ZIP codes in Mecklenburg County

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

87

ZIP codes

11

cross the county line

1,301,676

people in these ZIPs

100

counties in NC

Most people

Mecklenburg County ZIP list

Questions people actually ask

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

87 ZIP codes reach into Mecklenburg County, including 50 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 11 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.

Which ZIP code in Mecklenburg County has the most people?

28027 (Concord) has about 81,772 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Mecklenburg County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Can a ZIP code be in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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.

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