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City

Human-readable city name associated with the vendor's ZIP code in the award record. It is the locality label tied to the postal code, not a separate geographic control field.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/ZIPCode/city
Description
Human-readable city name associated with the vendor's ZIP code in the award record. It is the locality label tied to the postal code, not a separate geographic control field.
Business Meaning
Useful for locating vendor sites, validating address data, and grouping awards by geographic market or metropolitan area. It supports analyses of vendor concentration, regional sourcing patterns, and address quality checks when combined with ZIP, state, or country fields.
Example Value
ORADELL
Observed Non-Null Count
109,883,854

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/ZIPCode/city
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/ZIPCode/city' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Vendor location reporting
  • Geographic rollups by city
  • Address normalization and validation

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming it uniquely identifies a vendor location
  • Using it without ZIP or state when matching or deduplicating addresses

Query Guidance

Use exact-match or normalized text comparisons when filtering by city, and combine with ZIP code and state for more reliable geographic grouping. In SQL, prefer trimming and uppercasing before comparisons, and avoid using this field alone as a join key.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__ZIPCode__city IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.