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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Most Densely Populated ZIP Codes in North Carolina

What this measures. People per square mile of land area. Source: Census American Community Survey and Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County People per sq mi
1 28359 Lumberton Robeson 17,898
2 27268 High Point Guilford 15,641
3 28274 Charlotte Mecklenburg 12,661
4 27110 Winston-Salem Forsyth 11,918
5 27411 Greensboro Guilford 10,615
6 27412 Greensboro Guilford 10,286
7 28202 Charlotte Mecklenburg 9,786
8 27109 Winston-Salem Forsyth 9,286
9 28758 Mountain Home Henderson 8,200
10 27695 Raleigh Wake 7,878
11 27202 Altamahaw Alamance 7,500
12 27708 Durham Durham 7,461
13 28223 Charlotte Mecklenburg 7,273
14 27605 Raleigh Wake 6,139
15 28203 Charlotte Mecklenburg 6,010
16 27601 Raleigh Wake 5,448
17 28204 Charlotte Mecklenburg 5,283
18 27701 Durham Durham 4,723
19 28212 Charlotte Mecklenburg 4,621
20 28209 Charlotte Mecklenburg 4,431
21 27533 Goldsboro Wayne 4,397
22 28205 Charlotte Mecklenburg 4,380
23 27510 Carrboro Orange 4,337
24 28207 Charlotte Mecklenburg 3,921
25 27403 Greensboro Guilford 3,915
26 28017 Boiling Springs Cleveland 3,855
27 27506 Buies Creek Harnett 3,854
28 28210 Charlotte Mecklenburg 3,818
29 27401 Greensboro Guilford 3,783
30 27608 Raleigh Wake 3,653
31 28533 Cherry Point Craven 3,508
32 27609 Raleigh Wake 3,251
33 28213 Charlotte Mecklenburg 3,227
34 27519 Cary Wake 3,133
35 28211 Charlotte Mecklenburg 3,098
36 28277 Charlotte Mecklenburg 3,059
37 28666 Icard Burke 3,033
38 28314 Fayetteville Cumberland 2,881
39 28801 Asheville Buncombe 2,876
40 28403 Wilmington New Hanover 2,874
41 27513 Cary Wake 2,865
42 27511 Cary Wake 2,832
43 27616 Raleigh Wake 2,821
44 28226 Charlotte Mecklenburg 2,674
45 28270 Charlotte Mecklenburg 2,612
46 28269 Charlotte Mecklenburg 2,603
47 27104 Winston-Salem Forsyth 2,566
48 27612 Raleigh Wake 2,526
49 27707 Durham Durham 2,477
50 27617 Raleigh Wake 2,446

Showing the top 50 of 853 ZIP codes in North Carolina that have this figure . 28359 ranks 1st at 17,898, against 2,446 in 50th place.

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zipcodes.pro. “Most Densely Populated ZIP Codes in North Carolina.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/rankings/nc/highest-density

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