Version 1.0
Metadata Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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