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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/47402

47402

ZIP 47402 is in Bloomington, Indiana, in Monroe County; area codes 812 and 930; Eastern time. Bloomington has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Monroe
Metro area
Bloomington, IN
Coordinates
39.1732, -86.5015

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 47408, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47402 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 47402
  • 🔢 Type 47402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,402 = 2 × 137 × 173. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011100100101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47401 (Bloomington, IN, 6 mi away) and 47403 (Bloomington, IN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47402 becomes 20474, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02447, 02474, 02744, 04274, 04427, 04472, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04742 in Fort Fairfield, ME, 1,075 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯645 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47402 and you would come out at 39.17°S, 93.50°E — 1,341 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees1,230This ZIP1,230
Annual payroll$159,801,000This ZIP$159,801,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 47402

ZIPCityDistance
47407 Bloomington, IN 0.0 mi
47426 Clear Creek, IN 0.0 mi
47406 Bloomington, IN 0.7 mi
47405 Bloomington, IN 1.1 mi
47408 Bloomington, IN 4.3 mi
47404 Bloomington, IN 5.8 mi
47401 Bloomington, IN 5.8 mi
47458 Smithville, IN 7.1 mi
47403 Bloomington, IN 8.5 mi
47429 Ellettsville, IN 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47402?

47402 is in Bloomington, Indiana, in Monroe County, part of the Bloomington, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1732, -86.5015.

What county is 47402 in?

47402 lies in Monroe County.

What area code is 47402?

Bloomington uses area codes 812 and 930, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 47402 in?

47402 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47402?

The closest are 47407 (0 mi), 47426 (0 mi), 47406 (0.7 mi), 47405 (1.1 mi) and 47408 (4.3 mi).

Is 47402 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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