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16007 County FIPS Code

Bear Lake County

Idaho · County seat: Paris · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 16007 is Bear Lake County, Idaho. With a population of 6,436 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #36 in Idaho and #2773 nationally. The state FIPS code for Idaho is 16. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

16007

State FIPS

16

ID

Population

6,436

2022 ACS · #2773 nationally

Density

6.6/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

975

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

16 007
16 = State FIPS (Idaho)
007 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 16007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 16 (Idaho) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Bear Lake County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 16007

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 16007.

Median Household Income

$63,244

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.0

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Bear Lake County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 16007.

Federal Datasets Using Code 16007

FIPS code 16007 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 16007 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 16007
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:007",
    "in":   "state:16",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Bear Lake County, Idaho, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 16007
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '16007';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '16'
  AND county_fips = '007';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 16007 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 16007
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "16",
  county    = "007",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 16 (not 16) and 007 (not 7) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Bear Lake 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 Bear Lake County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
83220 100.0%
83223 100.0%
83233 100.0%
83238 100.0%
83239 100.0%
83272 100.0%
83287 100.0%
83261 100.0%
83254 82.6%
83276 4.5%

Other Counties in Idaho