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by vaporstun 5962 days ago
That will be useful for narrowing down the states, but it doesn't actually convert zip code to state.

It just converts first digit of zip code to list of states to which it could apply.

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There is no exact way to pump it out. No part of the Zip code actually comes down to a city.

  [#][##][##]
  [State][County/Parish][Area]
Instead you should be giving your users a choice made on exact facts instead of probabilities.