Data Releases

We're constantly working to improve our databases by looking for new sources, adding new variables, and improving the way in which we aggregate, match and clean data. Below are the releases we've made for each database.

1.90 - January 16, 2025

Added 7 new zip codes: 01825, 09181, 09518, 09703, 43165, 43405, 95025.
Dropped 14 deprecated zips: 11026, 11027, 11051, 11052, 11053, 11054, 11055, 15123, 30270, 30612, 31297, 53407, 54404, 95214.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Updated to the 2023 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.

1.86 - October 8, 2024

Added 12 new zip codes: 09297,09298,09299,09905,11805,18005,18768,34012,46245,48055,73175,90085.
Dropped 62 deprecated zips: 09319, 09520, 09574, 09607, 09863, 09908, 09909, 20643, 30447, 31084, 31196, 31760, 33111, 33151, 33336, 33337, 33349, 34061, 35144, 35237, 36023, 36045, 36061, 36449, 36457, 36641, 36802, 36859, 36872, 38609, 38628, 38630, 38669, 38675, 38749, 38926, 38945, 38955, 38958, 39081, 39107, 39250, 39271, 39754, 44486, 84141, 88901, 88905, 89026, 89067, 89159, 89164, 89185, 89405, 89452, 89555, 89802, 92712, 96606, 96608, 96609, 96919.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Updated geographic relationships as needed.

1.85 - April 30, 2024

Added 2 new zip codes: 09856, 96503.
Dropped 26 deprecated zips: 00636, 00930, 06749, 30811, 31195, 33072, 52204, 77209, 78472, 85039, 85065, 85073, 85075, 85671, 85720, 85722, 91495, 91496, 91526, 94207, 94208, 94211, 94234, 94245, 94282, 94291.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Updated county, csa, cbsa, and metdiv relationships using 2023 Census Bureau data.

1.84 - January 24, 2024

Added 4 new zip codes: 34061, 90140, 90205, 96215.
Dropped 52 deprecated zips (mostly Armed Forces zips that are no longer used): 09055, 09139, 09226, 09317, 09318, 09320, 09322, 09323, 09337, 09340, 09347, 09351, 09352, 09354, 09355, 09356, 09363, 09378, 09381, 09496, 09497, 09589, 09601, 09617, 09626, 09631, 09703, 09758, 09760, 09789, 09800, 09833, 09839, 09851, 09852, 09856, 09861, 09865, 09868, 09876, 09901, 09910, 34038, 34044, 96267, 96323, 96330, 96510, 96522, 96539, 96546, 96617.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Updated to the 2022 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.

1.83 - October 30, 2023

Added 6 new zip codes: 09118, 09296, 09424, 34071, 85144, 96506.
Dropped 21 deprecated zips: 01471, 09001, 09113, 09115, 09117, 09841, 09890, 11381, 33911, 34050, 34051, 34052, 34053, 34054, 43550, 55575, 55988, 80244, 91329, 91611, 91612.
Added age_over_18 and age_18_to_24 and age_over_65 fields.
Updated county relationships to incorporate changes in Connecticut.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.

1.82 - February 13, 2023

Added 13 new zip codes: 09117,09205,09288,09293,09294,09295,09980,09981,09982,09983,09984,34072,56963.
Dropped 2 deprecated zips: 01470,20635.
Updated to the 2021 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Added metdiv_fips and metdiv_name fields.

1.81 - September 27, 2022

Added 10 new zip codes: 09101,09179,09280,09281,09282,09284,09978,34009,34010,56964.
Dropped 7 deprecated zip: 07829,09125,09302,09313,18690,19371,90233.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.

1.80 - March 30, 2022

Added 9 new zip codes: 09516,09819,09835,56980,56981,56982,56983,56984,56985.
Dropped 1 deprecated zip: 80262..
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Updated to the 2020 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Switched to using 2020 Census ZCTA shapes for lat, lng and relationships.
Based county relationship on geography alone (not population).
Added housing_units field.

1.79 - November 30, 2021

Added no new zip codes
Dropped 1 deprecated zip: 90090..
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.

1.78 - August 10, 2021

Added 2 new zip codes: 09490, 09491.
Dropped 7 deprecated zips: 02266, 09090, 33662, 33663, 35468, 55460, 97258.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.

1.77 - April 27, 2021

Added 3 new zip codes: 09807, 85288, 96315.
Dropped 4 deprecated zips: 09616, 33661, 69190, 96501.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.

1.76 - February 24, 2021

Added 2 new zip codes: 09135, 09287.
Dropped 4 deprecated zips: 17883, 27621, 55165, 55175.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Fixed bug to improve county relationship fields.
Fixed bug in SQL file.

1.75 - January 21, 2021

Updated to 2019 American Community Survey data for most recent demographic variables.
No zips were added or removed.

1.74 - January 18, 2021

Added 3 new zip codes: 09291, 09292, 56973.
No zips were dropped.
Updated county relationship fields. Weighting now uses area when population weighting isn't available.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.
Added Metropolitan statistical area relationship fields: cbsa_fips, cbsa_name, cbsa_metro, csa_fips, csa_name.

1.73 - October 26, 2020

Added 1 new zip codes: 09410.
Dropped 8 deprecated zips: 09028, 09635, 31144, 32026, 32072, 32237, 32395, 54990.
Updated city, lat, lng as needed.

1.72 - July 30, 2020

Added 6 new zip codes: 09001, 09113, 09115, 09116, 34044, 56971.
Dropped 7 deprecated zip codes: 06814, 06816, 06817, 09308, 80251, 83230, 90899.
Updated zip code city names as needed.

1.71 - February 27, 2020

Added 2 new zip codes: 09178 09285.
Dropped 10 deprecated zip codes: 09054 19088 19089 40366 55392 96538.
Fixed one incorrectly geocoded zip code: 11249.

1.7 - January 20, 2020

Added 11 new zip codes:
09015 09103 09240 09242 09279 09283 09401 09514 09877 96311 96502.
Dropped 10 deprecated zip codes:
09101 09314 17583 19080 24468 34044 34278 54472 90834 90835.
Moved to the 2018 American Community Survey for most demographic variables.
Renamed all_county_weights to county_weights for brevity.
Provided county_name and county_fips for all zips (previously existed only for ZCTAs).
Added county_name_all and county_fips_all fields.
Switched source for population from older Census data to 2018 ACS.

1.6 - July 11, 2019

Added 38 new zip codes:
09101 09170 09171 09174 09175 09176 09241 09266 09276 09277 09278 09289 09290 09323 09456 09467 09487 09488 09489 09512 09901 09902 09903 09904 09908 09909 09910 09974 09975 09976 09977 11437 34044 34066 34067 34068 34069 72405 96539.
Dropped 4 deprecated zip codes:
17354 53789 62955 63182 97313.
Moved to the 2017 American Community Survey for most demographic variables.
Moved to the 2018 Census Bureau ZCTA data.
Moved to 5 digits of lat/lng precision when possible.
Tweaked a few errors manually.

1.5 - January 15, 2019

Added new zip codes and removed old ones.
Added dozens of demographic variables (age, education, income, etc) from the ACS and IRS.
Added new source to improve accuracy of edge cases.
Added timezone.
Split paid products into Comprehensive, Pro, Basic.

1.90 - January 23, 2024

Updated to the 2023 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.90 as an input.
Added 32 new places using 2023 Census Bureau data.

1.79 - May 6, 2024

Updated county, csa, and cbsa relationships using 2023 Census Bureau data (notice).
Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.85 as an input.
No places were added or removed in this update.

1.78 - January 30, 2024

Updated to the 2022 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.84 as an input.
No places were added or removed in this update.

1.77 - November 12, 2023

Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.83 as an input.
Updated US County names and relationships using 2022 Census Bureau data.
Added 45 new populated places using 2022 Census Bureau data.
Updated population (urban population) data using 2022 ACS data for urban areas (1-year estimate).
Removed six duplicate places.
Added age_over_18 and age_18_to_24 and age_over_65 fields.

1.76 - January 31, 2023

Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.81 as an input.
Updated to 2021 American Community Survey (5-year estimate) data for most recent demographic variables.
Added 4 new places from the USGS.
Removed one place that was a USGS error.

1.75 - May 11, 2022

Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.80 as an input.
Updated to 2020 American Community Survey (5-year estimate) data for most recent demographic variables.
Added 201 new places using 2020 Census data.
Updated place shapes using 2020 Census data.
Updated county relationships using area overlap.
Added cdp to note Census Designated Places.

1.74 - August 13, 2021

Minor update. Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.78 as an input.

1.73 - January 31, 2021

Updated zips field using the US Zips v1.75 as an input.
Updated to 2019 American Community Survey data for most recent demographic variables.
Added Metropolitan statistical area relationship fields: cbsa_fips, cbsa_name, cbsa_metro, csa_fips, csa_name.
No cities were added or removed.

1.72 - November 18, 2020

Minor revision to update zips field using the US Zips v1.73 as an input.
No cities were added or removed.

1.71 - September 14, 2020

Minor revision of 1.7 to fix some inconsistent ids and duplicate town entries.

1.7 - September 4, 2020

Switched to 2018 ACS demographic data.
Added township data for PA.
Fixed bug with minor towns on state lines.
Manually added some minor rural places previously excluded.
Switched to 2019 Census Bureau shapes for places and ZCTAs.
Used July 2020 input data from the USGS.
Used updated zip code data from July 2020.
Added "Township" suffix when a township shares a name with another city in the same state.

1.6 - September 11, 2019

Split paid products into Comprehensive, Pro, Basic.
Added dozens of demographic variables (age, education, income, etc) from the ACS.
Added tens of thousands of new less significant populated places.
Added townships that are functionality equivalent to towns in the Northeast.
Added county_name_all and county_fips_all to better account for cities that span counties.
Filtered out insignificant places with the same name as prominent places in the same state.

1.5 - March 28, 2019

Added and removed places using new Census and USPS data.
Fixed truncation error in SQL script.

1.4 - April 16, 2018

Rewrote merging code to improve coverage and accuracy.
Added and removed places.
Added fields density, timezone and incorporated.

1.3 - July, 2017

Added and removed places and zips.
Replaced population with population and population_proper.
Added field id.

1.1 - February 23, 2017

Initial release.

1.90 - January 24, 2025

Updated to the 2023 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Updated zip relationships.
Updated city relationships.
Updated BLS data.

1.75 - May 26, 2024

Updated to use 2023 Census Bureau county names and shapes.
Updated zip relationships.
Updated city relationships.
Updated BLS data.

1.74 - February 2, 2024

Updated to the 2022 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Updated zip relationships.
Updated city relationships.
Updated BLS data.
Changed county equivalents in Connecticut (resulting in a net gain of 1 county).

1.73 - February 15, 2023

Updated to the 2021 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Updated zip relationships.
Updated city relationships.
Updated BLS data.

1.72 - May 13, 2022

Updated to the 2020 American Community Survey (5-yr est.) data for most recent demographic variables.
Updated zip relationships.
Updated city relationships.
Updated BLS data.
Incorporated split of Valdez-Cordova Census Area into Copper River Census Area and Chugach Census Area.

1.71 - August 11, 2021

Added county_full to make it easier to distinguish between Counties and County cities of the same name in the same state.
Updated zip relationships.
Updated BLS data.

1.7 - February 23, 2021

Initial release.
Relationships based on US Zips v1.76 and US Cities v1.73.

2.0 - November 7, 2024

Added 4,687 neighborhods on net to the database.
Added neighborhood shapes for 48 new cities.
Updated geographical relationship data (zips/county).

1.9 - April 23, 2024

Added 3,138 neighborhods on net to the database.
Added neighborhood shapes for 43 new cities.
Updated geographical relationship data (zips/county).

1.81 - January 26, 2024

Minor update to fix id errors and remove duplicate entries.

1.8 - May 8, 2023

Added 6,745 new neighborhoods to the database.
Added neighborhood shapes for 74 new cities.
Fixed a few corrupted neighborhood names.
Updated geographical relationship data (zips/county).

1.7 - October 14, 2021

Initial release.

1.8 - August 27, 2023

Updated all demographic fields to use 2021 Census data from Statistics Canada.
Disaggregated income_household_150_over into income_household_150_to_200 and income_household_200_over.
Updated relational fields of timezone and postal based on current entity shapes.
Dropped 1 place (insignificant with name conflict) and added 31 new places.

1.7 - August 26, 2020

Initial release.
id's consistent with World Cities Database.
Substantial demographic data added from Statistics Canada.

1.77 - March 19, 2024

Added new places and dropped insignificant places with close proximity name conflicts. On net, 39,177 places were removed.
Increased population coverage by 10% (from 386K places to 426K places).
Updated population data when possible.
Updated density values to improve results in coastal areas.
Updated admin areas around the world as needed.
Removed the sole place in XS (Spratly Islands) due to lack of inhabitants.

1.76 - March 31, 2023

Added 36,241 new places to the database on net.
Increased population coverage by 88% (from 204K places to 386K places).
Updated admin areas around the world as needed
Broke out BQ out from NL as its own unit. Kept ids consistent.
Fixed a few population errors.
Fixed a few improperly formed ids.
Added improved testing to catch errors prior to release.

1.75 - March 18, 2022

Added 60,591 new places to the database on net.
Added improved population coverage.
Updated admin areas in Chile.
Fixed a few population errors.

1.74 - July 23, 2021

Added 19,892 new places to the database on net.
Substantially improved population coverage around the world.

1.73 - Novemeber 25, 2020

Minor update to add Vatican City, previously considered an admin area.
No other rows were added or removed.

1.72 - Novemeber 17, 2020

Adjusted naming of Russian cities to better match international standards.
Fixed a few population errors in Russia and Mexico.
No rows were added or removed.

1.71 - October 14, 2020

Minor revision to remove leading and trailing whitespace from names.
Added missing city in Switzerland.

1.7 - October 8, 2020

Added and removed global places.
Removed duplicate places that existed in primary source.
Incorporated the new Canada Cities database.
Added admin_name_ascii and same_name fields.
Supplemented population data with new sources with particular improvements in: GB, AU, FR, MX, XK.

1.6 - December 4, 2019

Added and removed global places.
Incorporated much improved US Cities database.

1.5 - April 11, 2019

Added and removed places.

1.4 - August 28, 2018

Rewrote merging code to improve coverage and accuracy.
Added and removed places.
Added fields city_alt, timezone, ranking.
Renamed admin to admin_name to avoid conflict in MySQL.

1.3 - June 27, 2017

Added and removed places.
Replaced population with population and population_proper.

1.2 - March 29, 2017

Added and removed places.

1.1 - February 2, 2017

Added and removed places.

1.0 - December 2016

Created and tested internally.