U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC PLACES (ZCTA)
Description
The same 36 measures aggregated to the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) grain — the Census Bureau's approximate ZIP-code geography used by all ZIP-keyed analyses. ZCTA is a 5-digit string (zero-padded), which matches the format used by ZIP-keyed partners (Dwellsy, Climate Risk, etc.) with ~95 % fidelity; the remaining slop is handled by the HUD ZIP↔ZCTA crosswalk. ~32.5K rows per release covering all U.S. ZCTAs.
Licensing and redistribution. CDC publishes PLACES in the public domain (the dataset's license field on data.cdc.gov reads "Public Domain"; CDC's general policy states most CDC material "is not subject to copyright, is in the public domain, and may be freely used or reproduced without obtaining copyright permission"). Attribution: Source: CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health. Use of this data does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Citation
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2026). CDC PLACES (ZCTA) [Dataset]. Dewey Data. https://doi.org/10.82551/2FC2-2F24