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 Virginia

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 22904 Charlottesville Albemarle 21,950
2 24142 Radford Radford city 19,513
3 22209 Arlington Arlington 18,897
4 23284 Richmond Richmond city 18,896
5 22203 Arlington Arlington 16,939
6 22201 Arlington Arlington 16,328
7 23668 Hampton Hampton city 15,063
8 22305 Alexandria Alexandria city 12,923
9 22204 Arlington Arlington 12,605
10 22311 Alexandria Alexandria city 12,492
11 23909 Farmville Prince Edward 11,674
12 22041 Falls Church Fairfax 10,516
13 22206 Arlington Arlington 10,045
14 22304 Alexandria Alexandria city 10,032
15 22314 Alexandria Alexandria city 9,890
16 22301 Alexandria Alexandria city 9,845
17 24515 Lynchburg Lynchburg city 9,468
18 22303 Alexandria Fairfax 8,804
19 24061 Blacksburg Montgomery 8,481
20 22807 Harrisonburg Harrisonburg city 8,201
21 23510 Norfolk Norfolk city 7,998
22 22302 Alexandria Alexandria city 7,952
23 23507 Norfolk Norfolk city 7,318
24 23220 Richmond Richmond city 7,169
25 22202 Arlington Arlington 7,067
26 22213 Arlington Arlington 6,792
27 22046 Falls Church Falls Church city 6,670
28 22044 Falls Church Fairfax 6,534
29 22205 Arlington Arlington 6,502
30 23173 Richmond Richmond city 6,443
31 23462 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach city 5,998
32 23503 Norfolk Norfolk city 5,988
33 23517 Norfolk Norfolk city 5,971
34 23508 Norfolk Norfolk city 5,818
35 23504 Norfolk Norfolk city 5,746
36 20164 Sterling Loudoun 5,710
37 23513 Norfolk Norfolk city 5,645
38 22042 Falls Church Fairfax 5,526
39 22315 Alexandria Fairfax 5,521
40 22043 Falls Church Fairfax 5,510
41 22207 Arlington Arlington 5,498
42 22015 Burke Fairfax 5,261
43 22031 Fairfax Fairfax 5,230
44 22312 Alexandria Fairfax 5,222
45 23663 Hampton Hampton city 5,214
46 23702 Portsmouth Portsmouth city 5,206
47 23509 Norfolk Norfolk city 5,151
48 23325 Chesapeake Chesapeake city 5,076
49 22033 Fairfax Fairfax 5,054
50 20190 Reston Fairfax 5,045

Showing the top 50 of 903 ZIP codes in Virginia that have this figure . 22904 ranks 1st at 21,950, against 5,045 in 50th place.

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

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