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88003

ZIP 88003 is in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County; area code 575; Mountain time. Las Cruces has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Doña Ana
Metro area
Las Cruces, NM
Population
404
Coordinates
32.2787, -106.7457
☼ Live from 88003 — Las Cruces, NM

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Where 88003 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88003
  • 🔢 Type 88003 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOOBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 88003 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011111000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88002 (White Sands Missile Range, NM, 18 mi away) and 88004 (Las Cruces, NM, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88003 becomes 30088 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stone Mountain, GA, 1,309 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08038, 08083, 08803, 08830, 30088, 30808, …). The farthest-flung twin is 08830 in Iselin, NJ, 1,880 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯692 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88003 and you would come out at 32.28°S, 73.25°E — 1,190 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 02m.
  • 📏 At 0.496 square miles of land, 88003 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 240 football fields.
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People and housing

Population404This ZIP404
Households0
Housing units0
Median age19.3This ZIP19.3New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Mean commute8.2 minThis ZIP8.2 min
Population density814.5 / sq miThis ZIP814.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees379This ZIP379
Annual payroll$11,146,000This ZIP$11,146,000

Land area

Land area0.50 sq miThis ZIP0.50 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 88003

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

ZIP codes near 88003

ZIPCityDistance
88001 Las Cruces, NM 0.9 mi
88006 Las Cruces, NM 3.0 mi
88046 Mesilla, NM 3.1 mi
88047 Mesilla Park, NM 4.8 mi
88033 Fairacres, NM 8.0 mi
88058 San Miguel, NM 8.5 mi
88032 Dona Ana, NM 8.6 mi
88048 Mesquite, NM 10.7 mi
88011 Las Cruces, NM 12.0 mi
88004 Las Cruces, NM 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88003?

88003 is in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County, part of the Las Cruces, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.2787, -106.7457.

What county is 88003 in?

88003 lies in Doña Ana County.

What area code is 88003?

Las Cruces uses area code 575, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 88003 in?

88003 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 88003?

About 404 people live in ZIP code 88003, at 814.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 88003?

The closest are 88001 (0.9 mi), 88006 (3 mi), 88046 (3.1 mi), 88047 (4.8 mi) and 88033 (8 mi).

Is 88003 a PO Box ZIP code?

88003 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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