| City: | Albany, New York |
| County: | Albany County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:43:10 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 518 / 838 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.7452, -73.8103 |
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Street delivery exists but it's minimal. Two city carrier routes serve Hudson Avenue, which accounts for 126 delivery records. That's the only street with carrier service in this ZIP. Most mail activity centers on the PO Box operation and business deliveries rather than residential addresses.
Only Hudson Avenue receives carrier delivery in this downtown Albany ZIP. The single-street pattern reflects this ZIP's role as a PO Box facility rather than a residential delivery zone.
ZIP Code 12201 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 26 business establishments, employing about 780 people with an annual payroll of $55,562,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 939Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 26Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $14,670,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $55,562,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 780Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 12201 is located in Albany County, New York, within the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10580) and New York's 20th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 870,716 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 12201. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NYSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 10580Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 870,716Source: Census |
| MSA: | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 20Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1231.28 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3601000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Albany city; New YorkSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 12201 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.