This is a d3.js visualization of US zip codes.
Original zip code dataset from Geocommons.
5MB shapefile with properties such as zipcode, state, name, population, area, more.
http://geocommons.com/overlays/54893 (Thank you Bill Greer)
This converts it nicely:
topojson \
-p name=PO_NAME \
-p zip=ZIP \
-p state=STATE \
-o zips_us_topo.json \
zip_codes_for_the_usa.shp
Hey everyone - sorry - I never saw comments on this gist until just now. Unfortunately I don't know where any updated data is now. If you find it please post it here.