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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 With the Oldest Population in Rhode Island

What this measures. Median age of residents, ACS 5-year estimate. Source: Census American Community Survey, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Median age
1 02872 Prudence Island Newport 71.5
2 02873 Rockville Washington 66.4
3 02837 Little Compton Newport 60.3
4 02835 Jamestown Newport 58.2
5 02807 Block Island Washington 56.8
6 02894 Wood River Junction Washington 55.5
7 02891 Westerly Washington 53.5
8 02813 Charlestown Washington 53.3
9 02802 Albion Providence 53.2
10 02814 Chepachet Providence 52.4
11 02857 North Scituate Providence 52.3
12 02828 Greenville Providence 52.0
13 02815 Clayville Providence 51.4
14 02878 Tiverton Newport 51.1
15 02826 Glendale Providence 50.7
16 02876 Slatersville Providence 50.5
17 02839 Mapleville Providence 49.8
18 02879 Wakefield Washington 49.4
19 02885 Warren Bristol 49.0
20 02836 Kenyon Washington 48.5
21 02830 Harrisville Providence 48.4
22 02823 Fiskeville Providence 48.0
23 02871 Portsmouth Newport 47.7
24 02852 North Kingstown Washington 47.3
25 02898 Wyoming Washington 46.6
26 02882 Narragansett Washington 46.2
27 02896 North Smithfield Providence 46.1
28 02818 East Greenwich Kent 45.7
29 02889 Warwick Kent 45.4
30 02865 Lincoln Providence 45.3
31 02914 East Providence Providence 45.1
32 02915 Riverside Providence 45.1
33 02916 Rumford Providence 44.9
34 02919 Johnston Providence 44.5
35 02804 Ashaway Washington 44.4
36 02892 West Kingston Washington 44.4
37 02827 Greene Kent 44.2
38 02921 Cranston Providence 44.2
39 02816 Coventry Kent 44.0
40 02833 Hopkinton Washington 43.9
41 02806 Barrington Bristol 43.8
42 02842 Middletown Newport 43.8
43 02888 Warwick Kent 43.6
44 02864 Cumberland Providence 43.5
45 02874 Saunderstown Washington 43.1
46 02809 Bristol Bristol 43.0
47 02817 West Greenwich Kent 43.0
48 02825 Foster Providence 42.9
49 02859 Pascoag Providence 42.8
50 02893 West Warwick Kent 42.8

Showing the top 50 of 80 ZIP codes in Rhode Island that have this figure . 02872 ranks 1st at 71.5, against 42.8 in 50th place.

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