Baxter County
Arkansas · County seat: Mountain Home · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 05005 is Baxter County, Arkansas. With a population of 41,801 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #17 in Arkansas and #1161 nationally. Baxter County is part of the Mountain Home, AR. The state FIPS code for Arkansas is 05. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
05005
Population
41,801
2022 ACS · #1161 nationally
Density
75.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
554
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 05005 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 05 (Arkansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 005. Together they uniquely identify Baxter County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 05005
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 05005.
Median Household Income
$47,403
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
52.1
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Baxter County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 05005.
Federal Datasets Using Code 05005
FIPS code 05005 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 05005 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:005",
"in": "state:05",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Baxter County, Arkansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '05005';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '05'
AND county_fips = '005';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 5005 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "05",
county = "005",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Baxter 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 Baxter County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 72658 | 100.0% |
| 72626 | 100.0% |
| 72635 | 100.0% |
| 72642 | 100.0% |
| 72651 | 100.0% |
| 72537 | 100.0% |
| 72544 | 100.0% |
| 72623 | 100.0% |
| 72617 | 97.7% |
| 72653 | 97.6% |
| 72531 | 38.9% |
| 72519 | 38.1% |