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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/60196

60196

ZIP 60196 is in Schaumburg, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 847, 630, 708, 224 and 331; Central time. Schaumburg has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Coordinates
42.0564, -88.0725

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 60173, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60196 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 60196
  • 🔢 Type 60196 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,196 = 2 × 2 × 101 × 149. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101100100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60195 (Schaumburg, IL, 1 mi away) and 60197 (Carol Stream, IL, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60196 becomes 69106, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01966, 09166, 19066, 19606, 60169, 60619, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09166 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,351 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯569 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60196 and you would come out at 42.06°S, 91.93°E — 1,157 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees3,103This ZIP3,103
Annual payroll$374,912,000This ZIP$374,912,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 60196

ZIPCityDistance
60173 Schaumburg, IL 0.9 mi
60195 Schaumburg, IL 1.0 mi
60159 Schaumburg, IL 1.7 mi
60168 Schaumburg, IL 1.7 mi
60169 Hoffman Estates, IL 2.3 mi
60194 Schaumburg, IL 2.6 mi
60008 Rolling Meadows, IL 2.8 mi
60193 Schaumburg, IL 3.5 mi
60067 Palatine, IL 3.6 mi
60038 Palatine, IL 4.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60196?

60196 is in Schaumburg, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0564, -88.0725.

What county is 60196 in?

60196 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60196?

Schaumburg uses area codes 847, 630, 708, 224 and 331, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60196 in?

60196 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60196?

The closest are 60173 (0.9 mi), 60195 (1 mi), 60159 (1.7 mi), 60168 (1.7 mi) and 60169 (2.3 mi).

Is 60196 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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