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What is the zip code for places in
Alaska
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Listed numerically by zip code
Zip code | Name | Area Code(s)
99501 Anchorage
99502 Anchorage
99503 Anchorage
99504 Anchorage
99505 Anch
99505 Anchorage
99505 Fort Richardson
99506 Anchorage
99506 Elmendorf AFB
99507 Anchorage
99508 Anchorage
99509 Anchorage
99510 Anchorage
99511 Anchorage
99513 Anchorage
99514 Anchorage
99515 Anchorage
99516 Anchorage
99517 Anchorage
99518 Anchorage
99519 Anchorage
99520 Anchorage
99521 Anchorage
99522 Anchorage
99523 Anchorage
99524 Anchorage
99529 Anchorage
99530 Anchorage
99540 Anchorage
99540 Indian
99545 Kongiganak
99545 Kwigillingok
99546 Adak
99546 Cold Bay
99547 Atka
99547 Unalaska
99548 Chignik
99548 Chignik Lake
99549 King Salmon
99549 Port Heiden
99550 Port Lions
99551 Akiachak
99552 Akiak
99553 Akutan
99554 Alakanuk
99555 Aleknagik
99556 Anchor Point
99556 Nikolaevsk
99557 Aniak
99557 Chuathbaluk
99557 Stony River
99558 Anvik
99559 Atmautluak
99559 Bethel
99559 Napaskiak
99559 Newtok
99561 Chefornak
99563 Chevak
99564 Chignik
99565 Chignik Lagoon
99566 Chitina
99567 Chugiak
99568 Clam Gulch
99569 Clarks Point
99571 Adak
99571 Cold Bay
99571 Nelson Lagoon
99572 Cooper Landing
99572 Cooper Lndg
99573 Copper Center
99574 Chenega Bay
99574 Cordova
99575 Crooked Creek
99576 Dillingham
99576 Koliganek
99576 Twin Hills
99577 Eagle River
99578 Eek
99579 Egegik
99580 Ekwok
99581 Emmonak
99583 False Pass
99585 Marshall
99586 Gakona
99586 Gulkana
99586 Miers Lake
99586 Slana
99587 Girdwood
99588 Glennallen
99589 Goodnews Bay
99590 Grayling
99591 Saint George
99591 Saint George Island
99591 Saint Paul Island
99591 Saint Paul Isle
99599 Anchorage
99602 Holy Cross
99603 English Bay
99603 Fritz Creek
99603 Halibut Cove
99603 Homer
99603 Nanwalek
99603 Port Graham
99604 Hooper Bay
99605 Hope
99606 Iliamna
99606 Kokhanok
99606 Kokhonak
99607 Kalskag
99608 Karluk
99609 Kasigluk
99610 Kasilof
99611 Kenai
99612 King Cove
99613 Igiugig
99613 King Salmon
99614 Kipnuk
99615 Akhiok
99615 Chiniak
99615 Kodiak
99619 Kodiak
99619 Uscgs
99620 Kotlik
99621 Kwethluk
99622 Kwigillingok
99624 Larsen Bay
99625 Levelock
99626 Lower Kalskag
99627 Mc Grath
99627 McGrath
99628 Manokotak
99629 Meadow Lake
99629 Wasilla
99630 Mekoryuk
99631 Moose Pass
99632 Mountain Village
99633 Naknek
99634 Napakiak
99635 Kenai
99635 Nikishka
99635 Nikiski
99636 New Stuyahok
99637 Bethel
99637 Toksook Bay
99638 Nikolski
99639 Ninilchik
99640 Nondalton
99641 Nunapitchuk
99643 Old Harbor
99644 Ouzinkie
99645 Palmer
99647 Iliamna
99647 Pedro Bay
99648 Perryville
99649 Pilot Point
99650 Pilot Station
99651 Platinum
99652 Big Lake
99652 Wasilla
99653 Port Alsworth
99654 Wasilla
99655 Quinhagak
99656 Red Devil
99657 Russian Mission
99658 Saint Marys
99659 Saint Michael
99660 Saint Paul Island
99660 Saint Paul Isle
99661 Sand Point
99662 Scammon Bay
99663 Seldovia
99664 Seward
99665 Shageluk
99666 Nunam Iqua
99667 Skwentna
99668 Sleetmute
99669 Soldotna
99670 South Naknek
99671 Stebbins
99672 Sterling
99674 Chickaloon
99674 Sutton
99675 Mc Grath
99675 Takotna
99676 Talkeetna
99677 Cordova
99677 Tatitlek
99678 Togiak
99679 Bethel
99679 Tuluksak
99680 Bethel
99680 Tuntutuliak
99681 Tununak
99682 Tyonek
99683 Trapper Creek
99683 Willow
99684 Unalakleet
99685 Unalaska
99686 Valdez
99687 Wasilla
99688 Willow
99689 Yakutat
99690 Bethel
99690 Nightmute
99691 Mc Grath
99691 Nikolai
99692 Dutch Harbor
99692 Unalaska
99693 Girdwood
99693 Whittier
99694 Houston
99694 Wasilla
99695 Anchorage
99697 Kodiak
99701 Coldfoot
99701 Fairbanks
99702 Eielson AFB
99702 Fairbanks
99703 Fort Wainwright
99704 Clear
99704 Nenana
99705 Fairbanks
99705 North Pole
99706 Fairbanks
99707 Fairbanks
99708 Fairbanks
99709 Fairbanks
99710 Fairbanks
99710 Steese
99711 Badger
99711 Fairbanks
99712 Fairbanks
99714 Fairbanks
99714 Salcha
99716 Fairbanks
99716 Two Rivers
99720 Allakaket
99721 Anaktuvuk
99721 Anaktuvuk Pass
99722 Arctic Village
99723 Barrow
99724 Beaver
99725 Ester
99726 Bettles
99726 Bettles Field
99727 Buckland
99729 Cantwell
99730 Central
99731 Delta Jct
99731 Delta Junction
99731 Fort Greely
99732 Chicken
99733 Circle
99734 Barrow
99734 Prudhoe Bay
99736 Deering
99737 Delta Jct
99737 Delta Junction
99737 Dot Lake
99738 Eagle
99739 Elim
99740 Fort Yukon
99741 Galena
99742 Gambell
99743 Healy
99744 Anderson
99744 Nenana
99745 Hughes
99746 Huslia
99747 Kaktovik
99748 Kaltag
99749 Kiana
99750 Kivalina
99751 Kobuk
99752 Kotzebue
99753 Koyuk
99754 Koyukuk
99755 Denali National Park
99755 Denali Park
99755 Healy
99756 Manley Hot Springs
99756 Manley Springs
99757 Lake Minchumina
99758 Minto
99759 Barrow
99759 Point Lay
99760 Nenana
99761 Noatak
99762 Diomede
99762 Golovin
99762 Little Diomede
99762 Nome
99763 Noorvik
99764 Northway
99765 Nulato
99766 Point Hope
99767 Fairbanks
99767 Rampart
99768 Ruby
99769 Savoonga
99770 Selawik
99771 Shaktoolik
99772 Shishmaref
99773 Shungnak
99774 Stevens Village
99775 Fairbanks
99776 Tanacross
99776 Tok
99777 Tanana
99778 Teller
99780 Mentasta Lake
99780 Tok
99781 Venetie
99782 Wainwright
99783 Wales
99784 White Mountain
99785 Brevig Mission
99786 Ambler
99788 Chalkyitsik
99788 Fort Yukon
99789 Barrow
99789 Nuiqsut
99790 Fairbanks
99791 Atqasuk
99791 Barrow
99801 Juneau
99802 Juneau
99803 Juneau
99811 Juneau
99812 Juneau
99812 State of Alaska
99820 Angoon
99821 Auke Bay
99821 Juneau
99824 Douglas
99824 Juneau
99825 Elfin Cove
99826 Gustavus
99827 Haines
99829 Hoonah
99830 Kake
99832 Pelican
99833 Petersburg
99835 Sitka
99836 Port Alexander
99836 Prt Alexander
99836 Sitka
99840 Skagway
99841 Tenakee Springs
99850 Juneau
99901 Edna Bay
99901 Kasaan
99901 Ketchikan
99901 Naukati Bay
99903 Ketchikan
99903 Meyers Chuck
99918 Coffman Cove
99918 Ketchikan
99919 Ketchikan
99919 Thorne Bay
99921 Craig
99922 Hydaburg
99923 Hyder
99925 Klawock
99926 Metlakatla
99927 Point Baker
99928 Ward Cove
99929 Wrangell
99950 Edna Bay
99950 Kasaan
99950 Ketchikan
Why is zip code data on an environmental science site?
In 2002 I was working on a project that correlated pollution and income for zip codes across the United States. Visitors told me the data files were very useful so I left them on the site and now update the postal information on a periodic basis even though the focus of the site is conservation.
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Economic crisis threatens conservation programs and endangered species, an interview with Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect
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Are we on the brink of saving rainforests?
(07/22/2009) Until now saving rainforests seemed like an impossible mission. But the world is now warming to the idea that a proposed solution to help address climate change could offer a new way to unlock the value of forest without cutting it down.Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, members of the Surui tribe are developing a scheme that will reward them for protecting their rainforest home from encroachment by ranchers and illegal loggers. The project, initiated by the Surui themselves, will bring jobs as park guards and deliver health clinics, computers, and schools that will help youths retain traditional knowledge and cultural ties to the forest. Surprisingly, the states of California, Wisconsin and Illinois may finance the endeavor as part of their climate change mitigation programs.
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