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ZIP Codes Starting with
86 ZIP codes start with 283, sorted at the Fayetteville, NC (SCF 283) sectional center (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) in North Carolina: 77 residential ZIP codes across 12 counties and 9 PO Box or single-organization codes (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026).
What do the digits 283 mean?
The first digit, 2, is one of ten national areas (District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia). The first three, 283, route mail to a sectional center: USPS labeling list L005 (effective October 1, 2026) sends letters for 283 to the Fayetteville, NC (SCF 283) facility. The last two digits pick the delivery area. By residents, the largest town names among the 283 ZIP codes are Fayetteville, Lumberton, Raeford, Hope Mills, Clinton and Cameron.
The same facility sorts 3 prefixes, 219 ZIP codes in all: 283, 284, 285.
Where are the 283 ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
All ZIP codes starting with 283
| County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28301 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 16,798 | 1,354 | $39k | $122k |
| 28302 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28303 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 30,965 | 2,011 | $58k | $190k |
| 28304 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 37,140 | 2,135 | $59k | $172k |
| 28305 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 5,710 | 2,195 | $78k | $261k |
| 28306 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 43,042 | 617 | $68k | $233k |
| 28307 | Fort Bragg | Cumberland County | 14,263 | 1,600 | $51k | – |
| 28308 | Pope Army Airfield | Cumberland County | 323 | 118 | – | – |
| 28309 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28310 | Fort Bragg | Cumberland County | 9,583 | 220 | – | – |
| 28311 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 36,629 | 1,003 | $62k | $217k |
| 28312 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 19,793 | 121 | $68k | $218k |
| 28314 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 55,834 | 2,881 | $62k | $186k |
| 28315 | Aberdeen | Moore County | 14,084 | 217 | $77k | $303k |
| 28318 | Autryville | Sampson County | 3,644 | 45 | $56k | $154k |
| 28319 | Barnesville | Robeson County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28320 | Bladenboro | Bladen County | 7,962 | 69 | $58k | $101k |
| 28323 | Bunnlevel | Harnett County | 4,758 | 128 | $69k | $224k |
| 28325 | Calypso | Duplin County | 384 | 405 | $54k | $100k |
| 28326 | Cameron | Harnett County | 26,068 | 221 | $75k | $267k |
| 28327 | Carthage | Moore County | 19,386 | 104 | $87k | $322k |
| 28328 | Clinton | Sampson County | 26,927 | 110 | $53k | $163k |
| 28329 | Clinton | Sampson County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28330 | Cordova | Richmond County | 313 | 910 | – | – |
| 28331 | Cumberland | Cumberland County | 123 | 242 | – | – |
| 28332 | Dublin | Bladen County | 645 | 190 | $77k | $109k |
| 28333 | Dudley | Wayne County | 10,534 | 231 | $50k | $97k |
| 28334 | Dunn | Sampson County | 22,873 | 143 | $53k | $176k |
| 28335 | Dunn | Harnett County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28337 | Elizabethtown | Bladen County | 8,357 | 50 | $36k | $187k |
| 28338 | Ellerbe | Richmond County | 3,265 | 22 | $59k | $157k |
| 28339 | Erwin | Harnett County | 6,894 | 194 | $50k | $165k |
| 28340 | Fairmont | Robeson County | 9,265 | 75 | $40k | $87k |
| 28341 | Faison | Sampson County | 2,886 | 31 | $57k | $120k |
| 28342 | Falcon | Cumberland County | 145 | 174 | $138k | $193k |
| 28343 | Gibson | Scotland County | 1,574 | 101 | $29k | $81k |
| 28344 | Godwin | Sampson County | 4,806 | 131 | $49k | $187k |
| 28345 | Hamlet | Richmond County | 12,372 | 174 | $41k | $98k |
| 28347 | Hoffman | Richmond County | 2,212 | 59 | $39k | $91k |
| 28348 | Hope Mills | Cumberland County | 39,196 | 929 | $66k | $217k |
| 28349 | Kenansville | Duplin County | 3,775 | 57 | $54k | $107k |
| 28350 | Lakeview | Moore County | 197 | 97 | – | – |
| 28351 | Laurel Hill | Scotland County | 4,535 | 77 | $50k | $88k |
| 28352 | Laurinburg | Scotland County | 23,837 | 190 | $44k | $119k |
| 28353 | Laurinburg | Scotland County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28355 | Lemon Springs | Lee County | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 28356 | Linden | Cumberland County | 6,579 | 119 | $72k | $225k |
| 28357 | Lumber Bridge | Robeson County | 2,852 | 81 | $49k | $89k |
| 28358 | Lumberton | Robeson County | 33,071 | 168 | $49k | $110k |
| 28359 | Lumberton | Robeson County | 877 | 17,898 | – | – |
| 28360 | Lumberton | Robeson County | 12,550 | 174 | $47k | $104k |
| 28362 | Marietta | Robeson County | 35 | 93 | $37k | $128k |
| 28363 | Marston | Scotland County | 962 | 13 | $53k | $104k |
| 28364 | Maxton | Robeson County | 12,819 | 95 | $34k | $83k |
| 28365 | Mount Olive | Duplin County | 15,999 | 84 | $52k | $139k |
| 28366 | Newton Grove | Sampson County | 3,769 | 44 | $53k | $152k |
| 28367 | Norman | Richmond County | 89 | 160 | – | – |
| 28368 | Olivia | Harnett County | 50 | 145 | – | – |
| 28369 | Orrum | Robeson County | 1,878 | 25 | $40k | $78k |
| 28370 | Pinehurst | Moore County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28371 | Parkton | Robeson County | 7,055 | 210 | $67k | $158k |
| 28372 | Pembroke | Robeson County | 12,483 | 282 | $37k | $99k |
| 28373 | Pinebluff | Moore County | 2,589 | 201 | $82k | $224k |
| 28374 | Pinehurst | Moore County | 19,782 | 940 | $111k | $491k |
| 28375 | Proctorville | Robeson County | 182 | 120 | $74k | $102k |
| 28376 | Raeford | Hoke County | 44,880 | 161 | $67k | $233k |
| 28377 | Red Springs | Hoke County | 11,590 | 115 | $37k | $98k |
| 28378 | Rex | Robeson County | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 28379 | Rockingham | Richmond County | 23,417 | 155 | $49k | $157k |
| 28380 | Rockingham | Richmond County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28382 | Roseboro | Sampson County | 6,961 | 62 | $69k | $158k |
| 28383 | Rowland | Robeson County | 6,825 | 65 | $39k | $81k |
| 28384 | Saint Pauls | Robeson County | 11,379 | 112 | $51k | $94k |
| 28385 | Salemburg | Sampson County | 2,575 | 65 | $67k | $146k |
| 28386 | Shannon | Robeson County | 5,451 | 126 | $32k | $70k |
| 28387 | Southern Pines | Moore County | 16,059 | 544 | $75k | $411k |
| 28388 | Southern Pines | Moore County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 28390 | Spring Lake | Harnett County | 24,000 | 399 | $63k | $219k |
| 28391 | Stedman | Cumberland County | 5,963 | 152 | $73k | $211k |
| 28392 | Tar Heel | Bladen County | 1,758 | 47 | – | $116k |
| 28393 | Turkey | Sampson County | 1,707 | 36 | $38k | $59k |
| 28394 | Vass | Moore County | 5,936 | 144 | $80k | $301k |
| 28395 | Wade | Cumberland County | 2,688 | 53 | $84k | $263k |
| 28396 | Wagram | Scotland County | 2,666 | 49 | $63k | $159k |
| 28398 | Warsaw | Duplin County | 6,417 | 68 | $48k | $91k |
| 28399 | White Oak | Bladen County | 1,819 | 23 | $34k | $156k |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0) for codes without a residential area.