Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
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ZIP codes starting with 288

ZIP codes
11
States
NC
Largest city
Asheville, NC
Population
137,611

The first three digits of a ZIP code identify a sectional center facility — the postal processing plant that sorts mail for the area. It is a mail-routing grouping, not an administrative boundary.

Every ZIP code in 288xx

ZIP codes starting with 288
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28801 Asheville , NC Standard 14,691 $58,438 $548,100
28802 Asheville , NC No street area — — —
28803 Asheville , NC Standard 33,718 $76,662 $452,900
28804 Asheville , NC Standard 25,776 $88,312 $566,000
28805 Asheville , NC Standard 19,993 $75,151 $412,500
28806 Asheville , NC Standard 43,433 $63,273 $359,200
28810 Asheville , NC No street area — — —
28813 Asheville , NC No street area — — —
28814 Asheville , NC No street area — — —
28815 Asheville , NC No street area — — —
28816 Asheville , NC No street area — — —

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