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04013 County FIPS Code

Maricopa County

Arizona · County seat: Phoenix · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 04013 is Maricopa County, Arizona. With a population of 4,430,871 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #1 in Arizona and #4 nationally. Maricopa County is part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, 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

04013

State FIPS

04

AZ

Population

4,430,871

2022 ACS · #4 nationally

Density

481.6/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

9,200

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 1M+ population

RUCC 1

How This FIPS Code Works

04 013
04 = State FIPS (Arizona)
013 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 04013 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 04 (Arizona) with the 3-digit county identifier 013. Together they uniquely identify Maricopa County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 04013

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 04013.

Median Household Income

$80,675

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

11.5%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

37.1

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Maricopa County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 04013.

Federal Datasets Using Code 04013

FIPS code 04013 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 04013 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 04013
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:013",
    "in":   "state:04",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Maricopa County, Arizona, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 04013
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '04013';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '04'
  AND county_fips = '013';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 4013 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 04013
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "04",
  county    = "013",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 04 (not 4) and 013 (not 13) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
85323 100.0%
85004 100.0%
85006 100.0%
85007 100.0%
85008 100.0%
85009 100.0%
85012 100.0%
85013 100.0%
85014 100.0%
85015 100.0%
85016 100.0%
85017 100.0%
85018 100.0%
85019 100.0%
85020 100.0%
85021 100.0%
85022 100.0%
85023 100.0%
85024 100.0%
85026 100.0%
85027 100.0%
85028 100.0%
85029 100.0%
85031 100.0%
85032 100.0%
85033 100.0%
85034 100.0%
85035 100.0%
85037 100.0%
85040 100.0%

Showing top 30 of 140 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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