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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/72402

72402

ZIP 72402 is in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in Craighead County; area codes 870 and 327; Central time. Jonesboro has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 72401, 72403, 72404 and 72405.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Craighead
Metro area
Jonesboro, AR
Coordinates
35.8088, -90.6529

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 72401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72402 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 72402
  • 🔢 Type 72402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,402 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 1097. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101011010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72401 (Jonesboro, AR, 4 mi away) and 72403 (Jonesboro, AR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72402 becomes 20427 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 776 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02472, 02724, 02742, 04227, 07422, 20427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04227 in East Dixfield, ME, 1,228 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯514 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72402 and you would come out at 35.81°S, 89.35°E — 1,343 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees329This ZIP329
Annual payroll$21,386,000This ZIP$21,386,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72402

ZIPCityDistance
72467 State University, AR 2.7 mi
72403 Jonesboro, AR 3.2 mi
72401 Jonesboro, AR 4.5 mi
72411 Bay, AR 5.8 mi
72405 Jonesboro, AR 6.5 mi
72404 Jonesboro, AR 7.8 mi
72417 Brookland, AR 10.0 mi
72437 Lake City, AR 11.1 mi
72416 Bono, AR 12.8 mi
72472 Trumann, AR 16.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72402?

72402 is in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in Craighead County, part of the Jonesboro, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8088, -90.6529.

What county is 72402 in?

72402 lies in Craighead County.

What area code is 72402?

Jonesboro uses area codes 870 and 327, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72402 in?

72402 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72402?

The closest are 72467 (2.7 mi), 72403 (3.2 mi), 72401 (4.5 mi), 72411 (5.8 mi) and 72405 (6.5 mi).

Is 72402 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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