Santa Clara County
California · County seat: San Jose · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 06085 is Santa Clara County, California. With a population of 1,916,831 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #6 in California and #18 nationally. Santa Clara County is part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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
06085
Population
1,916,831
2022 ACS · #18 nationally
Density
1,485.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,290
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 06085 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 06 (California) with the 3-digit county identifier 085. Together they uniquely identify Santa Clara County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 06085
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 06085.
Median Household Income
$153,792
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
6.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Santa Clara County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 06085.
Federal Datasets Using Code 06085
FIPS code 06085 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 06085 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:085",
"in": "state:06",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Santa Clara County, California, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '06085';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '06'
AND county_fips = '085';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 6085 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "06",
county = "085",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 95148 | 100.0% |
| 94024 | 100.0% |
| 95135 | 100.0% |
| 95136 | 100.0% |
| 95138 | 100.0% |
| 95139 | 100.0% |
| 95140 | 100.0% |
| 94022 | 100.0% |
| 94040 | 100.0% |
| 94041 | 100.0% |
| 94043 | 100.0% |
| 94085 | 100.0% |
| 94086 | 100.0% |
| 94087 | 100.0% |
| 94089 | 100.0% |
| 94301 | 100.0% |
| 94304 | 100.0% |
| 94305 | 100.0% |
| 94306 | 100.0% |
| 95002 | 100.0% |
| 95008 | 100.0% |
| 95013 | 100.0% |
| 95014 | 100.0% |
| 95020 | 100.0% |
| 95030 | 100.0% |
| 95032 | 100.0% |
| 95035 | 100.0% |
| 95037 | 100.0% |
| 95046 | 100.0% |
| 95050 | 100.0% |
Showing top 30 of 63 ZIP codes by residential address share.