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33001 County FIPS Code

Belknap County

New Hampshire · County seat: Laconia · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 33001 is Belknap County, New Hampshire. With a population of 63,914 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #7 in New Hampshire and #845 nationally. Belknap County is part of the Laconia, NH. The state FIPS code for New Hampshire is 33. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

33001

State FIPS

33

NH

Population

63,914

2022 ACS · #845 nationally

Density

159.7/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

400

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro

RUCC 4

How This FIPS Code Works

33 001
33 = State FIPS (New Hampshire)
001 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 33001 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 33 (New Hampshire) with the 3-digit county identifier 001. Together they uniquely identify Belknap County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 33001

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 33001.

Median Household Income

$80,719

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

8.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

47.8

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Belknap County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 33001.

Federal Datasets Using Code 33001

FIPS code 33001 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 33001 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 33001
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:001",
    "in":   "state:33",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Belknap County, New Hampshire, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 33001
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '33001';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '33'
  AND county_fips = '001';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 33001 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 33001
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "33",
  county    = "001",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 33 (not 33) and 001 (not 1) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Belknap 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 Belknap County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
03837 100.0%
03269 100.0%
03809 100.0%
03810 100.0%
03218 100.0%
03225 100.0%
03237 100.0%
03246 100.0%
03249 100.0%
03253 100.0%
03256 100.0%
03226 100.0%
03220 98.8%
03276 28.4%
03254 0.1%

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