Map of the United States by 3-digit ZIP code area, one number per area, with the state borders

About this template

Data: one row per 3-digit ZIP prefix (902 for Los Angeles — keep leading zeros, so 010 not 10) and a number. 5-digit ZIP codes must be grouped to their first three digits first. An area with no row stays grey; white gaps inside the map are land with no ZIP code at all (parks, military land, desert). State borders are drawn on top. Same design as the state and county maps, so the three can sit side by side.

A choropleth map of the 3-digit ZIP code areas of the United States (894 areas, with Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico as insets), each region filled by one number from your data (the "income" column). The borders of the US states and Puerto Rico are drawn on top of the regions in dark navy blue, 0.5 units wide, so the finer regions read inside their larger units.

A sequential colour scale from pale blue for the smallest values to deep navy blue for the largest; pinned to 40000 to 150000, so values beyond the ends take the end colour and the colour bar says ≤ and ≥; a gradient colour bar below the map, with its labels underneath; values formatted as USD amounts, in compact form (1.2k, 3.4M), 0 decimals; on a white canvas (#ffffff) with near-black text — a light theme; 0.25-unit hairline outlines between regions.

The title and description are left-aligned above the chart. Font: Inter (the default); a source line with a link sits at the bottom, with the chartlink badge in the corner.

Data: 2 columns — zip3 (string, "ZIP prefix (3 digits)"), income (number, "Average AGI per return ($)") — and 885 rows in the example "Average income per tax return by ZIP code area, 2021". Regions are named by 3-digit ZIP prefixes; a region with no row stays unfilled in grey, and an unknown code fails loudly with the nearest matches. Your data keeps the same column ids and every other setting comes from the template; an agent can change any of them.

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