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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/98909

98909

ZIP 98909 is in Yakima, Washington, in Yakima County; area code 509; Pacific time. Yakima has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Yakima
Metro area
Yakima, WA
Coordinates
46.6021, -120.5059

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 98901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98909 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 98909
  • 🔢 Type 98909 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOGBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 98909 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001001011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98908 (Yakima, WA, 13 mi away) and 98920 (Brownstown, WA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98909 becomes 90989, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (90899). The farthest-flung twin is 90899 in Long Beach, CA, 895 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,194 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98909 and you would come out at 46.60°S, 59.49°E — 531 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 33m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees470This ZIP470
Annual payroll$19,972,000This ZIP$19,972,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98909

ZIPCityDistance
98902 Yakima, WA 1.4 mi
98907 Yakima, WA 3.7 mi
98939 Parker, WA 7.2 mi
98901 Yakima, WA 9.1 mi
98904 Yakima, WA 9.3 mi
98951 Wapato, WA 10.1 mi
98923 Cowiche, WA 11.0 mi
98908 Yakima, WA 13.4 mi
98920 Brownstown, WA 14.5 mi
98921 Buena, WA 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98909?

98909 is in Yakima, Washington, in Yakima County, part of the Yakima, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.6021, -120.5059.

What county is 98909 in?

98909 lies in Yakima County.

What area code is 98909?

Yakima uses area code 509, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98909 in?

98909 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98909?

The closest are 98902 (1.4 mi), 98907 (3.7 mi), 98939 (7.2 mi), 98901 (9.1 mi) and 98904 (9.3 mi).

Is 98909 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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