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Article #68: The Time Dimension: Presented Versus 1991 Zip Codes

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An important object to keep in mind about downward trend in the population of 63301
ZIP code finder is that they change over since 1980, when in fact just the
time. In some cases these change can be opposite is true.
quite amazing, but more frequently they What the world really needs to deal with
are small and subtle. When a ZIP code ZIP code natural features properly is a
changes its definition it does not change large geographic equivalence organizer
its name like a census zone. The ZIP code linking ZIP code finder to other relevant
that was called '63301' in St. Charles geographies with a time aspect. Instead,
County, Mo in 1985 has since been broken what we have is such an equivalence file
into first two and now three ZIP codes. that relates ZIP codes to geographic
These new codes were not called 63301.01, entities primarily used for taking the
63301.02 and 63301.03; they were called 1990 census. This file uses ZIP codes as
63301, 63303 and 63304. So what is they were defined around July of 1991.
referred to as 63301 today represent What we are referring to here is the ZIP
about a third of the area that it CODE FINDER DATABASE and the
referred to in 1985. The new code 63303 corresponding Braintech web application
did not exist 12 years ago and it has for programming script which we'll be
already changed its definition so that it discussion about in more detail is visit
now represents about partially of the you site. For now, what we want to
area it included when it was to begin emphasize is that when we talk about ZIP
with created. What this means, of course, codes we really need to keep a time
is that ZIP codes are really terrible reference in mind. Just as when you work
units for doing any kind of time-series with census tracts you need to know
analysis unless you have some way of whether you mean 1980 or 1990 tracts, or
keeping track of all the changes over when you are talking about the countries
time. Otherwise, you may wind up of Europe -- time is an important
concluding that there has been a dramatic dimension.






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