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72072

ZIP 72072 is Humnoke, Arkansas, mostly in Lonoke County; area code 501; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lonoke +1 more
Population
260
Coordinates
34.5166, -91.7650
☼ Live from 72072 — Humnoke, AR

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Where 72072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72072
  • 🔢 Type 72072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 11 × 13. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100110001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72070 (Houston, AR, 63 mi away) and 72073 (Humphrey, AR, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72072 becomes 27027 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mayodan, NC, 675 miles away.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07722, 20277, 20772, 27027, 27207, 27702, …). The farthest-flung twin is 07722 in Colts Neck, NJ, 1,043 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯525 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72072 and you would come out at 34.52°S, 88.23°E — 1,374 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 39.4 square miles of land, 72072 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population260This ZIP260
Households130This ZIP130
Housing units179This ZIP179
Median age61.2This ZIP61.2Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$36,818This ZIP$36,818Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$115,400This ZIP$115,400Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher10.7%This ZIP10.7%
Mean commute19.3 minThis ZIP19.3 min
Population density6.6 / sq miThis ZIP6.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees43This ZIP43
Annual payroll$941,000This ZIP$941,000
Tax returns filed160This ZIP160
Total adjusted gross income$7,425,000This ZIP$7,425,000

Land area

Land area39.42 sq miThis ZIP39.42 sq mi
Water area4.08 sq miThis ZIP4.08 sq mi

Counties 72072 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Lonoke County 74.8%
Jefferson County 25.2%

Other place names in 72072

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

ZIP codes near 72072

ZIPCityDistance
72037 Coy, AR 6.4 mi
72004 Altheimer, AR 10.1 mi
72046 England, AR 10.5 mi
72073 Humphrey, AR 12.0 mi
72175 Wabbaseka, AR 12.4 mi
72168 Tucker, AR 12.8 mi
72160 Stuttgart, AR 14.3 mi
72083 Keo, AR 15.3 mi
72024 Carlisle, AR 16.3 mi
72152 Sherrill, AR 16.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72072?

72072 is in Humnoke, Arkansas, in Lonoke County, part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.5166, -91.7650.

What county is 72072 in?

72072 spans 2 counties: Lonoke County and Jefferson County. Most of it falls in Lonoke 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 72072?

Humnoke uses area code 501, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72072 in?

72072 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72072?

About 260 people live in ZIP code 72072, in 130 households, at 6.6 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 72072?

$36,818 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72072?

The closest are 72037 (6.4 mi), 72004 (10.1 mi), 72046 (10.5 mi), 72073 (12 mi) and 72175 (12.4 mi).

Is 72072 a PO Box ZIP code?

72072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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