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53401

ZIP 53401 is in Racine, Wisconsin, in Racine County; area code 262; Central time. Racine has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Racine
Coordinates
42.7272, -87.6760

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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Where 53401 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 53401
  • 🔢 Type 53401 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOhES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 53401 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000010011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53295 (Milwaukee, WI, 25 mi away) and 53402 (Racine, WI, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53401 becomes 10435, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01354, 01453, 01534, 01543, 03451, 04351, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34051 in FPO AA, a military post office, 2,128 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯600 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53401 and you would come out at 42.73°S, 92.32°E — 1,149 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees729This ZIP729
Annual payroll$100,122,000This ZIP$100,122,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 53401

ZIPCityDistance
53408 Racine, WI 0.0 mi
53407 Racine, WI 5.4 mi
53404 Racine, WI 7.4 mi
53403 Racine, WI 7.7 mi
53405 Racine, WI 7.8 mi
53402 Racine, WI 8.6 mi
53406 Racine, WI 9.6 mi
53140 Kenosha, WI 10.7 mi
53141 Kenosha, WI 12.3 mi
53171 Somers, WI 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53401?

53401 is in Racine, Wisconsin, in Racine County, part of the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7272, -87.6760.

What county is 53401 in?

53401 lies in Racine County.

What area code is 53401?

Racine uses area code 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53401 in?

53401 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53401?

The closest are 53408 (0 mi), 53407 (5.4 mi), 53404 (7.4 mi), 53403 (7.7 mi) and 53405 (7.8 mi).

Is 53401 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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