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72217

ZIP 72217 is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County; area code 501; Central time. Little Rock has 25 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pulaski
Coordinates
34.8302, -92.1702

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 72117, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72217 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 72217
  • 🔢 Type 72217 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIZZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,217 = 257 × 281. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101000011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72216 (Little Rock, AR, 4 mi away) and 72219 (Little Rock, AR, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72217 becomes 71227 — and that is a real ZIP code: Choudrant, LA, 160 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12727, 17272, 21727, 27127, 27217, 27712, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12727 in Cochecton Center, NY, 1,042 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯493 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72217 and you would come out at 34.83°S, 87.83°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 establishments10This ZIP10
Employees108This ZIP108
Annual payroll$8,523,000This ZIP$8,523,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72217

ZIPCityDistance
72231 Little Rock, AR 2.2 mi
72216 Little Rock, AR 3.8 mi
72117 North Little Rock, AR 3.8 mi
72078 Jacksonville, AR 4.2 mi
72116 North Little Rock, AR 4.7 mi
72099 Little Rock Air Force Base, AR 4.9 mi
72214 Little Rock, AR 5.7 mi
72076 Jacksonville, AR 6.0 mi
72120 Sherwood, AR 6.4 mi
72199 North Little Rock, AR 6.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72217?

72217 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 34.8302, -92.1702.

What county is 72217 in?

72217 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 72217?

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

What time zone is 72217 in?

72217 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72217?

The closest are 72231 (2.2 mi), 72216 (3.8 mi), 72117 (3.8 mi), 72078 (4.2 mi) and 72116 (4.7 mi).

Is 72217 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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