The Delivery Type database identifies the types of deliveries made to each ZIP® Code in the United States. (i.e., Street Addressed Delivery, Rural Addressed Delivery, PO Box Delivery, General Delivery, Military ZIP Code, Unique ZIP Code, Other/Non-active Delivery). It also includes state abbreviation, county name and number.

File Description:

    Field                          Beginning    Ending         Length  
                                   Position     Position 
    ZIP Code                           1            5             5 
    Street Addressed Delivery          6            6             1 
    Rural Addressed Delivery           7            7             1 
    PO Box Delivery                    8            8             1 
    General Delivery                   9            9             1 
    Military ZIP Code                 10           10             1 
    Unique ZIP Code Delivery          11           11             1 
    Other/Nonactive Delivery          12           12             1 
    State Abbreviation                13           14             2 
    County Number                     15           17             3 
    County Name                       18           42            25 
    End Of Record Indicator=`X        43           43             1 
    Carriage Return/Line Feed         44           45             2 
    Total Length                                                 45  

NOTE: The first record is a copyright record consisting of copyright detail code in the first position, five spaces in the ZIP Code field, the copyright statement, space, file version date, space, copyright owner, space, and file sequence number, e.g.,

C COPYRIGHT © 1-97 USPS 001

The Street Addressed Delivery, Rural Addressed Delivery, PO Box Delivery, General Delivery, Military ZIP Code, Unique ZIP Code, and Other/Nonactive Delivery fields will contain one of the following values: "Y" (Yes) or "N" (No).

General delivery indicates that a ZIP Code has general delivery (e.g., GENERAL DELIVERY). Other/nonactive delivery indicates valid ZIP Codes that do not have mail delivery.

If the address is a city-style address (e.g., 123 Main St) and the ZIP Code in the file has an "N" for "Street Address Delivery," you will need to ask your customer for a route/highway contract route and box number, PO box, or general delivery address.

The Delivery Type Product is available with monthly updates. Choose the appropriate link below to download a sample Delivery Type file or the Delivery Type File Order Form. For more information, please contact the National Customer Support Center at 1-800-238-3150.