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36512

ZIP 36512 is Bucks, Alabama, in Mobile County; area code 251; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Mobile
Metro area
Mobile, AL
Population
7
Coordinates
30.9988, -88.0184
☼ Live from 36512 — Bucks, AL

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Where 36512 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 36512
  • 🔢 Type 36512 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZISgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,512 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 163. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111010100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36511 (Bon Secour, AL, 51 mi away) and 36513 (Calvert, AL, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36512 becomes 21563, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12563, 13625, 13652, 15236, 15362, 15623, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13625 in Colton, NY, 1,175 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯851 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36512 and you would come out at 31.00°S, 91.98°E — 1,338 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 08m.
  • 📏 At 3.0 square miles of land, 36512 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7This ZIP7
Households7This ZIP7
Housing units7This ZIP7
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density2.4 / sq miThis ZIP2.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees552This ZIP552
Annual payroll$66,054,000This ZIP$66,054,000

Land area

Land area2.95 sq miThis ZIP2.95 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

Other place names in 36512

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

ZIP codes near 36512

ZIPCityDistance
36505 Axis, AL 3.3 mi
36560 Mount Vernon, AL 6.2 mi
36525 Creola, AL 7.4 mi
36572 Satsuma, AL 10.2 mi
36521 Chunchula, AL 10.2 mi
36513 Calvert, AL 10.9 mi
36571 Saraland, AL 11.3 mi
36556 Malcolm, AL 14.8 mi
36579 Stockton, AL 15.7 mi
36611 Mobile, AL 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36512?

36512 is in Bucks, Alabama, in Mobile County, part of the Mobile, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.9988, -88.0184.

What county is 36512 in?

36512 lies in Mobile County.

What area code is 36512?

Bucks uses area code 251, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36512 in?

36512 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 36512?

About 7 people live in ZIP code 36512, in 7 households, at 2.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 36512?

The closest are 36505 (3.3 mi), 36560 (6.2 mi), 36525 (7.4 mi), 36572 (10.2 mi) and 36521 (10.2 mi).

Is 36512 a PO Box ZIP code?

36512 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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