United States Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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United States Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in United States. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
United States - Address Format
An address format in United States contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House number and street name
- City Name, State Code, ZIP Code (5 digits)
- Country – UNITED STATES (in all caps)
John Smith
117 Richardson St SE
Atlanta GA 30312
UNITED STATES
United States Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
1518 Hellings Ave
Richmond CA 94801
UNITED STATES
Example 2:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20500
UNITED STATES
Postal and Country Information for United States
| Country/territory name | United States | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: US ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: USA ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 840 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 54 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | ZIP code | |||||
| Postal code format | 99999 | |||||
| Population | 321 340 178 | |||||
| Total land area | 10 423 449km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for United States Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate United States addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for United States, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities, State Codes and ZIP Codes in United States
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities, State Codes and ZIP Codes in United States
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in United States segmented by ZIP code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in United States using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Post Town column to validate City names
- ISO2 column to validate State codes
- Postcode column to validate ZIP codes
Explore our United States address database.