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Label ZIP Codes with Contextual Data

Source: R/zi_label.R
zi_label.Rd

This function appends information about the city (for five-digit ZIP Codes) or area (for three-digit ZIP Codes) to a data frame containing these values. State is returned for both types of ZIP Codes. The function also optionally returns data on Sectional Center Facilities (SCFs) for three-digit ZIP Codes.

Usage

zi_label(
  .data,
  input_var,
  label_source = "UDS",
  source_var,
  type = "zip5",
  include_scf = FALSE,
  vintage = 2022
)

Arguments

.data

An "input object" that is data.frame or tibble that contains ZIP Codes to be crosswalked.

input_var

The column in the input data that contains five-digit ZIP Codes, specified as a bare (unquoted) column name. Input must be character data with proper leading zeros; use zi_repair to fix numeric inputs first.

label_source

Required character scalar or data frame; specifies the source of the label data. This could be either 'UDS' (default) or 'USPS', or a data frame containing a custom dictionary.

source_var

Character scalar, required when label_source is a data frame containing a custom dictionary; specifies the column name in the dictionary object that contains ZIP Codes.

type

Character scalar, required when label_source is either label_source is 'UDS' or 'USPS'; one of either 'zip3' or 'zip5'. The 'zip3' type is only available from the 'USPS' source, while the 'zip5' type is available from 'UDS'.

include_scf

A logical scalar required when label_source = 'USPS' and type = 'zip3'; specifying whether to include the SCF (Sectional Center Facility) ID in the output. The default is FALSE.

vintage

Character or numeric scalar, required when label_source is either label_source is 'UDS' or 'USPS'; specifying the date for label_source = 'USPS' or the year of the data for label_source = 'UDS'. The zip_load_labels_list() function can be used to see available date values for label_source = 'USPS'.

Value

A tibble containing the original data with additional columns from the selected label data set appended.

Details

Labels are approximations of the actual location of a ZIP Code. For five-digit ZIP Codes, the city and state may or may not correspond to an individuals' mailing address city (since multiple cities may be accepted as valid by USPS for a particular ZIP Code) or state (since ZIP Codes may cross state lines).

For three-digit ZIP Codes, the area and state may or may not correspond to an individuals' mailing address state (since SCFs cover multiple states). For example, the three digit ZIP Code 010 covers Western Massachusetts in practice, but is assigned to the state of Connecticut.

Examples

# create sample data
df <- data.frame(
  id = c(1:3),
  zip5 = c("63005", "63139", "63636"),
  zip3 = c("630", "631", "636")
)

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
# UDS crosswalk
zi_label(df, input_var = zip5, label_source = "UDS", vintage = 2022)

# USPS crosswalk
zi_label(df, input_var = zip3, label_source = "USPS", type = "zip3",
  vintage = 202408)
}
# custom dictionary
## load sample ZIP3 label data to simulate custom dictionary
mo_label <- zi_mo_usps

## label
zi_label(df, input_var = zip3, label_source = mo_label, source_var = zip3,
  type = "zip3")
#> # A tibble: 3 × 5
#>      id zip5  zip3  label_area label_state
#>   <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>      <chr>      
#> 1     1 63005 630   ST LOUIS   MO         
#> 2     2 63139 631   ST LOUIS   MO         
#> 3     3 63636 636   ST LOUIS   MO