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90747

ZIP 90747 is in Carson, California, in Los Angeles County; Pacific time. Carson has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 90745, 90746, 90749 and 90895.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Population
11
Coordinates
33.8638, -118.2514
☼ Live from 90747 — Carson, CA

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Where 90747 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90747
  • 🔢 Type 90747 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhLOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,747 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3361. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110001001111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90746 (Carson, CA, 0 mi away) and 90748 (Wilmington, CA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90747 becomes 74709, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04779, 07974, 09747, 09774, 40977, 47907, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09747 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,211 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,160 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90747 and you would come out at 33.86°S, 61.75°E — 976 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 0.021 square miles of land, 90747 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 10 football fields.
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People and housing

Population11This ZIP11
Households0
Housing units0
Population density523.8 / sq miThis ZIP523.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees779This ZIP779
Annual payroll$33,363,000This ZIP$33,363,000

Land area

Land area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 90747

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ZIP codes near 90747

ZIPCityDistance
90746 Carson, CA 0.3 mi
90220 Compton, CA 1.7 mi
90248 Gardena, CA 2.1 mi
90895 Carson, CA 2.5 mi
90223 Compton, CA 2.8 mi
90221 Compton, CA 3.0 mi
90745 Carson, CA 3.1 mi
90502 Torrance, CA 3.2 mi
90247 Gardena, CA 3.3 mi
90222 Compton, CA 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90747?

90747 is in Carson, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8638, -118.2514.

What county is 90747 in?

90747 lies in Los Angeles County.

What time zone is 90747 in?

90747 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90747?

About 11 people live in ZIP code 90747, at 523.8 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 90747?

The closest are 90746 (0.3 mi), 90220 (1.7 mi), 90248 (2.1 mi), 90895 (2.5 mi) and 90223 (2.8 mi).

Is 90747 a PO Box ZIP code?

90747 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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