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98616

ZIP 98616 is Cougar, Washington, mostly in Skamania County; area code 360; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Skamania +1 more
Population
192
Coordinates
46.0751, -122.1832
☼ Live from 98616 — Cougar, WA

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Where 98616 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98616
  • 🔢 Type 98616 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIgBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,616 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 587. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000100111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98614 (Chinook, WA, 84 mi away) and 98617 (Dallesport, WA, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98616 becomes 61689, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16689, 16698, 18966, 68961, 69168, 89166, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96816 in Honolulu, HI, 2,632 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,264 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98616 and you would come out at 46.08°S, 57.82°E — 618 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 38m.
  • 📏 At 113.5 square miles of land, 98616 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 86 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population192This ZIP192
Households119This ZIP119
Housing units439This ZIP439
Median age66.0This ZIP66.0Washington38.3US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher3.1%This ZIP3.1%
Population density1.7 / sq miThis ZIP1.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees18This ZIP18
Annual payroll$911,000This ZIP$911,000
Tax returns filed150This ZIP150
Total adjusted gross income$11,434,000This ZIP$11,434,000

Land area

Land area113.48 sq miThis ZIP113.48 sq mi
Water area7.75 sq miThis ZIP7.75 sq mi

Counties 98616 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Skamania County 98.1%
Cowlitz County 1.9%

Other place names in 98616

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 98616

ZIPCityDistance
98603 Ariel, WA 11.2 mi
98675 Yacolt, WA 15.4 mi
98601 Amboy, WA 15.4 mi
98625 Kalama, WA 18.7 mi
98610 Carson, WA 22.2 mi
98622 Heisson, WA 22.8 mi
98649 Toutle, WA 23.6 mi
98604 Battle Ground, WA 24.4 mi
98674 Woodland, WA 24.7 mi
98629 La Center, WA 25.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98616?

98616 is in Cougar, Washington, in Skamania County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.0751, -122.1832.

What county is 98616 in?

98616 spans 2 counties: Skamania County and Cowlitz County. Most of it falls in Skamania County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 98616?

Cougar uses area code 360, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98616 in?

98616 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98616?

About 192 people live in ZIP code 98616, in 119 households, at 1.7 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 98616?

The closest are 98603 (11.2 mi), 98675 (15.4 mi), 98601 (15.4 mi), 98625 (18.7 mi) and 98610 (22.2 mi).

Is 98616 a PO Box ZIP code?

98616 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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