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57772

ZIP 57772 is Porcupine, South Dakota, in Oglala Lakota County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Oglala Lakota
Metro area
none
Population
2,493
Coordinates
43.4772, -102.5276
☼ Live from 57772 — Porcupine, SD

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Where 57772 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57772
  • 🔢 Type 57772 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLLLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,772 = 2 × 2 × 11 × 13 × 101. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000110101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57770 (Pine Ridge, SD, 28 mi away) and 57773 (Pringle, SD, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57772 becomes 27775, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25777, 27577, 52777, 72577, 72757, 75277, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27577 in Smithfield, NC, 1,396 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯324 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57772 and you would come out at 43.48°S, 77.47°E — 532 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 57m.
  • 📏 At 502.6 square miles of land, 57772 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 382 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,493This ZIP2,493
Households412This ZIP412
Housing units537This ZIP537
Median age28.5This ZIP28.5South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$57,785This ZIP$57,785South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher5.0%This ZIP5.0%
Population density5.0 / sq miThis ZIP5.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees132This ZIP132
Annual payroll$6,706,000This ZIP$6,706,000
Tax returns filed580This ZIP580
Total adjusted gross income$24,491,000This ZIP$24,491,000

Land area

Land area502.56 sq miThis ZIP502.56 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 57772

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 57772

ZIPCityDistance
57752 Kyle, SD 16.7 mi
57756 Manderson, SD 16.8 mi
57764 Oglala, SD 19.5 mi
57780 Scenic, SD 20.2 mi
57722 Buffalo Gap, SD 23.2 mi
57794 Wounded Knee, SD 25.4 mi
57770 Pine Ridge, SD 27.9 mi
57750 Interior, SD 30.2 mi
57716 Batesland, SD 31.5 mi
57714 Allen, SD 32.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57772?

57772 is in Porcupine, South Dakota, in Oglala Lakota County. Its published point location is 43.4772, -102.5276.

What county is 57772 in?

57772 lies in Oglala Lakota County.

What area code is 57772?

Porcupine uses area code 605, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 57772 in?

57772 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57772?

About 2,493 people live in ZIP code 57772, in 412 households, at 5.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 57772?

$57,785 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57772?

The closest are 57752 (16.7 mi), 57756 (16.8 mi), 57764 (19.5 mi), 57780 (20.2 mi) and 57722 (23.2 mi).

Is 57772 a PO Box ZIP code?

57772 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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