PLACES: ZCTA Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2024 release

This dataset contains model-based ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level estimates in GIS-friendly format. PLACES covers the entire United States—50 states and the District of Columbia—at county, place, census tract, and ZIP Code Tabulation Area levels. It provides information uniformly on this large scale for local areas at four geographic levels. Estimates were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. PLACES was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. Data sources used to generate these model-based estimates are Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2022 or 2021 data, Census Bureau 2020 population counts, and American Community Survey (ACS) 2018–2022 estimates. The 2024 release uses 2022 BRFSS data for 36 measures and 2021 BRFSS data for 4 measures (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cholesterol screening, and taking medicine for high blood pressure control among those with high blood pressure) that the survey collects data on every other year. These data can be joined with the Census 2021 ZCTA boundary file in a GIS system to produce maps for 40 measures at the ZCTA level. An ArcGIS Online feature service is also available for users to make maps online or to add data to desktop GIS software. https://cdcarcgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3b7221d4e47740cab9235b839fa55cd7

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
describedBy https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/dataset/PLACES-ZCTA-Data-GIS-Friendly-Format-2020-release/kee5-23sr
identifier https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/kee5-23sr
issued 2024-08-23
landingPage http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dph/
license http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/
modified 2024-08-23
programCode {009:020}
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
references {https://www.cdc.gov/places/measure-definitions/index.html}
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash b82d35060508cb862d3dc5e8dbc9757aa543e09dcea61754f8f542468073003a
source_schema_version 1.1
theme {"500 Cities & Places"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • behaviors
  • disability
  • gis
  • health
  • outcomes
  • places
  • prevalence
  • prevention
  • risk
  • status
  • zcta
  • zip-code
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer PLACES Public Inquiries
maintainer_email places@cdc.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-25T00:13:01.861224
metadata_modified 2025-09-25T00:13:01.861234
notes This dataset contains model-based ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level estimates in GIS-friendly format. PLACES covers the entire United States—50 states and the District of Columbia—at county, place, census tract, and ZIP Code Tabulation Area levels. It provides information uniformly on this large scale for local areas at four geographic levels. Estimates were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. PLACES was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. Data sources used to generate these model-based estimates are Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2022 or 2021 data, Census Bureau 2020 population counts, and American Community Survey (ACS) 2018–2022 estimates. The 2024 release uses 2022 BRFSS data for 36 measures and 2021 BRFSS data for 4 measures (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cholesterol screening, and taking medicine for high blood pressure control among those with high blood pressure) that the survey collects data on every other year. These data can be joined with the Census 2021 ZCTA boundary file in a GIS system to produce maps for 40 measures at the ZCTA level. An ArcGIS Online feature service is also available for users to make maps online or to add data to desktop GIS software. https://cdcarcgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3b7221d4e47740cab9235b839fa55cd7
num_resources 4
num_tags 20
title PLACES: ZCTA Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2024 release