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72149

ZIP 72149 is in Searcy, Arkansas, in White County; area code 501; Central time. Searcy has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 72143 and 72145.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
White
Metro area
Searcy, AR
Coordinates
35.2474, -91.7314

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 72143, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72149 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 72149
  • 🔢 Type 72149 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhIZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,149 = 7 × 11 × 937. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100111010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72145 (Searcy, AR, 2 mi away) and 72150 (Sheridan, AR, 75 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72149 becomes 94127 — and that is a real ZIP code: San Francisco, CA, 1,708 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,787 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯491 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72149 and you would come out at 35.25°S, 88.27°E — 1,335 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees262This ZIP262
Annual payroll$6,633,000This ZIP$6,633,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72149

ZIPCityDistance
72143 Searcy, AR 1.5 mi
72145 Searcy, AR 2.1 mi
72082 Kensett, AR 3.6 mi
72068 Higginson, AR 7.2 mi
72178 West Point, AR 7.3 mi
72052 Garner, AR 7.7 mi
72102 Mc Rae, AR 9.1 mi
72085 Letona, AR 9.9 mi
72081 Judsonia, AR 9.9 mi
72010 Bald Knob, AR 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72149?

72149 is in Searcy, Arkansas, in White County, part of the Searcy, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2474, -91.7314.

What county is 72149 in?

72149 lies in White County.

What area code is 72149?

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

What time zone is 72149 in?

72149 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72149?

The closest are 72143 (1.5 mi), 72145 (2.1 mi), 72082 (3.6 mi), 72068 (7.2 mi) and 72178 (7.3 mi).

Is 72149 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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