ZIP codes in Lea County
13 ZIPs touch Lea County, New Mexico. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
13
ZIP codes
0
cross the county line
73,733
people in these ZIPs
33
counties in NM
Most people
Lea County ZIP list
More counties in New Mexico
- Doña Ana County30
- Eddy County11
- Grant County19
- Guadalupe County7
- Harding County7
- Hidalgo County5
- Lincoln County19
- Los Alamos County3
- Luna County4
- McKinley County24
- Mora County14
- Otero County17
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Lea County, New Mexico?
13 ZIP codes reach into Lea County, including 2 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. Every ZIP area here lies wholly inside the county.
Which ZIP code in Lea County has the most people?
88240 (Hobbs) has about 41,557 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Lea County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Lea County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Lea County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from