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98009

ZIP 98009 is in Bellevue, Washington, in King County; area code 425; Pacific time. Bellevue has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
King
Coordinates
47.6104, -122.2007

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 98004, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98009 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 98009
  • 🔢 Type 98009 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOOBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 98009 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98008 (Bellevue, WA, 4 mi away) and 98010 (Black Diamond, WA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98009 becomes 90089 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Angeles, CA, 961 miles away.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08099, 09089, 09098, 09809, 09890, 80909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09809 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,788 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,290 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98009 and you would come out at 47.61°S, 57.80°E — 581 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees289This ZIP289
Annual payroll$28,461,000This ZIP$28,461,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98009

ZIPCityDistance
98015 Bellevue, WA 0.0 mi
98004 Bellevue, WA 0.6 mi
98005 Bellevue, WA 1.5 mi
98039 Medina, WA 2.5 mi
98007 Bellevue, WA 2.6 mi
98040 Mercer Island, WA 3.5 mi
98008 Bellevue, WA 4.2 mi
98122 Seattle, WA 4.4 mi
98112 Seattle, WA 4.5 mi
98033 Kirkland, WA 4.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98009?

98009 is in Bellevue, Washington, in King County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.6104, -122.2007.

What county is 98009 in?

98009 lies in King County.

What area code is 98009?

Bellevue uses area code 425, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98009 in?

98009 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98009?

The closest are 98015 (0 mi), 98004 (0.6 mi), 98005 (1.5 mi), 98039 (2.5 mi) and 98007 (2.6 mi).

Is 98009 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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