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36550

ZIP 36550 is Little River, Alabama, in Baldwin County; area code 251; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Baldwin
Population
592
Coordinates
31.2494, -87.7304
☼ Live from 36550 — Little River, AL

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Where 36550 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 36550
  • 🔢 Type 36550 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSSgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,550 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 17 × 43. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111011000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36549 (Lillian, AL, 60 mi away) and 36551 (Loxley, AL, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36550 becomes 05563, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05356, 05653, 06355, 06535, 30565, 30655, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05653 in Eden Mills, VT, 1,243 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯849 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36550 and you would come out at 31.25°S, 92.27°E — 1,351 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
  • 📏 At 37.2 square miles of land, 36550 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 28 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population592This ZIP592
Households195This ZIP195
Housing units267This ZIP267
Median age17.0This ZIP17.0Alabama39.3US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density15.9 / sq miThis ZIP15.9 / sq mi

Land area

Land area37.21 sq miThis ZIP37.21 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

ZIP codes near 36550

ZIPCityDistance
36480 Uriah, AL 8.4 mi
36579 Stockton, AL 10.2 mi
36540 Gainestown, AL 14.2 mi
36556 Malcolm, AL 14.2 mi
36562 Perdido, AL 15.1 mi
36502 Atmore, AL 15.6 mi
36543 Huxford, AL 15.7 mi
36513 Calvert, AL 16.8 mi
36503 Atmore, AL 16.9 mi
36545 Jackson, AL 18.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36550?

36550 is in Little River, Alabama, in Baldwin County, part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.2494, -87.7304.

What county is 36550 in?

36550 lies in Baldwin County.

What area code is 36550?

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

What time zone is 36550 in?

36550 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 36550?

About 592 people live in ZIP code 36550, in 195 households, at 15.9 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 36550?

The closest are 36480 (8.4 mi), 36579 (10.2 mi), 36540 (14.2 mi), 36556 (14.2 mi) and 36562 (15.1 mi).

Is 36550 a PO Box ZIP code?

36550 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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