East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana · County seat: Baton Rouge · County equivalent (e.g. borough in AK, parish in LA)
FIPS code 22033 is East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 454,369 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #1 in Louisiana and #155 nationally. East Baton Rouge 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
22033
Population
454,369
2022 ACS · #155 nationally
Density
997.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
455
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 22033 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 033. Together they uniquely identify East Baton Rouge Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 22033
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22033.
Median Household Income
$62,083
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
34.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with East Baton Rouge Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22033.
Federal Datasets Using Code 22033
FIPS code 22033 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 22033 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:033",
"in": "state:22",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22033';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
AND county_fips = '033';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22033 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "22",
county = "033",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 70836 | 100.0% |
| 70819 | 100.0% |
| 70820 | 100.0% |
| 70825 | 100.0% |
| 70714 | 100.0% |
| 70739 | 100.0% |
| 70770 | 100.0% |
| 70801 | 100.0% |
| 70802 | 100.0% |
| 70803 | 100.0% |
| 70805 | 100.0% |
| 70806 | 100.0% |
| 70807 | 100.0% |
| 70808 | 100.0% |
| 70809 | 100.0% |
| 70810 | 100.0% |
| 70811 | 100.0% |
| 70812 | 100.0% |
| 70813 | 100.0% |
| 70814 | 100.0% |
| 70815 | 100.0% |
| 70816 | 100.0% |
| 70817 | 100.0% |
| 70818 | 100.0% |
| 70791 | 96.4% |
| 70777 | 12.6% |
| 70722 | 3.6% |
| 70748 | 1.3% |