FIPS code 04009 is Graham County, Arizona. With a population of 38,453 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #13 in Arizona and #1228 nationally. Graham County is part of the Safford, AZ. The state FIPS code for Arizona is 04. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
04009
Population
38,453
2022 ACS · #1228 nationally
Density
8.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
4,623
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 04009 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 04 (Arizona) with the 3-digit county identifier 009. Together they uniquely identify Graham County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 04009
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 04009.
Median Household Income
$64,089
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
34.1
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Graham County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 04009.
Federal Datasets Using Code 04009
FIPS code 04009 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.
Using FIPS Code 04009 in Code
Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:009",
"in": "state:04",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Graham County, Arizona, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '04009';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '04'
AND county_fips = '009';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 4009 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "04",
county = "009",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Graham County
ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within Graham County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 85551 | 100.0% |
| 85531 | 100.0% |
| 85552 | 100.0% |
| 85535 | 100.0% |
| 85536 | 100.0% |
| 85530 | 100.0% |
| 85543 | 100.0% |
| 85546 | 100.0% |
| 85542 | 86.2% |
| 85643 | 51.4% |
| 85533 | 30.1% |