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22003 County FIPS Code

Allen Parish

Louisiana · County seat: Oberlin · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 22003 is Allen Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 22,798 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #39 in Louisiana and #1730 nationally. The state FIPS code for Louisiana is 22. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

22003

State FIPS

22

LA

Population

22,798

2022 ACS · #1730 nationally

Density

29.9/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

762

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

22 003
22 = State FIPS (Louisiana)
003 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 22003 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 003. Together they uniquely identify Allen Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 22003

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22003.

Median Household Income

$52,755

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

19.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

38.5

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Allen Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22003.

Federal Datasets Using Code 22003

FIPS code 22003 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 22003 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 22003
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:003",
    "in":   "state:22",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Allen Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 22003
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22003';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
  AND county_fips = '003';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22003 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 22003
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "22",
  county    = "003",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 22 (not 22) and 003 (not 3) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Allen Parish

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 Allen Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
70644 100.0%
70658 100.0%
70638 100.0%
70655 100.0%
70654 100.0%
70651 100.0%
70648 72.6%
71463 59.9%
70637 52.0%
70532 36.1%
70657 25.3%
70656 23.5%
70662 5.3%

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