| City: | Albany, New York |
| Names to Avoid: | Nys Tax Processing Ctr |
| County: | Albany County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 4:02:32 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 518 / 838 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 42.6525, -73.7567 |
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The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance operates the State Processing Center under dedicated ZIP code 12261 in Albany County. Tax returns mailed to PO Box 61000, Albany NY 12261-0001 are processed at this facility, handling personal income tax returns, payments, and refund requests for millions of New York taxpayers. The department is headquartered at the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany and enforces tax law through the Office of Tax Enforcement. This postal designation has served the tax processing center for over two decades.
No ZIP+4 building records or Census demographic data are available for this processing center designation, typical for mail-only postal assignments. The State Processing Center handles high volumes of tax correspondence throughout the year, with peak activity during filing season. Albany is the valid mailing city for tax return submissions.
ZIP Code 12261 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 12261 is located in Albany County, New York, within the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10580). This Metro area has a population of 902,372 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 12261. 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: | 902,372Source: Census |
| MSA: | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 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 12261 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are 0 public schools with a nearby mailing address, but we have located 5 public schools nearby. There are however 1 private school(s). 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 January 1, 2026.