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04009 County FIPS Code

Graham County

Arizona · County seat: Safford · Active county or equivalent

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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

State FIPS

04

AZ

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

04 009
04 = State FIPS (Arizona)
009 = County FIPS

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.

Census ACS API — Python 04009
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, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 04009
-- 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
R — tidycensus 04009
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "04",
  county    = "009",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 04 (not 4) and 009 (not 9) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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%

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