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06013 County FIPS Code

Contra Costa County

California · County seat: Martinez · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 06013 is Contra Costa County, California. With a population of 1,162,648 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #9 in California and #38 nationally. Contra Costa County is part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The state FIPS code for California is 06. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

06013

State FIPS

06

CA

Population

1,162,648

2022 ACS · #38 nationally

Density

1,624.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

716

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 1M+ population

RUCC 1

How This FIPS Code Works

06 013
06 = State FIPS (California)
013 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 06013 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 06 (California) with the 3-digit county identifier 013. Together they uniquely identify Contra Costa County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 06013

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 06013.

Median Household Income

$120,020

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

8.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.1

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Contra Costa County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 06013.

Federal Datasets Using Code 06013

FIPS code 06013 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 06013 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 06013
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:013",
    "in":   "state:06",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Contra Costa County, California, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 06013
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '06013';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '06'
  AND county_fips = '013';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 6013 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 06013
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "06",
  county    = "013",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 06 (not 6) 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 Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
94801 100.0%
94506 100.0%
94507 100.0%
94509 100.0%
94511 100.0%
94513 100.0%
94806 100.0%
94516 100.0%
94517 100.0%
94518 100.0%
94519 100.0%
94520 100.0%
94521 100.0%
94523 100.0%
94525 100.0%
94526 100.0%
94528 100.0%
94530 100.0%
94531 100.0%
94547 100.0%
94548 100.0%
94549 100.0%
94805 100.0%
94553 100.0%
94556 100.0%
94561 100.0%
94563 100.0%
94564 100.0%
94565 100.0%
94569 100.0%

Showing top 30 of 49 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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