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90749

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

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Coordinates
33.7866, -118.2987

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 90710, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 90749 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 90749
  • 🔢 Type 90749 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhLOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 90749 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110001001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90748 (Wilmington, CA, 2 mi away) and 90755 (Signal Hill, CA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90749 becomes 94709 — and that is a real ZIP code: Berkeley, CA, 360 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04979, 09497, 09749, 40979, 40997, 47909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09749 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,217 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 90749 and you would come out at 33.79°S, 61.70°E — 970 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees198This ZIP198
Annual payroll$20,290,000This ZIP$20,290,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 90749

ZIPCityDistance
90224 Compton, CA 0.0 mi
90267 Manhattan Beach, CA 0.0 mi
90295 Marina Del Rey, CA 0.0 mi
90296 Playa Del Rey, CA 0.0 mi
90307 Inglewood, CA 0.0 mi
90309 Inglewood, CA 0.0 mi
90310 Inglewood, CA 0.0 mi
90507 Torrance, CA 0.0 mi
90508 Torrance, CA 0.0 mi
90509 Torrance, CA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90749?

90749 is in Carson, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7866, -118.2987.

What county is 90749 in?

90749 lies in Los Angeles County.

What time zone is 90749 in?

90749 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 90749?

The closest are 90224 (0 mi), 90267 (0 mi), 90295 (0 mi), 90296 (0 mi) and 90307 (0 mi).

Is 90749 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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