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02901

ZIP 02901 is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County; area code 401; Eastern time. Providence has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Providence
Coordinates
41.8227, -71.4145

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 02903, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02901
  • 🔢 Type 02901 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOGZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,901 = 3 × 967. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02898 (Wyoming, RI, 25 mi away) and 02902 (Providence, RI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02901 becomes 10920 — and that is a real ZIP code: Congers, NY, 138 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00912, 00921, 01029, 01092, 01902, 02019, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09102 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,722 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,421 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02901 and you would come out at 41.82°S, 108.59°E — 791 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees62This ZIP62
Annual payroll$5,780,000This ZIP$5,780,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02901

ZIPCityDistance
02940 Providence, RI 0.1 mi
02903 Providence, RI 0.3 mi
02912 Providence, RI 0.6 mi
02902 Providence, RI 0.6 mi
02908 Providence, RI 1.7 mi
02906 Providence, RI 1.7 mi
02907 Providence, RI 1.7 mi
02918 Providence, RI 1.8 mi
02909 Providence, RI 1.9 mi
02914 East Providence, RI 2.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02901?

02901 is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8227, -71.4145.

What county is 02901 in?

02901 lies in Providence County.

What area code is 02901?

Providence uses area code 401, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02901 in?

02901 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02901?

The closest are 02940 (0.1 mi), 02903 (0.3 mi), 02912 (0.6 mi), 02902 (0.6 mi) and 02908 (1.7 mi).

Is 02901 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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