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Does the Census Bureau have any data available on land area per ZCTA?

April 26, 2017area census Data land zcta

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Does the Census Bureau have any data available on land area per ZCTA?

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The downloadable ZCTA gazetteer files contain the total land and water area (in square kilometers and in square miles) for each Census 2000 ZCTA. You can also extract this information for three- or five-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the Advance National Summary File 1 geographic header file. The geographic header file is the last file in the list (usgeo_u1.zip). Extract summary level (SUMLEV) 850 for three-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, and summary level 860 for five-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. The area measurements are expressed in square meters. Be sure to read the “File Structure README” and the “0README_SF1.doc” for a more complete description.