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43216

ZIP 43216 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County; area codes 614 and 380; Eastern time. Columbus has 45 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Coordinates
39.9690, -83.0114

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 43215, 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 43216
  • 🔢 Type 43216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 37 × 73. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100011010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43215 (Columbus, OH, 0 mi away) and 43217 (Columbus, OH, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43216 becomes 61234 — and that is a real ZIP code: Annawan, IL, 375 miles away.
  • 👥 60 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12436, 12463, 13426, 13624, 13642, 14263, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34216 in Anna Maria, FL, 859 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯824 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43216 and you would come out at 39.97°S, 96.99°E — 1,189 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees1,479This ZIP1,479
Annual payroll$160,233,000This ZIP$160,233,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 43216

ZIPCityDistance
43086 Westerville, OH 0.0 mi
43199 Groveport, OH 0.0 mi
43226 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43234 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43251 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43260 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43266 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43268 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43270 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43271 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43216?

43216 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9690, -83.0114.

What county is 43216 in?

43216 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 43216?

Columbus uses area codes 614 and 380, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43216 in?

43216 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 43216?

The closest are 43086 (0 mi), 43199 (0 mi), 43226 (0 mi), 43234 (0 mi) and 43251 (0 mi).

Is 43216 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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