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71294

ZIP 71294 is in West Monroe, Louisiana, in Ouachita Parish; area code 318; Central time. West Monroe has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 71291 and 71292.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ouachita
Metro area
Monroe, LA
Coordinates
32.4908, -92.1594

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 71292, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71294 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 71294
  • 🔢 Type 71294 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,294 = 2 × 43 × 829. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011001111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71292 (West Monroe, LA, 7 mi away) and 71295 (Winnsboro, LA, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71294 becomes 49217, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12749, 12974, 14729, 17249, 19472, 21749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97412 in Blachly, OR, 1,868 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯620 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71294 and you would come out at 32.49°S, 87.84°E — 1,477 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 establishments14This ZIP14
Employees114This ZIP114
Annual payroll$5,619,000This ZIP$5,619,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 71294

ZIPCityDistance
71210 Monroe, LA 0.0 mi
71211 Monroe, LA 0.0 mi
71213 Monroe, LA 0.0 mi
71281 Swartz, LA 0.0 mi
71207 Monroe, LA 2.7 mi
71201 Monroe, LA 4.5 mi
71217 Monroe, LA 4.6 mi
71291 West Monroe, LA 5.2 mi
71212 Monroe, LA 5.5 mi
71209 Monroe, LA 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71294?

71294 is in West Monroe, Louisiana, in Ouachita Parish, part of the Monroe, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4908, -92.1594.

What county is 71294 in?

71294 lies in Ouachita Parish.

What area code is 71294?

West Monroe uses area code 318, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71294 in?

71294 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71294?

The closest are 71210 (0 mi), 71211 (0 mi), 71213 (0 mi), 71281 (0 mi) and 71207 (2.7 mi).

Is 71294 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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