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32023 County FIPS Code

Nye County

Nevada · County seat: Tonopah · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 32023 is Nye County, Nevada. With a population of 51,698 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #6 in Nevada and #976 nationally. Nye County is part of the Pahrump, NV. The state FIPS code for Nevada is 32. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

32023

State FIPS

32

NV

Population

51,698

2022 ACS · #976 nationally

Density

2.8/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

18,182

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro

RUCC 4

How This FIPS Code Works

32 023
32 = State FIPS (Nevada)
023 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 32023 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 32 (Nevada) with the 3-digit county identifier 023. Together they uniquely identify Nye County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 32023

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 32023.

Median Household Income

$53,602

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

15.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

52.9

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (9)

Counties that share a border with Nye County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 32023.

Federal Datasets Using Code 32023

FIPS code 32023 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 32023 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 32023
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:023",
    "in":   "state:32",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Nye County, Nevada, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 32023
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '32023';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '32'
  AND county_fips = '023';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 32023 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 32023
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "32",
  county    = "023",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 32 (not 32) and 023 (not 23) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Nye County

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 Nye County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
89314 100.0%
89020 100.0%
89022 100.0%
89045 100.0%
89048 100.0%
89003 100.0%
89049 99.6%
89060 98.1%
89061 95.6%
89409 68.0%
89310 5.6%

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