Concordia Parish
Louisiana · County seat: Vidalia · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 22029 is Concordia Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 18,677 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #49 in Louisiana and #1939 nationally. Concordia Parish is part of the Natchez, MS-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
22029
Population
18,677
2022 ACS · #1939 nationally
Density
26.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
697
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro
RUCC 6
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 22029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Concordia Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 22029
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22029.
Median Household Income
$38,929
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
33.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Concordia Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22029.
Federal Datasets Using Code 22029
FIPS code 22029 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 22029 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:029",
"in": "state:22",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Concordia Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22029';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
AND county_fips = '029';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22029 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "22",
county = "029",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Concordia 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 Concordia Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 71316 | 100.0% |
| 71334 | 100.0% |
| 71354 | 100.0% |
| 71373 | 100.0% |
| 71326 | 26.3% |
| 71343 | 18.3% |