Michigan 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 Michigan. The state has 1,159 active codes spread across 83 counties.
ZIP code range and prefixes
Every Michigan ZIP code starts with one of 20 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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- 481
- 482
- 483
- 484
- 485
- 486
- 487
- 488
- 489
- 490
- 491
- 492
- 493
- 494
- 495
- 496
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- 499
Types of ZIP codes in Michigan
| Type | Count | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 907 | Street delivery areas |
| PO Box | 195 | Post office boxes only |
| Unique | 57 | A single high-volume organization |
ZIP codes for major Michigan cities
| City | County | Standard ZIPs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | Wayne County | 28 | 48201–48243 |
| Grand Rapids | Kent County | 12 | 49503–49548 |
| Lansing | Ingham County | 8 | 48906–48933 |
| Flint | Genesee County | 7 | 48502–48532 |
| Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo County | 7 | 49001–49048 |
| Saginaw | Saginaw County | 7 | 48601–48638 |
| Ann Arbor | Washtenaw County | 5 | 48103–48109 |
| Muskegon | Muskegon County | 5 | 49440–49445 |
| Warren | Macomb County | 5 | 48088–48093 |
| Battle Creek | Calhoun County | 4 | 49014–49037 |
| Dearborn | Wayne County | 4 | 48120–48128 |
| Farmington | Oakland County | 4 | 48331–48336 |
| Southfield | Oakland County | 4 | 48033–48076 |
| Sterling Heights | Macomb County | 4 | 48310–48314 |
| Traverse City | Grand Traverse County | 4 | 49684–49696 |
Lansing is the state capital. Larger cities have many ZIP codes because each code follows mail delivery routes, not city limits.
Sample addresses
Sofia Johnson
7045 Hill Ct
Traverse City, MI 49696
Susan Kim
874 Prospect Ln
Sterling Heights, MI 48310
Grace Williams
6076 Forest St
Southfield, MI 48033
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.
- Michigan spans more than one time zone (Eastern and Central). Use the ZIP code or county, not the state, to decide local time.
- A quick sanity check: a valid MI 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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