| City: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Parish: | Caddo Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 1:50:13 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 318 / 457 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 32.5253, -93.7501 |
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ZIP Code 71162 serves a single commercial facility on Milam Street in downtown Shreveport's Riverfront district. This isn't a residential community. It's a PO Box classified ZIP that handles mail for 69 businesses and maintains 56 PO Boxes, all at one downtown location.
The facility operates through PO Box Street Addressing (PBSA), which allows businesses to use "Milam St" with unit numbers instead of traditional PO Box format. All 30 street delivery records use UNIT designators, indicating a multi-tenant commercial building where each business has its own suite. This setup gives businesses a street address appearance while mail is actually delivered to the building's mail center.
Shreveport has multiple ZIP codes for different purposes. While standard residential ZIPs like 71101 handle neighborhood delivery across the city, 71162 exists specifically for this downtown business facility. Businesses here can receive mail through individual PO Boxes or through the building's unit-based addressing system.
Single commercial building with unit-based delivery.
ZIP Code 71162 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 127Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 71162 is located in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, within the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 43340) and Louisiana's 4th and 5th Congressional Districts. This Metro area has a population of 389,004 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 71162. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Shreveport-Bossier City, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 43340Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 389,004Source: Census |
| MSA: | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 04,05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 12435.1, 14452.88 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2270000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Shreveport city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 71162 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.