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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/88211

88211

ZIP 88211 is in Artesia, New Mexico, in Eddy County; area code 575; Mountain time. Artesia has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 88210.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Eddy
Coordinates
32.7536, -104.3281

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 88210, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 88211 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 88211
  • 🔢 Type 88211 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIZBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 88211 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100010010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88210 (Artesia, NM, 6 mi away) and 88213 (Caprock, NM, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88211 becomes 11288, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12188, 18218, 18812, 18821, 81128, 88112, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12188 in Waterford, NY, 1,799 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯584 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88211 and you would come out at 32.75°S, 75.67°E — 1,181 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees354This ZIP354
Annual payroll$39,718,000This ZIP$39,718,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 88211

ZIPCityDistance
88210 Artesia, NM 6.2 mi
88254 Lakewood, NM 9.8 mi
88255 Loco Hills, NM 19.5 mi
88253 Lake Arthur, NM 20.5 mi
88232 Hagerman, NM 23.5 mi
88221 Carlsbad, NM 28.5 mi
88220 Carlsbad, NM 30.8 mi
88230 Dexter, NM 32.4 mi
88250 Hope, NM 36.7 mi
88264 Maljamar, NM 36.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88211?

88211 is in Artesia, New Mexico, in Eddy County, part of the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7536, -104.3281.

What county is 88211 in?

88211 lies in Eddy County.

What area code is 88211?

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

What time zone is 88211 in?

88211 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 88211?

The closest are 88210 (6.2 mi), 88254 (9.8 mi), 88255 (19.5 mi), 88253 (20.5 mi) and 88232 (23.5 mi).

Is 88211 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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