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90001

ZIP 90001 is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County; area codes 213, 323 and 738; Pacific time. Los Angeles has 94 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Population
56,189
Coordinates
33.9737, -118.2490
☼ Live from 90001 — Los Angeles, CA

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Where 90001 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90001
  • 🔢 Type 90001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 90001 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111110010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 89883 (West Wendover, NV, 525 mi away) and 90002 (Los Angeles, CA, 2 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90001 becomes 10009 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 2,449 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00901, 00910, 01009, 01090, 09001, 09100, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09001 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,645 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,157 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90001 and you would come out at 33.97°S, 61.75°E — 983 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 3.3 square miles of land, 90001 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population56,189This ZIP56,189
Households13,671This ZIP13,671
Housing units14,211This ZIP14,211
Median age32.5This ZIP32.5California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$60,767This ZIP$60,767California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$560,300This ZIP$560,300California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,501This ZIP$1,501California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.0%This ZIP7.0%
Mean commute34.4 minThis ZIP34.4 min
Population density17,130.8 / sq miThis ZIP17,130.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments666This ZIP666
Employees8,427This ZIP8,427
Annual payroll$570,959,000This ZIP$570,959,000
Tax returns filed22,540This ZIP22,540
Total adjusted gross income$869,773,000This ZIP$869,773,000

Land area

Land area3.28 sq miThis ZIP3.28 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 90001

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

ZIP codes near 90001

ZIPCityDistance
90052 Los Angeles, CA 0.6 mi
90003 Los Angeles, CA 1.6 mi
90002 Los Angeles, CA 1.7 mi
90255 Huntington Park, CA 1.9 mi
90011 Los Angeles, CA 2.4 mi
90058 Los Angeles, CA 2.7 mi
90044 Los Angeles, CA 2.9 mi
90037 Los Angeles, CA 3.0 mi
90059 Los Angeles, CA 3.2 mi
90202 Bell, CA 3.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90001?

90001 is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9737, -118.2490.

What county is 90001 in?

90001 lies in Los Angeles County.

What area code is 90001?

Los Angeles uses area codes 213, 323 and 738, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 90001 in?

90001 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90001?

About 56,189 people live in ZIP code 90001, in 13,671 households, at 17,130.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 90001?

$60,767 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 90001?

The closest are 90052 (0.6 mi), 90003 (1.6 mi), 90002 (1.7 mi), 90255 (1.9 mi) and 90011 (2.4 mi).

Is 90001 a PO Box ZIP code?

90001 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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