Return list of zip codes by frequency

[Scott_Brasted]

Suppose you have a series of records that include zip codes. There may be many of one zip code and a few of a bunch of others. How do I get a list of the frequency of these zip codes? So 14757 occurs 6 times and 14722 occurs 9 times and 20021 occurs 3 times, etc. I want to get a list of the zip codes by how often they occur and if possible a count of that frequency.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Scott

[TheTimeSavingCo]

Ah, try:
1. Create a new table called "Zip Codes"
2. In your main table, create a linked field to "Zip Codes"
3. Click the "Zip" field header in your main table so that the whole column is selected
4. Hit CMD / CTRL + C
5. In your main table, click the field header of the linked field to "Zip Codes"
6. Hit CMD / CTRL + V
  - This will create one record per unique zip code in "Zip Codes"
7. In "Zip Codes", create a "Count" field

This should do what you want I think!

[Scott_Brasted · Accepted solution]

Well, what do you know? Thanks! One followup, should this self update or do I need to repeat this every time I need this list? It changes everyday.I followed your instructions and I got the list I asked for, but whenI made 2 additions to the list, it did not change the new table. Is this expected and is there a way to force it to update?

By the way, I had to use Cmd V, not Cmd P. Thanks

[TheTimeSavingCo · Accepted solution]

It doesn't self update I'm afraid.  For situations like this I usually just set up an automation to handle it for me, so in your context it'd just trigger whenever the Zip lookup field is populated and the linked field isn't.   Depends on how the data's getting input into your table though

Ah, thanks for that comment about the CMD + P thing, I've fixed it in the original post!  Not sure what happened to my brain there heh