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87101

ZIP 87101 is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County; area code 505; Mountain time. Albuquerque has 42 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Bernalillo
Metro area
Albuquerque, NM
Population
0
Coordinates
35.0967, -106.6434
☼ Live from 87101 — Albuquerque, NM

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Where 87101 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87101
  • 🔢 Type 87101 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOILB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,101 = 7 × 23 × 541. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101010000111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87083 (Cochiti Lake, NM, 41 mi away) and 87102 (Albuquerque, NM, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87101 becomes 10178 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 1,812 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01718, 10178, 11780, 17018, 17081, 17108, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01718 in Acton, MA, 1,949 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯550 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87101 and you would come out at 35.10°S, 73.36°E — 998 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 0.045 square miles of land, 87101 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 22 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees753This ZIP753
Annual payroll$26,668,000This ZIP$26,668,000

Land area

Land area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 87101

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

ZIP codes near 87101

ZIPCityDistance
87158 Albuquerque, NM 0.9 mi
87197 Albuquerque, NM 0.9 mi
87198 Albuquerque, NM 0.9 mi
87102 Albuquerque, NM 1.0 mi
87104 Albuquerque, NM 1.8 mi
87107 Albuquerque, NM 2.8 mi
87110 Albuquerque, NM 3.8 mi
87103 Albuquerque, NM 4.0 mi
87119 Albuquerque, NM 4.0 mi
87125 Albuquerque, NM 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87101?

87101 is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County, part of the Albuquerque, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0967, -106.6434.

What county is 87101 in?

87101 lies in Bernalillo County.

What area code is 87101?

Albuquerque uses area code 505, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 87101 in?

87101 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87101?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 87101. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 87101?

The closest are 87158 (0.9 mi), 87197 (0.9 mi), 87198 (0.9 mi), 87102 (1 mi) and 87104 (1.8 mi).

Is 87101 a PO Box ZIP code?

87101 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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