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71356

ZIP 71356 is Morrow, Louisiana, mostly in St. Landry Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Landry +1 more
Metro area
Opelousas, LA
Population
596
Coordinates
30.8353, -92.0283
☼ Live from 71356 — Morrow, LA

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Where 71356 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71356
  • 🔢 Type 71356 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSEIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,356 = 2 × 2 × 17839. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011010111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71355 (Moreauville, LA, 19 mi away) and 71357 (Newellton, LA, 99 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71356 becomes 65317, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13657, 13675, 13756, 15367, 15376, 15637, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13675 in Plessis, NY, 1,279 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯722 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71356 and you would come out at 30.84°S, 87.97°E — 1,409 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 09m.
  • 📏 At 19.6 square miles of land, 71356 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population596This ZIP596
Households195This ZIP195
Housing units230This ZIP230
Median age34.1This ZIP34.1Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher11.7%This ZIP11.7%
Mean commute22.0 minThis ZIP22.0 min
Population density30.4 / sq miThis ZIP30.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees93This ZIP93
Annual payroll$3,906,000This ZIP$3,906,000
Tax returns filed170This ZIP170
Total adjusted gross income$8,330,000This ZIP$8,330,000

Land area

Land area19.64 sq miThis ZIP19.64 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Counties 71356 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Landry Parish 87.3%
Avoyelles Parish 12.7%

Other place names in 71356

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 71356

ZIPCityDistance
71333 Evergreen, LA 5.8 mi
71362 Plaucheville, LA 5.9 mi
71345 Lebeau, LA 8.0 mi
71329 Dupont, LA 8.1 mi
71322 Bunkie, LA 9.1 mi
71327 Cottonport, LA 9.8 mi
70589 Washington, LA 10.4 mi
71369 Simmesport, LA 12.5 mi
71339 Hamburg, LA 13.0 mi
71358 Palmetto, LA 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71356?

71356 is in Morrow, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish, part of the Opelousas, LA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.8353, -92.0283.

What county is 71356 in?

71356 spans 2 counties: St. Landry Parish and Avoyelles Parish. Most of it falls in St. Landry Parish, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 71356?

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

What time zone is 71356 in?

71356 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71356?

About 596 people live in ZIP code 71356, in 195 households, at 30.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 71356?

The closest are 71333 (5.8 mi), 71362 (5.9 mi), 71345 (8 mi), 71329 (8.1 mi) and 71322 (9.1 mi).

Is 71356 a PO Box ZIP code?

71356 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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