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72209

ZIP 72209 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
31,607
Coordinates
34.6825, -92.3416
☼ Live from 72209 — Little Rock, AR

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Where 72209 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72209
  • 🔢 Type 72209 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOZZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,209 = 163 × 443. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101000010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72207 (Little Rock, AR, 6 mi away) and 72210 (Little Rock, AR, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72209 becomes 90227, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02297, 07922, 09227, 09722, 20792, 22079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09227 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,852 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯494 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72209 and you would come out at 34.68°S, 87.66°E — 1,346 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 50m.
  • 📏 At 18.3 square miles of land, 72209 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population31,607This ZIP31,607
Households12,072This ZIP12,072
Housing units13,574This ZIP13,574
Median age29.2This ZIP29.2Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$40,231This ZIP$40,231Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$98,800This ZIP$98,800Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$965This ZIP$965Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%This ZIP13.9%
Mean commute20.1 minThis ZIP20.1 min
Population density1,730.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,730.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments747This ZIP747
Employees12,797This ZIP12,797
Annual payroll$655,475,000This ZIP$655,475,000
Tax returns filed12,100This ZIP12,100
Total adjusted gross income$396,774,000This ZIP$396,774,000

Land area

Land area18.27 sq miThis ZIP18.27 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Other place names in 72209

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

ZIP codes near 72209

ZIPCityDistance
72204 Little Rock, AR 2.6 mi
72260 Little Rock, AR 4.0 mi
72205 Little Rock, AR 4.7 mi
72255 Little Rock, AR 5.3 mi
72124 North Little Rock, AR 5.6 mi
72190 North Little Rock, AR 5.6 mi
72215 Little Rock, AR 5.6 mi
72219 Little Rock, AR 5.6 mi
72221 Little Rock, AR 5.6 mi
72222 Little Rock, AR 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72209?

72209 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 34.6825, -92.3416.

What county is 72209 in?

72209 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 72209?

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

What time zone is 72209 in?

72209 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72209?

About 31,607 people live in ZIP code 72209, in 12,072 households, at 1,730.5 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 72209?

$40,231 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72209?

The closest are 72204 (2.6 mi), 72260 (4 mi), 72205 (4.7 mi), 72255 (5.3 mi) and 72124 (5.6 mi).

Is 72209 a PO Box ZIP code?

72209 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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