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71601

ZIP 71601 is in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, mostly in Jefferson County; area codes 870 and 327; Central time. Pine Bluff has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 71603, 71611 and 71613.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson +1 more
Metro area
Pine Bluff, AR
Population
13,367
Coordinates
34.1794, -91.8925
☼ Live from 71601 — Pine Bluff, AR

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Where 71601 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71601
  • 🔢 Type 71601 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOgIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,601 = 3 × 29 × 823. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011110110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71497 (Natchitoches, LA, 182 mi away) and 71602 (White Hall, AR, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71601 becomes 10617, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06117, 10167, 10176, 11706, 11760, 16017, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06117 in West Hartford, CT, 1,163 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯537 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71601 and you would come out at 34.18°S, 88.11°E — 1,389 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 115.4 square miles of land, 71601 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 88 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,367This ZIP13,367
Households4,578This ZIP4,578
Housing units6,301This ZIP6,301
Median age34.5This ZIP34.5Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$37,528This ZIP$37,528Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$80,000This ZIP$80,000Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$828This ZIP$828Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute18.4 minThis ZIP18.4 min
Population density115.9 / sq miThis ZIP115.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments351This ZIP351
Employees6,288This ZIP6,288
Annual payroll$328,392,000This ZIP$328,392,000
Tax returns filed4,500This ZIP4,500
Total adjusted gross income$165,978,000This ZIP$165,978,000

Land area

Land area115.36 sq miThis ZIP115.36 sq mi
Water area6.72 sq miThis ZIP6.72 sq mi

Counties 71601 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Jefferson County 99.5%
Lincoln County 0.5%

Other place names in 71601

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ZIP codes near 71601

ZIPCityDistance
71611 Pine Bluff, AR 6.7 mi
71659 Moscow, AR 7.1 mi
71613 Pine Bluff, AR 10.3 mi
71678 Yorktown, AR 11.3 mi
71644 Grady, AR 11.5 mi
71603 Pine Bluff, AR 11.9 mi
71612 White Hall, AR 13.1 mi
72152 Sherrill, AR 13.2 mi
72175 Wabbaseka, AR 13.3 mi
72004 Altheimer, AR 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71601?

71601 is in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in Jefferson County, part of the Pine Bluff, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1794, -91.8925.

What county is 71601 in?

71601 spans 2 counties: Jefferson County and Lincoln County. Most of it falls in Jefferson County, 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 71601?

Pine Bluff uses area codes 870 and 327, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71601 in?

71601 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71601?

About 13,367 people live in ZIP code 71601, in 4,578 households, at 115.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 71601?

$37,528 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 71601?

The closest are 71611 (6.7 mi), 71659 (7.1 mi), 71613 (10.3 mi), 71678 (11.3 mi) and 71644 (11.5 mi).

Is 71601 a PO Box ZIP code?

71601 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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