50983

ZIP 50983 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County; area code 515; Central time. Des Moines has 57 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Polk
Metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
Coordinates: 41.6006, -93.6089

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 50316, 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 50983

🔢 Type 50983 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBGOS — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 50,983 = 17 × 2999. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100011100100111
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50982 (Des Moines, IA, 0 mi away) and 51001 (Akron, IA, 173 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 50983 becomes 38905, 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, 7,201 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
🎯288 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50983 and you would come out at 41.60°S, 86.39°E — 946 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.

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ZIP codes near 50983

ZIP	City	Distance
`50982`	Des Moines, IA	0.0 mi
`50307`	Des Moines, IA	0.0 mi
`50319`	Des Moines, IA	0.7 mi
`50316`	Des Moines, IA	0.7 mi
`50314`	Des Moines, IA	1.2 mi
`50392`	Des Moines, IA	1.3 mi
`50309`	Des Moines, IA	1.3 mi
`50317`	Des Moines, IA	3.3 mi
`50311`	Des Moines, IA	3.3 mi
`50310`	Des Moines, IA	3.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50983?

50983 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6006, -93.6089.

What county is 50983 in?

50983 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 50983?

Des Moines uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50983 in?

50983 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50983?

The closest are 50982 (0 mi), 50307 (0 mi), 50319 (0.7 mi), 50316 (0.7 mi) and 50314 (1.2 mi).

Is 50983 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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