Alabama ZIP Codes: Ranges, Prefixes and Major Cities
Whether you are building an address form, cleaning a mailing list or testing shipping rules, it helps to know how ZIP codes work in Alabama. The state has 810 active codes spread across 68 counties.
ZIP code range and prefixes
Every Alabama ZIP code starts with one of 19 three-digit prefixes. Each prefix points to a sectional center facility, the processing plant that sorts mail for a group of nearby post offices.
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- 351
- 352
- 354
- 355
- 356
- 357
- 358
- 359
- 360
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Types of ZIP codes in Alabama
| Type | Count | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 593 | Street delivery areas |
| PO Box | 173 | Post office boxes only |
| Unique | 44 | A single high-volume organization |
ZIP codes for major Alabama cities
| City | County | Standard ZIPs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Jefferson County | 28 | 35203–35244 |
| Mobile | Mobile County | 17 | 36602–36695 |
| Montgomery | Montgomery County | 15 | 36104–36119 |
| Huntsville | Madison County | 11 | 35801–35824 |
| Gadsden | Etowah County | 5 | 35901–35907 |
| Anniston | Calhoun County | 4 | 36201–36207 |
| Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa County | 4 | 35401–35406 |
| Athens | Limestone County | 3 | 35611–35614 |
| Bessemer | Jefferson County | 3 | 35020–35023 |
| Cullman | Cullman County | 3 | 35055–35058 |
| Dothan | Houston County | 3 | 36301–36305 |
| Florence | Lauderdale County | 3 | 35630–35634 |
| Jasper | Walker County | 3 | 35501–35504 |
| Madison | Madison County | 3 | 35756–35758 |
| Northport | Tuscaloosa County | 3 | 35473–35476 |
Montgomery is the state capital. Larger cities have many ZIP codes because each code follows mail delivery routes, not city limits.
Sample addresses
Michael White
526 River Blvd
Athens, AL 35613
Linda Chen
583 Maple Ave
Anniston, AL 36205
Kevin Jones
8084 Laurel Dr
Athens, AL 35613
These examples use real city and ZIP pairs with invented street lines, so they are safe for testing and documentation.
Tips for working with these ZIP codes
- Store ZIP codes as text, not numbers, so the format stays consistent across states with leading zeros.
- All of Alabama is in the Central time zone, which keeps scheduling logic simple.
- A quick sanity check: a valid AL ZIP code begins with one of the prefixes listed above.
- City names in addresses are post office names. A suburb may share a ZIP code and city name with a nearby larger town.
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