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Ruston, LA ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Ruston, Louisiana (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Ruston's most populous ZIP code is 71270, with 32,885 people (ACS 2020-2024); 10% of its land is in the city of Ruston.

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Where are Ruston's ZIP codes?

71270: $37k median household income71272: – median household income7127071270: $37k median household income71272: – median household income7127071270: $37k median household income71272: – median household income71270
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Ruston, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Ruston

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Ruston, LA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
71270 Lincoln Parish 32,885 159 $37k $222k
71272 Lincoln Parish 1,969 5,293 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Ruston

1 ZIP code named Ruston has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Ruston, LA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
71273Lincoln Parish

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Ruston's ZIP codes reach?

Ruston's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Lincoln Parish (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Jackson Parish (part of a ZIP code).

Which first three digits do Ruston's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Ruston starts with 712.

Three-digit prefixes of Ruston's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Ruston's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
712 Shreveport, LA (SCF 710) 3 63

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.