A given Zip Code can potentially be in more than one US state, since they are 
based on delivery routes.


On November 6, 2014 10:32:19 PM CST, "Shawn K. Quinn" <skqu...@rushpost.com> 
wrote:
>On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 04:17 +0000, Elliott Plack wrote:
>> Before the state showed up in iD, I had assumed someone could just
>> easily derive the US state from the postal code. 
>
>Usually, yes, but that introduces a dependence on third party data
>(USPS) that really should not be there. That, and it can be cumbersome.
>
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