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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/62525

62525

ZIP 62525 is in Decatur, Illinois, in Macon County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time. Decatur has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 62521, 62522, 62523, 62524 and 62526.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Macon
Metro area
Decatur, IL
Coordinates
39.8540, -88.9815

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 62522, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 62525 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 62525
  • 🔢 Type 62525 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SZSZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,525 = 5 × 5 × 41 × 61. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010000111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62524 (Decatur, IL, 0 mi away) and 62526 (Decatur, IL, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62525 becomes 52526, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22556, 22565, 22655, 25265, 25526, 25562, …). The farthest-flung twin is 22565 in Thornburg, VA, 626 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯509 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62525 and you would come out at 39.85°S, 91.02°E — 1,209 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments67This ZIP67
Employees3,799This ZIP3,799
Annual payroll$498,519,000This ZIP$498,519,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 62525

ZIPCityDistance
62524 Decatur, IL 0.0 mi
62523 Decatur, IL 1.7 mi
62526 Decatur, IL 3.3 mi
62522 Decatur, IL 4.0 mi
62521 Decatur, IL 4.2 mi
62535 Forsyth, IL 5.0 mi
62532 Elwin, IL 5.4 mi
62537 Harristown, IL 5.9 mi
62514 Boody, IL 6.9 mi
62573 Warrensburg, IL 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62525?

62525 is in Decatur, Illinois, in Macon County, part of the Decatur, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8540, -88.9815.

What county is 62525 in?

62525 lies in Macon County.

What area code is 62525?

Decatur uses area codes 217 and 447, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62525 in?

62525 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62525?

The closest are 62524 (0 mi), 62523 (1.7 mi), 62526 (3.3 mi), 62522 (4 mi) and 62521 (4.2 mi).

Is 62525 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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