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02902

ZIP 02902 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
41.8184, -71.4249

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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Where 02902 is

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 02902
  • 🔢 Type 02902 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOGZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,902 = 2 × 1451. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02901 (Providence, RI, 1 mi away) and 02903 (Providence, RI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02902 becomes 20920, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00922, 02920, 09202, 09220, 20029, 20902, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09202 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,689 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,420 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02902 and you would come out at 41.82°S, 108.58°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 establishments12This ZIP12
Employees1,556This ZIP1,556
Annual payroll$179,406,000This ZIP$179,406,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02902

ZIPCityDistance
02901 Providence, RI 0.6 mi
02940 Providence, RI 0.7 mi
02903 Providence, RI 0.8 mi
02912 Providence, RI 1.2 mi
02907 Providence, RI 1.4 mi
02909 Providence, RI 1.4 mi
02908 Providence, RI 1.6 mi
02918 Providence, RI 1.8 mi
02906 Providence, RI 2.3 mi
02905 Providence, RI 2.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02902?

02902 is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8184, -71.4249.

What county is 02902 in?

02902 lies in Providence County.

What area code is 02902?

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

What time zone is 02902 in?

02902 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02902?

The closest are 02901 (0.6 mi), 02940 (0.7 mi), 02903 (0.8 mi), 02912 (1.2 mi) and 02907 (1.4 mi).

Is 02902 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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