Del Norte County
California · County seat: Crescent City · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 06015 is Del Norte County, California. With a population of 27,462 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #49 in California and #1551 nationally. Del Norte County is part of the Crescent City, 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
06015
Population
27,462
2022 ACS · #1551 nationally
Density
27.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,006
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 06015 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 06 (California) with the 3-digit county identifier 015. Together they uniquely identify Del Norte County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 06015
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 06015.
Median Household Income
$61,149
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
14.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Del Norte County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 06015.
Federal Datasets Using Code 06015
FIPS code 06015 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 06015 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:015",
"in": "state:06",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Del Norte County, California, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '06015';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '06'
AND county_fips = '015';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 6015 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "06",
county = "015",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Del Norte 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 Del Norte County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 95531 | 100.0% |
| 95538 | 100.0% |
| 95543 | 100.0% |
| 95548 | 100.0% |
| 95567 | 100.0% |