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06039 County FIPS Code

Madera County

California · County seat: Madera · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 06039 is Madera County, California. With a population of 157,243 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #32 in California and #425 nationally. Madera County is part of the Fresno, 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

06039

State FIPS

06

CA

Population

157,243

2022 ACS · #425 nationally

Density

73.6/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

2,137

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 1M+ population

RUCC 1

How This FIPS Code Works

06 039
06 = State FIPS (California)
039 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 06039 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 06 (California) with the 3-digit county identifier 039. Together they uniquely identify Madera County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 06039

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 06039.

Median Household Income

$73,543

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

20.1%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

34.4

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Madera County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 06039.

Federal Datasets Using Code 06039

FIPS code 06039 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 06039 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 06039
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:039",
    "in":   "state:06",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Madera County, California, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 06039
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '06039';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '06'
  AND county_fips = '039';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 6039 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 06039
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "06",
  county    = "039",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 06 (not 6) and 039 (not 39) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
93638 100.0%
93669 100.0%
93604 100.0%
93636 100.0%
93637 100.0%
93643 100.0%
93614 100.0%
93645 100.0%
93644 100.0%
93610 85.1%
93626 74.3%
93653 69.1%
93601 63.8%
93622 10.2%
93602 4.2%
93623 4.0%
93720 2.3%
93620 0.2%

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