Date:         Mon, 20 Jan 1997 11:29:30 +0000
Reply-To:     "Keith J. Brown" <kjb@GA.UNC.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Keith J. Brown" <kjb@GA.UNC.EDU>
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Subject:      Re: FIPS not working with SAS 6.11
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Allen,
   The U.S. Census Bureau has a file containing zipcodes with their
corresponding city, county, and state identifiers, as well as
longitude and latitude.  Point your web browser to
 
http://tiger.census.gov/places.html  or
anonymous FTP to
www.census.gov/pub/tiger/tms/gazetteer.
 
and look for "zip.zip", "zip.gz", or "zip.txt" (depending on what
format you would like.  There is a codebook of sorts at the web
address.
 
Good luck,
Keith
 
 
 
Allen J. Michielsen wrote:
>
> I have a big project which requires 3 digit county FIPS codes.
> No problem me thinks, 3 digit FIPS codes from 5 digit ZIP codes
> is a built in function.
> Now, I use it, and on checking the output discover the codes are
> all the 2 digit State codes, instead of the 3 digit county codes.
> I call SAS Support and get the answer that SAS was unable to keep
> up with the rate of changes, so they removed the county functionality.
> However, they do have a phone number you can but this information from
> the government ...
>
> I'm stuck, and I need help.  Is this available from somewhere else, like
> immediately, and at agood price. (free?).
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> p.s.  Please email, as I am fighting with the firewall at my new job.
> michiea@hlthsrc.com   or amichiel@servtech.com
>
> THANKS
> al