By Barry Curtis
We say a hearty thank you Robert Moon for creating the Zoning Improvement Plan (ZIP) or zip code. In 2001, Moon died at the age of 83 in Leesburg, FL where the zip code is 34748.
What Moon created will be with us for generations to come with an invention not only impacting the movement of mail, but has touched so much in our lives. Zip codes tell the story of our lives and can predict the fortunes or miss-fortunes yet to come.
The most violent U.S. zip code is found in Chicago, Illinois’s zip code 60612. You have a 1 in 4 chance of being a victim of violent crime, such as rape or murder. That should be reason enough motivation to encourage someone to move over a few zip codes. Recently Rev. Al Sharpton announced plans to relocate to Chicago. That may be a second reason to move.
The zip code with the highest income per capita is Montchanin, Delaware with the zip code 19710. Montchanin has an average income of $654,485. According to 2010 Census, there are only 68 residents in the town.
The lowest salaries and wages are recoded in the Andover, Massachusetts (05501). These numbers are based on tax returns showing an average of $2,000 a year in salaries and wages.
It is clear a zip code can determine your longevity. For example, men living in Fairfax county of Virginia have a life expectancy of 82 years in zip code 22030. The life expectancy is not so great just next door in McDowell County, West Virginia (24811) where one can expect to die at the age of 63.9 years old.
The largest population of people within a single zip code is Caguas, Puerto Rico (00725) with a human count of 144,024 stamp licking folks.
The most popular zip code is of course Beverly Hills, California with a population of 21,495 sharing the zip code of 90210. Thanks in large measure to pop culture the zip code alone seems to suggest influence and wealth.
The United States Congress has its own zip code in Washington, D.C. at 20515. My congressman is Pete Sessions, but I won’t be writing him.
Some people are too famous for zip codes. Santa Claus doesn’t need one for the North Pole. The Rev. Billy Graham was so popular at one point to send a letter to him, you simply needed to address your envelope to Billy Graham, North Carolina and he would receive it. By the way, that zip code is 28282.
There are many Americans alive today born before there were zip codes. The system only came into popular use in the late 40s and 50s. Zip codes allow us to specifically narrow a place where a letter or a person can originate from. Or where we can send a letter or a person can travel to.
I was born is Kanas City, Missouri where the zip code is 64012.
Mr. President what zip code were you born in? Send us out a letter from the White House and let us know. By the way the zip code to the White House is 20500.
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