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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/88202

88202

ZIP 88202 is in Roswell, New Mexico, in Chaves County; area code 575; Mountain time. Roswell has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 88201 and 88203.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Chaves
Metro area
Roswell, NM
Coordinates
33.3038, -104.4318

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 88230, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 88202 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 88202
  • 🔢 Type 88202 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOZBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,202 = 2 × 44101. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100010001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88201 (Roswell, NM, 25 mi away) and 88203 (Roswell, NM, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88202 becomes 20288, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02828, 02882, 08822, 20882, 28082, 28208, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02882 in Narragansett, RI, 1,882 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯555 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88202 and you would come out at 33.30°S, 75.57°E — 1,142 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees904This ZIP904
Annual payroll$45,638,000This ZIP$45,638,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 88202

ZIPCityDistance
88230 Dexter, NM 6.2 mi
88203 Roswell, NM 21.1 mi
88253 Lake Arthur, NM 23.2 mi
88232 Hagerman, NM 23.7 mi
88201 Roswell, NM 25.5 mi
88343 Picacho, NM 37.0 mi
88211 Artesia, NM 38.5 mi
88210 Artesia, NM 38.5 mi
88351 Tinnie, NM 40.1 mi
88255 Loco Hills, NM 42.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88202?

88202 is in Roswell, New Mexico, in Chaves County, part of the Roswell, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.3038, -104.4318.

What county is 88202 in?

88202 lies in Chaves County.

What area code is 88202?

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

What time zone is 88202 in?

88202 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 88202?

The closest are 88230 (6.2 mi), 88203 (21.1 mi), 88253 (23.2 mi), 88232 (23.7 mi) and 88201 (25.5 mi).

Is 88202 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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