Kentucky ZIP codes

All 946 ZIPs in Kentucky, 40003 to 42788. Tap one on the map or in the list.

946

ZIP codes

4,542,460

people live in them

120

counties

166

PO Box & no-area ZIPs

Most people

All 946 Kentucky ZIP codes

ZIP codes by county

Pick a county for its ZIP list and map. Counts include ZIPs that only partly reach into the county.

Questions people actually ask

How many ZIP codes are in Kentucky?

946 ZIP codes are in use in Kentucky. 780 cover a delivery area, and 166 are PO Box, single-building or organization ZIPs with no area of their own.

What do Kentucky ZIP codes start with?

Kentucky ZIP codes start with these three-digit prefixes: 400–418, 420–427. Each prefix is a mail sorting area run from one processing center.

Which Kentucky ZIP code has the most people?

40475 in Richmond has the most residents of any Kentucky ZIP, about 65,961 people in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Which Kentucky county has the most ZIP codes?

Jefferson County touches 78 ZIP codes, the most of the 120 counties in Kentucky. 293 Kentucky ZIPs reach into more than one county.

Are these the official USPS ZIP code boundaries?

The map uses Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, the standard public stand-in for USPS delivery areas. They match for almost every home. For a mailing address, the USPS ZIP Code lookup has the final word.

Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from