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.
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