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71171

ZIP 71171 is in Bossier City, Louisiana, in Bossier Parish; area code 318; Central time. Bossier City has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 71111, 71112, 71113 and 71172.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bossier
Coordinates
32.5160, -93.7321

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 71111, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

☼ Live from 71171 — Bossier City, LA

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Where 71171 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 71171
  • 🔢 Type 71171 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILIIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 71171 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011000000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71166 (Shreveport, LA, 6 mi away) and 71172 (Bossier City, LA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71171 becomes 17117, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11717, 11771, 71711). The farthest-flung twin is 11717 in Brentwood, NY, 1,267 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯573 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71171 and you would come out at 32.52°S, 86.27°E — 1,427 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees274This ZIP274
Annual payroll$13,059,000This ZIP$13,059,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 71171

ZIPCityDistance
71150 Shreveport, LA 1.0 mi
71101 Shreveport, LA 1.2 mi
71104 Shreveport, LA 2.2 mi
71103 Shreveport, LA 2.9 mi
71105 Shreveport, LA 4.4 mi
71111 Bossier City, LA 4.5 mi
71109 Shreveport, LA 5.8 mi
71108 Shreveport, LA 6.0 mi
71110 Barksdale Afb, LA 6.0 mi
71102 Shreveport, LA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71171?

71171 is in Bossier City, Louisiana, in Bossier Parish, part of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5160, -93.7321.

What county is 71171 in?

71171 lies in Bossier Parish.

What area code is 71171?

Bossier City uses area code 318, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71171 in?

71171 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71171?

The closest are 71150 (1 mi), 71101 (1.2 mi), 71104 (2.2 mi), 71103 (2.9 mi) and 71105 (4.4 mi).

Is 71171 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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