St. Bernard Parish
Louisiana · County seat: Chalmette · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 22087 is St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 44,038 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #26 in Louisiana and #1107 nationally. St. Bernard Parish is part of the New Orleans-Metairie, 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
22087
Population
44,038
2022 ACS · #1107 nationally
Density
116.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
378
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 22087 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 22 (Louisiana) with the 3-digit county identifier 087. Together they uniquely identify St. Bernard Parish in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 22087
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 22087.
Median Household Income
$55,857
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
22.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
35.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with St. Bernard Parish. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 22087.
Federal Datasets Using Code 22087
FIPS code 22087 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 22087 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:087",
"in": "state:22",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '22087';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '22'
AND county_fips = '087';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 22087 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "22",
county = "087",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard Parish. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 70032 | 100.0% |
| 70043 | 100.0% |
| 70075 | 100.0% |
| 70085 | 100.0% |
| 70092 | 100.0% |
| 70040 | 0.8% |