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Plant hardiness zone 8A

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 8A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
8A
ZIP codes
2,951
Population
29,412,969
Median household income (avg.)
$68,961
Average home value
$232,019
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What is USDA zone 8A?

Zone 8A is a USDA / PRISM plant hardiness band based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature. Growers use it to compare winter-cold exposure across regions — it is a climate label, not a planting prescription.

US5 lists 2,951 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 29,412,969 combined ZIP-area residents. The table below is sorted by population; use pagination to browse the full published set.

How to use this zone page

Scan communities inside zone 8A, then open any ZIP for full demographics, climate normals, schools, and nearby amenities. Zone membership comes from the USDA hardiness summary joined to published ZIP profiles.

ZIPs in zone 8A

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
30106 Austell Cobb County GA 22,909 $65,715 $254,600
76086 Weatherford Parker County TX 22,900 $61,415 $235,100
29020 Camden Kershaw County SC 22,868 $59,389 $208,800
72211 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 22,836 $80,808 $257,800
30116 Carrollton Carroll County GA 22,658 $74,208 $222,700
27203 Asheboro Randolph County NC 22,641 $47,506 $141,100
72206 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 22,640 $49,145 $132,100
72904 Fort Smith Sebastian County AR 22,627 $40,357 $108,200
30277 Sharpsburg Coweta County GA 22,558 $119,226 $364,200
27312 Pittsboro Chatham County NC 22,443 $100,505 $423,200
29644 Fountain Inn Greenville County SC 22,400 $67,527 $234,400
28334 Plain View Sampson County NC 22,393 $54,527 $171,300
98264 Lynden Whatcom County WA 22,365 $95,225 $538,100
35126 Pinson Jefferson County AL 22,354 $81,690 $189,100
38119 Memphis Shelby County TN 22,332 $86,325 $279,100
21012 Arnold Anne Arundel County MD 22,306 $137,544 $552,000
72205 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 22,275 $62,888 $204,400
98022 Enumclaw King County WA 22,135 $116,613 $577,200
30035 Stonecrest DeKalb County GA 22,073 $65,733 $217,100
29360 Laurens Laurens County SC 22,066 $55,846 $151,500
36265 Jacksonville Calhoun County AL 21,891 $51,574 $163,500
27101 Winston-Salem Forsyth County NC 21,881 $44,611 $201,500
37412 East Ridge Hamilton County TN 21,840 $56,600 $182,600
38106 Memphis Shelby County TN 21,827 $29,818 $66,400
28036 Davidson Mecklenburg County NC 21,824 $144,920 $579,100
27401 Greensboro Guilford County NC 21,788 $44,524 $138,300
30307 Atlanta DeKalb County GA 21,680 $147,553 $704,100
30009 Alpharetta Fulton County GA 21,592 $135,819 $611,800
28075 Harrisburg Cabarrus County NC 21,562 $140,739 $444,000
21202 Baltimore Baltimore city MD 21,506 $61,578 $307,700
30677 Watkinsville Oconee County GA 21,471 $103,165 $394,800
29340 Gaffney Cherokee County SC 21,394 $42,359 $110,000
72002 Bryant Saline County AR 21,386 $78,260 $202,900
27263 Archdale Randolph County NC 21,294 $52,637 $171,900
76308 Wichita Falls Wichita County TX 21,267 $70,789 $198,800
35950 Albertville Marshall County AL 21,173 $56,457 $149,500
38133 Bartlett Shelby County TN 21,153 $82,485 $234,800
72116 North Little Rock Pulaski County AR 21,090 $75,490 $218,700
35805 Huntsville Madison County AL 21,006 $31,247 $108,200
76234 Decatur Wise County TX 20,912 $88,083 $304,300
76067 Mineral Wells Palo Pinto County TX 20,906 $59,670 $156,000
28043 Forest City Rutherford County NC 20,896 $41,746 $176,100
30011 Auburn Barrow County GA 20,859 $84,776 $287,800
21037 Mayo Anne Arundel County MD 20,851 $135,541 $530,900
27546 Mamers Harnett County NC 20,802 $61,781 $227,000
35633 Underwood-Petersville Lauderdale County AL 20,733 $66,008 $177,500
22206 Arlington Arlington County VA 20,678 $136,472 $569,700
27403 Greensboro Guilford County NC 20,675 $56,722 $218,600
79703 Midland Midland County TX 20,638 $80,281 $220,600
28574 Richlands Onslow County NC 20,631 $66,555 $204,500

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 8A mean?

Zone 8A is a USDA plant hardiness band based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature. It helps compare winter-cold exposure across places; it is not a planting prescription.

Why is the table sorted by population?

Population ordering surfaces larger communities first. The zone total counts all published ZIPs in band 8A; page through the table to browse beyond the first page.

Is a hardiness zone the same as a climate normal?

Hardiness zones summarize winter extreme cold. ZIP pages on US5 also show precipitation, snow, and FEMA risk context separately.