ZIP codes in Columbus County

16 ZIPs touch Columbus County, North Carolina. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.

ZIP codes

cross the county line

62,530

people in these ZIPs

100

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Questions people actually ask

How many ZIP codes are in Columbus County, North Carolina?

16 ZIP codes reach into Columbus County. 5 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.

Which ZIP code in Columbus County has the most people?

28472 (Whiteville) has about 16,780 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Columbus County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Can a ZIP code be in Columbus 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 Columbus 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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