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53201

ZIP 53201 is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County; area codes 414 and 262; Central time. Milwaukee has 41 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Milwaukee
Coordinates
43.0389, -87.9065

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 53202, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 53201 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 53201
  • 🔢 Type 53201 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOZES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 53201 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100111111010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53195 (Zenda, WI, 47 mi away) and 53202 (Milwaukee, WI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53201 becomes 10235, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01235, 01253, 01523, 01532, 02135, 02153, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32105 in Barberville, FL, 1,022 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯595 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53201 and you would come out at 43.04°S, 92.09°E — 1,128 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees2,763This ZIP2,763
Annual payroll$218,554,000This ZIP$218,554,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 53201

ZIPCityDistance
53234 Milwaukee, WI 0.0 mi
53237 Milwaukee, WI 0.0 mi
53274 Milwaukee, WI 0.0 mi
53268 Milwaukee, WI 0.2 mi
53288 Milwaukee, WI 0.2 mi
53278 Milwaukee, WI 0.2 mi
53259 Milwaukee, WI 0.4 mi
53267 Milwaukee, WI 0.4 mi
53290 Milwaukee, WI 0.4 mi
53203 Milwaukee, WI 0.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53201?

53201 is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County, part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0389, -87.9065.

What county is 53201 in?

53201 lies in Milwaukee County.

What area code is 53201?

Milwaukee uses area codes 414 and 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53201 in?

53201 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53201?

The closest are 53234 (0 mi), 53237 (0 mi), 53274 (0 mi), 53268 (0.2 mi) and 53288 (0.2 mi).

Is 53201 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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