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06111 County FIPS Code

Ventura County

California · County seat: Ventura · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 06111 is Ventura County, California. With a population of 842,009 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #13 in California and #72 nationally. Ventura County is part of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, 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

06111

State FIPS

06

CA

Population

842,009

2022 ACS · #72 nationally

Density

456.8/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,843

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

06 111
06 = State FIPS (California)
111 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 06111 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 06 (California) with the 3-digit county identifier 111. Together they uniquely identify Ventura County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 06111

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 06111.

Median Household Income

$102,141

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

9.0%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.0

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (3)

Counties that share a border with Ventura County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 06111.

Federal Datasets Using Code 06111

FIPS code 06111 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 06111 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 06111
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:111",
    "in":   "state:06",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Ventura County, California, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 06111
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '06111';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '06'
  AND county_fips = '111';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 6111 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 06111
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "06",
  county    = "111",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 06 (not 6) and 111 (not 111) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
93043 100.0%
93066 100.0%
93065 100.0%
93064 100.0%
91320 100.0%
91360 100.0%
93042 100.0%
93060 100.0%
91377 100.0%
93001 100.0%
93003 100.0%
93004 100.0%
93010 100.0%
93012 100.0%
93063 100.0%
93015 100.0%
93021 100.0%
93022 100.0%
93023 100.0%
93030 100.0%
93033 100.0%
93035 100.0%
93036 100.0%
93040 100.0%
93041 100.0%
91362 94.5%
91361 82.7%
93252 66.5%
93225 63.9%
91307 44.8%

Showing top 30 of 34 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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