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72078

ZIP 72078 is in Jacksonville, Arkansas, in Pulaski County; area code 501; Central time. Jacksonville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72076.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pulaski
Coordinates
34.8662, -92.1101

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 72076, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72078 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 72078
  • 🔢 Type 72078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,078 = 2 × 3 × 41 × 293. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100110001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72076 (Jacksonville, AR, 4 mi away) and 72079 (Jefferson, AR, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72078 becomes 87027 — and that is a real ZIP code: La Jara, NM, 838 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02877, 07728, 07827, 20778, 20787, 20877, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02877 in Slocum, RI, 1,205 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯494 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72078 and you would come out at 34.87°S, 87.89°E — 1,343 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees33This ZIP33
Annual payroll$685,000This ZIP$685,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72078

ZIPCityDistance
72099 Little Rock Air Force Base, AR 3.5 mi
72076 Jacksonville, AR 3.5 mi
72217 Little Rock, AR 4.2 mi
72117 North Little Rock, AR 6.2 mi
72231 Little Rock, AR 6.3 mi
72023 Cabot, AR 7.3 mi
72120 Sherwood, AR 7.8 mi
72216 Little Rock, AR 7.9 mi
72116 North Little Rock, AR 8.9 mi
72214 Little Rock, AR 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72078?

72078 is in Jacksonville, Arkansas, in Pulaski County, part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8662, -92.1101.

What county is 72078 in?

72078 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 72078?

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

What time zone is 72078 in?

72078 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72078?

The closest are 72099 (3.5 mi), 72076 (3.5 mi), 72217 (4.2 mi), 72117 (6.2 mi) and 72231 (6.3 mi).

Is 72078 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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