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00983

ZIP 00983 is in Carolina, Puerto Rico, in Carolina Municipio; area codes 787 and 939; Atlantic time. Carolina has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Carolina
Population
31,472
Coordinates
18.4172, -65.9813
☼ Live from 00983 — Carolina, PR

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Where 00983 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 00983
  • 🔢 Type 00983 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 00983 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00982 (Carolina, PR, 1 mi away) and 00984 (Carolina, PR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00983 becomes 38900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00938, 03809, 03890, 03908, 08039, 08093, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09803 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,019 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,439 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00983 and you would come out at 18.42°S, 114.02°E — 680 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 01m.
  • 📏 At 4.3 square miles of land, 00983 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population31,472This ZIP31,472
Households13,587This ZIP13,587
Housing units16,764This ZIP16,764
Median age44.7This ZIP44.7Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$35,638This ZIP$35,638Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$159,900This ZIP$159,900Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$637This ZIP$637Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.8%This ZIP32.8%
Mean commute29.5 minThis ZIP29.5 min
Population density7,283.5 / sq miThis ZIP7,283.5 / sq mi

Land area

Land area4.32 sq miThis ZIP4.32 sq mi
Water area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi

Other place names in 00983

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 00983

ZIPCityDistance
00982 Carolina, PR 0.9 mi
00979 Carolina, PR 1.9 mi
00985 Carolina, PR 2.2 mi
00924 San Juan, PR 2.4 mi
00981 Carolina, PR 3.0 mi
00984 Carolina, PR 3.0 mi
00986 Carolina, PR 3.0 mi
00988 Carolina, PR 3.0 mi
00923 San Juan, PR 3.7 mi
00915 San Juan, PR 4.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00983?

00983 is in Carolina, Puerto Rico, in Carolina Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.4172, -65.9813.

What county is 00983 in?

00983 lies in Carolina Municipio.

What area code is 00983?

Carolina uses area codes 787 and 939, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 00983 in?

00983 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00983?

About 31,472 people live in ZIP code 00983, in 13,587 households, at 7,283.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 00983?

$35,638 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00983?

The closest are 00982 (0.9 mi), 00979 (1.9 mi), 00985 (2.2 mi), 00924 (2.4 mi) and 00981 (3 mi).

Is 00983 a PO Box ZIP code?

00983 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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