New Jersey 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 New Jersey. The state has 728 active codes spread across 21 counties.
ZIP code range and prefixes
Every New Jersey ZIP code starts with one of 21 three-digit prefixes. Each prefix points to a sectional center facility, the processing plant that sorts mail for a group of nearby post offices.
- 070
- 071
- 072
- 073
- 074
- 075
- 076
- 077
- 078
- 079
- 080
- 081
- 082
- 083
- 084
- 085
- 086
- 087
- 088
- 089
- 099
Types of ZIP codes in New Jersey
| Type | Count | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 558 | Street delivery areas |
| PO Box | 143 | Post office boxes only |
| Unique | 27 | A single high-volume organization |
ZIP codes for major New Jersey cities
| City | County | Standard ZIPs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton | Mercer County | 11 | 08608–08690 |
| Paterson | Passaic County | 10 | 07501–07524 |
| Newark | Essex County | 9 | 07102–07114 |
| Jersey City | Hudson County | 7 | 07302–07311 |
| Camden | Camden County | 4 | 08102–08105 |
| Clifton | Passaic County | 4 | 07011–07014 |
| Edison | Middlesex County | 4 | 08817–08899 |
| Cherry Hill | Camden County | 3 | 08002–08034 |
| Elizabeth | Union County | 3 | 07201–07208 |
| Plainfield | Union County | 3 | 07060–07063 |
| Toms River | Ocean County | 3 | 08753–08757 |
| Absecon | Atlantic County | 2 | 08201–08205 |
| Brick | Ocean County | 2 | 08723–08724 |
| East Orange | Essex County | 2 | 07017–07018 |
| Eatontown | Monmouth County | 2 | 07724–07799 |
Trenton is the state capital. Larger cities have many ZIP codes because each code follows mail delivery routes, not city limits.
Sample addresses
Kevin Hill
9770 Prospect Rd
Eatontown, NJ 07724
Jamal Allen
935 Washington Ave
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Anthony Lopez
982 Elm Ave
Clifton, NJ 07013
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
- New Jersey ZIP codes start with 0. Store them as text, or spreadsheets and databases will drop the leading zero.
- All of New Jersey is in the Eastern time zone, which keeps scheduling logic simple.
- A quick sanity check: a valid NJ 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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