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38950

ZIP 38950 is Philipp, Mississippi, mostly in Tallahatchie County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tallahatchie +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
717
Coordinates
33.7331, -90.2000
☼ Live from 38950 — Philipp, MS

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Where 38950 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38950
  • 🔢 Type 38950 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSGBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,950 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 19 × 41. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100000100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38949 (Paris, MS, 54 mi away) and 38951 (Pittsboro, MS, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38950 becomes 05983, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03589, 03598, 03859, 05839, 09358, 09835, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09853 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,508 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯626 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38950 and you would come out at 33.73°S, 89.80°E — 1,471 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 63.4 square miles of land, 38950 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population717This ZIP717
Households200This ZIP200
Housing units274This ZIP274
Median age29.4This ZIP29.4Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median home value$49,100This ZIP$49,100Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.5%This ZIP0.5%
Mean commute34.2 minThis ZIP34.2 min
Population density11.3 / sq miThis ZIP11.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed110This ZIP110
Total adjusted gross income$3,848,000This ZIP$3,848,000

Land area

Land area63.42 sq miThis ZIP63.42 sq mi
Water area0.86 sq miThis ZIP0.86 sq mi

Counties 38950 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Tallahatchie County 71.8%
Leflore County 28.2%

ZIP codes near 38950

ZIPCityDistance
38945 Money, MS 5.7 mi
38944 Minter City, MS 8.4 mi
38962 Tippo, MS 9.6 mi
38940 Holcomb, MS 10.0 mi
38928 Glendora, MS 10.8 mi
38952 Schlater, MS 11.1 mi
38958 Swan Lake, MS 13.6 mi
38920 Cascilla, MS 13.8 mi
38966 Webb, MS 14.6 mi
38930 Greenwood, MS 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38950?

38950 is in Philipp, Mississippi, in Tallahatchie County. Its published point location is 33.7331, -90.2000.

What county is 38950 in?

38950 spans 2 counties: Tallahatchie County and Leflore County. Most of it falls in Tallahatchie County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 38950?

Philipp uses area code 662, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38950 in?

38950 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38950?

About 717 people live in ZIP code 38950, in 200 households, at 11.3 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 38950?

The closest are 38945 (5.7 mi), 38944 (8.4 mi), 38962 (9.6 mi), 38940 (10 mi) and 38928 (10.8 mi).

Is 38950 a PO Box ZIP code?

38950 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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