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
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
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.
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, ...]
-- 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
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "32",
county = "023",
year = 2022
)
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% |