Columbia Maryland ZIP Codes

Columbia holds 3 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Columbia

The complete list of Columbia, Maryland ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP codeCounty
21044Howard County
21045Howard County
21046Howard County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Columbia codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Columbia. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Columbia ZIP code begins 210. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of Maryland. Statewide that range covers 58 ZIP codes, so Columbia accounts for 5% of it.

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Area codes covering Columbia

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground Columbia occupies.

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Where Columbia's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Columbia ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.
  • Reference points and footprint
  • Not an official NANPA boundary
  • Not a USPS delivery area

Cities near Columbia

The closest places to Columbia with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Elkridge Maryland ZIP codes6.3 mi1 ZIP code
Laurel Maryland ZIP codes7.3 mi7 ZIP codes
Brookeville Maryland ZIP codes11 mi1 ZIP code
Sykesville Maryland ZIP codes13 mi1 ZIP code
Greenbelt Maryland ZIP codes14 mi3 ZIP codes
College Park Maryland ZIP codes15 mi3 ZIP codes
Baltimore Maryland ZIP codes15 mi42 ZIP codes
Silver Spring Maryland ZIP codes16 mi16 ZIP codes

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.