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70009

ZIP 70009 is in Metairie, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish; area code 504; Central time. Metairie has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Coordinates
29.9841, -90.1529

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 70001, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70009 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 70009
  • 🔢 Type 70009 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 70009 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000101111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70006 (Metairie, LA, 3 mi away) and 70010 (Metairie, LA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70009 becomes 90007 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Angeles, CA, 1,666 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00907, 00970, 07009, 07090, 09007, 09070, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09070 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,131 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯830 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70009 and you would come out at 29.98°S, 89.85°E — 1,310 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees2This ZIP2
Annual payroll$133,000This ZIP$133,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70009

ZIPCityDistance
70004 Metairie, LA 0.0 mi
70010 Metairie, LA 0.0 mi
70011 Metairie, LA 0.0 mi
70033 Metairie, LA 0.0 mi
70055 Metairie, LA 0.0 mi
70060 Metairie, LA 0.0 mi
70001 Metairie, LA 1.0 mi
70005 Metairie, LA 1.5 mi
70121 New Orleans, LA 1.6 mi
70002 Metairie, LA 1.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70009?

70009 is in Metairie, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9841, -90.1529.

What county is 70009 in?

70009 lies in Jefferson Parish.

What area code is 70009?

Metairie uses area code 504, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70009 in?

70009 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70009?

The closest are 70004 (0 mi), 70010 (0 mi), 70011 (0 mi), 70033 (0 mi) and 70055 (0 mi).

Is 70009 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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