Are there freely available equivalents to the HUD crosswalk data (zip code to county/census mapping) that go back farther in time?

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The US Department of Housing and Urban Development provides crosswalk data sets that map zip codes to Census tracts, counties, etc. and vice versa. Unfortunately these data only go back to 2010, and use different definitions (2000 Census vs 2010 Census) after a certain point, so I may have to convert these Census divisions anyway (as this question talks about).

Are there any freely available datasets that contain zip code to census tract and/or county mappings (or vice versa) going back farther than 2010? I've read of proprietary datasets that do this in journal articles, but I haven't found anything open and free.

I looked around t see if somebody had archived the 2000 version of the file before HUD stopped making it available. No luck. — Andrew - OpenGeoCode, Sep 11 '14 at 19:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '14 at 03:39

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although zctas and zip codes are not perfect equivalents, they are pretty close.

you can generate any conceivable crosswalk with census 2010, 2000, or 1990 geographies here:

http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/geocorr12.html

http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/geocorr2k.html

http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/geocorr90.shtml

answered Sep 12 '14 at 03:39

Anthony Damico

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It looks like these crosswalks use USPS zip codes (postal zip codes), which is what I need, not zip code tabulation areas, so this is perfect! Now I just need it for all the years in between... – Michael A Sep 15 '14 at 20:48
Are you sure this is USPS zip codes and not ZCTAs in the mcdc? I'm pretty sure it's ZCTAs... – Ariel Karlinsky Nov 08 '16 at 16:34
mcdc has zctas not zip codes http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/maggot12.shtml#zip – Anthony Damico Nov 08 '16 at 18:08

Are there freely available equivalents to the HUD crosswalk data (zip code to county/census mapping) that go back farther in time?

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