Teller County
Colorado · County seat: Cripple Creek · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 08119 is Teller County, Colorado. With a population of 24,758 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #24 in Colorado and #1658 nationally. Teller County is part of the Colorado Springs, CO. The state FIPS code for Colorado is 08. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
08119
Population
24,758
2022 ACS · #1658 nationally
Density
44.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
557
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 08119 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 08 (Colorado) with the 3-digit county identifier 119. Together they uniquely identify Teller County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 08119
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 08119.
Median Household Income
$69,655
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
7.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
51.1
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Teller County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 08119.
Federal Datasets Using Code 08119
FIPS code 08119 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 08119 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:119",
"in": "state:08",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Teller County, Colorado, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '08119';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '08'
AND county_fips = '119';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 8119 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "08",
county = "119",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Teller 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 Teller County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 80814 | 100.0% |
| 80813 | 100.0% |
| 80860 | 100.0% |
| 80863 | 71.3% |
| 80816 | 62.7% |
| 80827 | 12.5% |
| 80819 | 6.3% |