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72201

ZIP 72201 is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County; area code 501; Central time. Little Rock has 25 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pulaski
Population
795
Coordinates
34.7470, -92.2809
☼ Live from 72201 — Little Rock, AR

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Where 72201 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72201
  • 🔢 Type 72201 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOZZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,201 = 3 × 41 × 587. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101000001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72199 (North Little Rock, AR, 6 mi away) and 72202 (Little Rock, AR, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72201 becomes 10227, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02217, 02712, 02721, 10272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02217 in Boston, MA, 1,263 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯493 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72201 and you would come out at 34.75°S, 87.72°E — 1,344 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 1.2 square miles of land, 72201 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 593 football fields.
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People and housing

Population795This ZIP795
Households515This ZIP515
Housing units604This ZIP604
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$115,174This ZIP$115,174Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$290,100This ZIP$290,100Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,255This ZIP$1,255Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher80.0%This ZIP80.0%
Mean commute12.6 minThis ZIP12.6 min
Population density649.0 / sq miThis ZIP649.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,006This ZIP1,006
Employees22,154This ZIP22,154
Annual payroll$1,748,990,000This ZIP$1,748,990,000
Tax returns filed530This ZIP530
Total adjusted gross income$139,463,000This ZIP$139,463,000

Land area

Land area1.23 sq miThis ZIP1.23 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 72201

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

ZIP codes near 72201

ZIPCityDistance
72255 Little Rock, AR 0.5 mi
72114 North Little Rock, AR 1.7 mi
72115 North Little Rock, AR 1.7 mi
72202 Little Rock, AR 2.0 mi
72214 Little Rock, AR 3.2 mi
72260 Little Rock, AR 3.4 mi
72205 Little Rock, AR 4.0 mi
72207 Little Rock, AR 4.0 mi
72116 North Little Rock, AR 4.2 mi
72053 College Station, AR 4.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72201?

72201 is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County, part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7470, -92.2809.

What county is 72201 in?

72201 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 72201?

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

What time zone is 72201 in?

72201 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72201?

About 795 people live in ZIP code 72201, in 515 households, at 649.0 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 72201?

$115,174 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72201?

The closest are 72255 (0.5 mi), 72114 (1.7 mi), 72115 (1.7 mi), 72202 (2 mi) and 72214 (3.2 mi).

Is 72201 a PO Box ZIP code?

72201 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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