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Washington, DC 20020

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The 20020 ZIP Code is centered1 in District of Columbia Neighborhood at latitude 38.864 and longitude -76.972 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. District of Columbia Neighborhood is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 20020 was 49,899 with 22,222 housing units; a land area land area of 4.49 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 11,103.83 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Anacostia, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Hillcrest, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Naylor Gardens, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Twining, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Knox Hill Dwellings, DC (< 0.1 mile)
 Garfield Heights, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Good Hope, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Fort Davis, DC (1.4 miles E)
Fairfax Village, DC (1.4 miles E)
Oxon Run Hills, MD (1.4 miles SSE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Pennsylvania Avenue Hights, DC (< 0.1 mile)
West Over View, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Fairlawn, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Randle Highlands, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Buena Vista, DC (< 0.1 mile)
 Woodland, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Southeast, DC (1.4 miles NW)
Dupont Park, DC (1.4 miles ENE)
Penn Branch, DC (1.4 miles NE)
Shipley Terrace, DC (1.4 miles S)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one Neighborhood and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Neighborhoods.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.