ZIP codes

ZIP codes in New Hanover County, North Carolina

New Hanover County has 10 ZIP codes. 8 lie entirely inside it and 2 are shared with neighboring counties, so part of their land and their people are elsewhere. About 233,952 people live in the parts inside it (ACS 2020–2024).

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ZIP codes: 10; With 1% or more of their land inside
Entirely inside: 8; 99% or more of their land
Shared with other counties: 2; Most with Pender County (2)
Most populated ZIP: 28412; 44,166 people · Wilmington
Least populated ZIP: 28449; 2,131 people · Kure Beach
Largest ZIP by land: 28411; 41 sq mi · Murraysville

Map of the ZIP codes in New Hanover County

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All ZIP codes in New Hanover County

10 ZIP codes in New Hanover County, NC, by number
ZIP code	Main city	Population	Land in the county	Residents in the county
28401	Wilmington	22,007	78%	≈ 21,888
28403	Wilmington	40,319	100%	40,319
28405	Wilmington	35,467	100%	35,467
28409	Wilmington	36,163	100%	36,163
28411	Murraysville	37,233	80%	≈ 34,244
28412	Wilmington	44,166	100%	44,166
28428	Carolina Beach	7,136	100%	7,136
28429	Skippers Corner	9,662	100%	9,662
28449	Kure Beach	2,131	100%	2,131
28480	Wrightsville Beach	2,776	100%	2,776

ZIP codes shared with other counties

These 2 ZIP codes have part of their land in another county. The first figure is the share of their land in New Hanover County; then, where the rest lies.

28401 (Wilmington): 78% here; 22% in Pender County.
28411 (Murraysville): 80% here; 20% in Pender 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 Wilmington (5), Carolina Beach (1), Kure Beach (1), Murraysville (1), Skippers Corner (1), and Wrightsville Beach (1).

All 10 start with the same three digits, 284: the prefix of the USPS sorting center that handles them.

Neighboring counties

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Tools for this county

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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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