Assumption Parish
Louisiana · County seat: Napoleonville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 22007 is Assumption Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 21,067 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #42 in Louisiana and #1812 nationally. Assumption Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, LA. 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
22007
Population
21,067
2022 ACS · #1812 nationally
Density
62.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
339
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 22007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Assumption Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 22007
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22007.
Median Household Income
$47,023
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Assumption Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22007.
Federal Datasets Using Code 22007
FIPS code 22007 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 22007 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:007",
"in": "state:22",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Assumption Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22007';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
AND county_fips = '007';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22007 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "22",
county = "007",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Assumption 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 Assumption Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 70393 | 100.0% |
| 70341 | 100.0% |
| 70372 | 100.0% |
| 70390 | 100.0% |
| 70391 | 100.0% |
| 70339 | 87.0% |
| 70380 | 39.0% |
| 70346 | 20.8% |
| 70301 | 1.7% |