Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/72205

72205

ZIP 72205 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
23,043
Coordinates
34.7495, -92.3514
☼ Live from 72205 — Little Rock, AR

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 72205 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72205
  • 🔢 Type 72205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,205 = 5 × 7 × 2063. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72204 (Little Rock, AR, 2 mi away) and 72206 (Little Rock, AR, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72205 becomes 50227 — and that is a real ZIP code: Popejoy, IA, 545 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02725, 07522, 20527, 20572, 20725, 20752, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02725 in Somerset, MA, 1,241 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯490 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72205 and you would come out at 34.75°S, 87.65°E — 1,341 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 8.0 square miles of land, 72205 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.1 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 72205 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population23,043This ZIP23,043
Households10,881This ZIP10,881
Housing units12,285This ZIP12,285
Median age38.0This ZIP38.0Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$68,415This ZIP$68,415Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$229,600This ZIP$229,600Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,115This ZIP$1,115Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher54.8%This ZIP54.8%
Mean commute14.1 minThis ZIP14.1 min
Population density2,868.2 / sq miThis ZIP2,868.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,075This ZIP1,075
Employees37,404This ZIP37,404
Annual payroll$2,904,648,000This ZIP$2,904,648,000
Tax returns filed10,340This ZIP10,340
Total adjusted gross income$802,908,000This ZIP$802,908,000

Land area

Land area8.03 sq miThis ZIP8.03 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 72205

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

ZIP codes near 72205

ZIPCityDistance
72260 Little Rock, AR 0.9 mi
72207 Little Rock, AR 1.9 mi
72204 Little Rock, AR 2.2 mi
72227 Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi
72124 North Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi
72190 North Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi
72215 Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi
72219 Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi
72221 Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi
72222 Little Rock, AR 2.3 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 72205 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72205?

72205 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 34.7495, -92.3514.

What county is 72205 in?

72205 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 72205?

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

What time zone is 72205 in?

72205 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72205?

About 23,043 people live in ZIP code 72205, in 10,881 households, at 2,868.2 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 72205?

$68,415 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72205?

The closest are 72260 (0.9 mi), 72207 (1.9 mi), 72204 (2.2 mi), 72227 (2.3 mi) and 72124 (2.3 mi).

Is 72205 a PO Box ZIP code?

72205 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “72205 ZIP Code — Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/72205

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/72205.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.