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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/90261

90261

ZIP 90261 is in Lawndale, California, in Los Angeles County; area codes 310 and 424; Pacific time. Lawndale has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 90260.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Coordinates
33.8872, -118.3526

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 90260, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 90261 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 90261
  • 🔢 Type 90261 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgZOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,261 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3343. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110000010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90260 (Lawndale, CA, 0 mi away) and 90262 (Lynwood, CA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90261 becomes 16209, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02169, 02196, 02916, 06129, 06912, 06921, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09621 in FPO AE, a military post office, 6,458 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,165 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90261 and you would come out at 33.89°S, 61.65°E — 975 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees31This ZIP31
Annual payroll$3,419,000This ZIP$3,419,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 90261

ZIPCityDistance
90260 Lawndale, CA 0.2 mi
90506 Torrance, CA 1.3 mi
90278 Redondo Beach, CA 1.4 mi
90504 Torrance, CA 1.8 mi
90250 Hawthorne, CA 1.8 mi
90251 Hawthorne, CA 2.0 mi
90249 Gardena, CA 2.3 mi
90266 Manhattan Beach, CA 2.9 mi
90254 Hermosa Beach, CA 3.1 mi
90247 Gardena, CA 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90261?

90261 is in Lawndale, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8872, -118.3526.

What county is 90261 in?

90261 lies in Los Angeles County.

What area code is 90261?

Lawndale uses area codes 310 and 424, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 90261 in?

90261 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 90261?

The closest are 90260 (0.2 mi), 90506 (1.3 mi), 90278 (1.4 mi), 90504 (1.8 mi) and 90250 (1.8 mi).

Is 90261 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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