Iberia Parish
Louisiana · County seat: New Iberia · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 22045 is Iberia Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 69,958 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #17 in Louisiana and #774 nationally. Iberia Parish is part of the New Iberia, 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
22045
Population
69,958
2022 ACS · #774 nationally
Density
121.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
574
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 22045 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 045. Together they uniquely identify Iberia Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 22045
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22045.
Median Household Income
$55,190
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
23.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Iberia Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22045.
Federal Datasets Using Code 22045
FIPS code 22045 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 22045 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:045",
"in": "state:22",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Iberia Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22045';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
AND county_fips = '045';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22045 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "22",
county = "045",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Iberia 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 Iberia Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 70513 | 100.0% |
| 70552 | 100.0% |
| 70563 | 100.0% |
| 70560 | 97.7% |
| 70528 | 88.1% |
| 70544 | 52.6% |
| 70582 | 5.6% |
| 70518 | 3.2% |
| 70592 | 1.9% |
| 70533 | 0.3% |