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70044

ZIP 70044 is in Chalmette, Louisiana, in St. Bernard Parish; area code 504; Central time. Chalmette has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 70043.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Bernard
Coordinates
29.9676, -89.9514

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 70043, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70044 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 70044
  • 🔢 Type 70044 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,044 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 13 × 449. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000110011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70043 (Chalmette, LA, 1 mi away) and 70047 (Destrehan, LA, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70044 becomes 44007, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00744, 04047, 04074, 04740, 07044, 07440, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00744 in Rio Blanco, PR, 1,721 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯838 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70044 and you would come out at 29.97°S, 90.05°E — 1,305 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees94This ZIP94
Annual payroll$5,854,000This ZIP$5,854,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70044

ZIPCityDistance
70043 Chalmette, LA 1.1 mi
70032 Arabi, LA 2.9 mi
70075 Meraux, LA 3.4 mi
70131 New Orleans, LA 4.3 mi
70127 New Orleans, LA 4.4 mi
70117 New Orleans, LA 4.7 mi
70114 New Orleans, LA 5.3 mi
70128 New Orleans, LA 5.3 mi
70126 New Orleans, LA 5.3 mi
70092 Violet, LA 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70044?

70044 is in Chalmette, Louisiana, in St. Bernard Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9676, -89.9514.

What county is 70044 in?

70044 lies in St. Bernard Parish.

What area code is 70044?

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

What time zone is 70044 in?

70044 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70044?

The closest are 70043 (1.1 mi), 70032 (2.9 mi), 70075 (3.4 mi), 70131 (4.3 mi) and 70127 (4.4 mi).

Is 70044 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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