West Virginia ZIP codes

All 851 ZIPs in West Virginia, 24701 to 26886. Tap one on the map or in the list.

851

ZIP codes

1,778,104

people live in them

55

counties

113

PO Box & no-area ZIPs

Most people

All 851 West Virginia ZIP codes

Questions people actually ask

How many ZIP codes are in West Virginia?

851 ZIP codes are in use in West Virginia. 738 cover a delivery area, and 113 are PO Box, single-building or organization ZIPs with no area of their own.

What do West Virginia ZIP codes start with?

West Virginia ZIP codes start with these three-digit prefixes: 247–268. Each prefix is a mail sorting area run from one processing center.

Which West Virginia ZIP code has the most people?

26554 in Fairmont has the most residents of any West Virginia ZIP, about 42,118 people in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Which West Virginia county has the most ZIP codes?

Kanawha County touches 83 ZIP codes, the most of the 55 counties in West Virginia. 177 West Virginia 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