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22085 County FIPS Code

Sabine Parish

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FIPS code 22085 is Sabine Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 22,209 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #40 in Louisiana and #1754 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

22085

State FIPS

22

LA

Population

22,209

2022 ACS · #1754 nationally

Density

25.6/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

867

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

22 085
22 = State FIPS (Louisiana)
085 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 22085 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 085. Together they uniquely identify Sabine Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 22085

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22085.

Median Household Income

$40,777

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

23.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

41.1

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Sabine Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22085.

Federal Datasets Using Code 22085

FIPS code 22085 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 22085 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 22085
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:085",
    "in":   "state:22",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Sabine Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 22085
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22085';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
  AND county_fips = '085';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22085 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 22085
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "22",
  county    = "085",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 22 (not 22) and 085 (not 85) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Sabine 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 Sabine Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
71449 100.0%
71486 100.0%
71406 100.0%
71462 100.0%
71426 100.0%
71429 98.0%
71065 84.1%
71419 75.8%
71439 33.0%
71450 21.0%
71469 15.6%
71403 2.4%

Other Counties in Louisiana