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96049

ZIP 96049 is in Redding, California, in Shasta County; area codes 530 and 837; Pacific time. Redding has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 96001, 96002, 96003 and 96099.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Shasta
Metro area
Redding, CA
Coordinates
40.7098, -122.3116

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 96003, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96049 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 96049
  • 🔢 Type 96049 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhOgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,049 = 139 × 691. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96048 (Junction City, CA, 38 mi away) and 96050 (Klamath River, CA, 86 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96049 becomes 94069, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04969, 09469, 09694, 46990, 49096, 49690, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96409 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,866 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,249 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96049 and you would come out at 40.71°S, 57.69°E — 853 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees163This ZIP163
Annual payroll$6,159,000This ZIP$6,159,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 96049

ZIPCityDistance
96079 Shasta Lake, CA 2.0 mi
96003 Redding, CA 3.0 mi
96099 Redding, CA 4.0 mi
96019 Shasta Lake, CA 4.9 mi
96070 Obrien, CA 6.4 mi
96089 Shasta Lake, CA 7.0 mi
96073 Palo Cedro, CA 9.8 mi
96008 Bella Vista, CA 10.6 mi
96001 Redding, CA 11.8 mi
96002 Redding, CA 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96049?

96049 is in Redding, California, in Shasta County, part of the Redding, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7098, -122.3116.

What county is 96049 in?

96049 lies in Shasta County.

What area code is 96049?

Redding uses area codes 530 and 837, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96049 in?

96049 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 96049?

The closest are 96079 (2 mi), 96003 (3 mi), 96099 (4 mi), 96019 (4.9 mi) and 96070 (6.4 mi).

Is 96049 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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