ZIP codes

ZIP codes in Catawba County, North Carolina

Catawba County has 14 ZIP codes. 6 lie entirely inside it and 8 are shared with neighboring counties, so part of their land and their people are elsewhere. About 166,545 people live in the parts inside it (ACS 2020–2024).

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ZIP codes: 14; With 1% or more of their land inside
Entirely inside: 6; 99% or more of their land
Shared with other counties: 8; Most with Lincoln County (5)
Most populated ZIP: 28601; 53,329 people · Hickory
Least populated ZIP: 28682; 1,701 people · Lake Norman of Catawba
Largest ZIP by land: 28658; 71 sq mi · Newton

Map of the ZIP codes in Catawba County

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All ZIP codes in Catawba County

14 ZIP codes in Catawba County, NC, by number
ZIP code	Main city	Population	Land in the county	Residents in the county
28037	Denver	28,768	11%	≈ 3,138
28090	Belwood	7,268	1.1%	≈ 101
28092	Lincolnton	40,350	4.6%	≈ 1,080
28168	Belwood	10,484	40%	≈ 3,911
28601	Hickory	53,329	64%	≈ 44,774
28602	Hickory	31,113	81%	≈ 28,651
28609	Catawba	6,615	100%	6,615
28610	Claremont	10,192	100%	10,192
28612	Connelly Springs	11,290	1.7%	≈ 112
28613	Conover	23,357	100%	23,357
28650	Maiden	12,746	82%	≈ 9,873
28658	Newton	26,336	100%	26,336
28673	Lake Norman of Catawba	6,874	99.4%	≈ 6,704
28682	Lake Norman of Catawba	1,701	100%	1,701

ZIP codes shared with other counties

These 8 ZIP codes have part of their land in another county. The first figure is the share of their land in Catawba County; then, where the rest lies.

28037 (Denver): 11% here; 89% in Lincoln County.
28090 (Belwood): 1.1% here; 94% in Cleveland County, 3.4% in Lincoln County, and 1.2% in Burke County.
28092 (Lincolnton): 4.6% here; 88% in Lincoln County and 7.9% in Gaston County.
28168 (Belwood): 40% here; 59% in Lincoln County.
28601 (Hickory): 64% here; 16% in Burke County, 13% in Alexander County, and 7.6% in Caldwell County.
28602 (Hickory): 81% here; 19% in Burke County.
28612 (Connelly Springs): 1.7% here; 98% in Burke County.
28650 (Maiden): 82% here; 18% in Lincoln County.

Cities and prefixes

By main city (the city, town or CDP each ZIP shares the most land with), the ones with the most are Belwood (2), Hickory (2), Lake Norman of Catawba (2), Catawba (1), Claremont (1), and Connelly Springs (1); 11 places in all.

They start with 3 different three-digit prefixes, one per USPS sorting center: 280, 281, and 286.

Neighboring counties

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Sources

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA to County, ZCTA to Place and ZCTA to Census Tract Relationship Files (and the 2022 County Subdivision to ZCTA file for Connecticut). Public domain.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B01003 (population of each ZIP code, census tract and Connecticut town). Public domain.
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates (county population) and 2025 Gazetteer Files (land area and interior point of each ZIP code). Public domain.
U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files: ZCTAs 2020 and counties 2025, 1:500,000; county adjacency file 2025. Public domain.

How we count. ZIP codes here are the Census Bureau’s ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs), the areas it draws to match USPS ZIP codes; ZIPs with no area of their own (PO boxes, single buildings) aren’t included. A ZIP can cross county lines: “Land in the county” is the exact share of its land inside, from the Census relationship files. “Residents in the county” is the whole ZIP for those entirely inside; for shared ones it’s an estimate, spreading the people of each census tract over the land it shares with the ZIP. Population: ACS 2020–2024. Methodology.

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