ZIP codes in New Hanover County
16 ZIPs touch New Hanover County, North Carolina. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
16
ZIP codes
2
cross the county line
237,060
people in these ZIPs
100
counties in NC
Most people
New Hanover County ZIP list
More counties in North Carolina
- McDowell County10
- Mecklenburg County87
- Mitchell County5
- Montgomery County9
- Moore County21
- Nash County16
- Northampton County14
- Onslow County19
- Orange County16
- Pamlico County11
- Pasquotank County3
- Pender County13
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in New Hanover County, North Carolina?
16 ZIP codes reach into New Hanover County, including 6 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 2 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in New Hanover County has the most people?
28412 (Wilmington) has about 44,166 residents, the most of any ZIP touching New Hanover County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in New Hanover 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 New Hanover 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