| City: | Saint Cloud, Minnesota |
| Names to Avoid: | Publishers Clearing House |
| County: | Stearns County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:08:32 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 320 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 45.5580, -94.2250 |
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Publishers Clearing House operates under dedicated ZIP code 56388 in Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, for sweepstakes and direct mail operations. PCH, founded in 1953 and headquartered in Jericho, New York, became famous for its prize patrol delivering oversized checks and has operated mail processing facilities in central Minnesota. The company's St. Cloud operations handled substantial direct mail volume for decades.
Postal records show 165 delivery codes connected to this ZIP, indicating extensive mail processing capability. The ZIP was introduced in 2020 as PCH expanded its Saint Cloud operations. In 2024, the Fulfillment Distribution Center in St. Cloud faced closure after PCH announced it would discontinue mail-order business, and PCH filed for bankruptcy in 2025. Census demographic data is not available, consistent with a commercial mail operation. Saint Cloud is the valid mailing city for this designation.
ZIP Code 56388 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 549Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 56388 is located in Stearns County, Minnesota, within the St. Cloud, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41060) and Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 200,816 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 56388. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | St. Cloud, MNSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41060Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 200,816Source: Census |
| MSA: | St. Cloud, MN MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2882.22 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2756896Source: Census |
| Place Name: | St. Cloud city; MinnesotaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 56388 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.