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70073

ZIP 70073 is in Marrero, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish; area code 504; Central time. Marrero has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 70072.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Coordinates
29.8994, -90.1004

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 70072, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70073 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 70073
  • 🔢 Type 70073 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,073 = 79 × 887. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000110111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70072 (Marrero, LA, 7 mi away) and 70075 (Meraux, LA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70073 becomes 37007, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00737, 00773, 03077, 03770, 07073, 07307, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00773 in Luquillo, PR, 1,727 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯837 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70073 and you would come out at 29.90°S, 89.90°E — 1,304 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 establishments6This ZIP6
Employees28This ZIP28
Annual payroll$511,000This ZIP$511,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70073

ZIPCityDistance
70059 Harvey, LA 1.4 mi
70115 New Orleans, LA 1.7 mi
70158 New Orleans, LA 2.4 mi
70096 Westwego, LA 2.6 mi
70054 Gretna, LA 3.0 mi
70058 Harvey, LA 3.0 mi
70113 New Orleans, LA 3.1 mi
70053 Gretna, LA 3.1 mi
70130 New Orleans, LA 3.1 mi
70118 New Orleans, LA 3.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70073?

70073 is in Marrero, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8994, -90.1004.

What county is 70073 in?

70073 lies in Jefferson Parish.

What area code is 70073?

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

What time zone is 70073 in?

70073 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70073?

The closest are 70059 (1.4 mi), 70115 (1.7 mi), 70158 (2.4 mi), 70096 (2.6 mi) and 70054 (3 mi).

Is 70073 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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