Understanding and Enhancing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ZIP Code Crosswalk Files

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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Ron
dc.contributor.authorDin, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T18:10:32Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T18:10:32Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractZIP Codes are commonly used for mapping, spatial analyses, creating tables, or other reporting products. Used for these tasks, the results from using these geographies often are distorted because of adverse statistical properties inherent with ZIP Codes. Summarizing ZIP Code data to other large geographies (for example, county, Core Based Statistical Area, state) associates them with these other geographies to create aggregate counts so that metropolitan or county rankings can be reported. This process requires ZIP Codes to be properly allocated to these other geographies to accurately associate a record with that area. Although some companies or government organizations already provide a crosswalk to these geographies, the allocation method used is unclear, leaving it indiscernible as to the accuracy of the assignment of ZIP Codes. In this article, we demonstrate how to use the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) United States Postal Service ZIP Code Crosswalk Files to more directly control the ZIP Code allocation process of records to alternative geographies. In meeting this objective, we also provide results of an analysis using the HUD Crosswalk File in associating a ZIP Code with U.S. counties.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/cityscpe/vol20num2/article16.htmlen_US
dc.format.extent18 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articleen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2VT1GT2K
dc.identifier.citationRon Wilson, Alexander Din, Understanding and Enhancing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ZIP Code Crosswalk Files, The Housing-Health Connection Volume 20, Number 2 , 2018, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/cityscpe/vol20num2/article16.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11293
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOffice of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmenten_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rightsPublic Domain Mark 1.0*
dc.rightsU.S. government publication not eligible for copyright.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/*
dc.subjectZIP Codesen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) United States Postal Service ZIP Code Crosswalk Filesen_US
dc.subjectZIP Code allocation processen_US
dc.subjectanalysis using the HUD Crosswalk File in associating a ZIP Code with U.S. counties.
dc.subjectadverse statistical properties inherent with ZIP Codes
dc.subjectdistortion of results using ZIP codes
dc.subjectaggregating ZIP code counts
dc.titleUnderstanding and Enhancing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ZIP Code Crosswalk Filesen_US
dc.title.alternativespAM Understanding and Enhancing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ZIP Code Crosswalk Filesen_US
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