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33003 County FIPS Code

Carroll County

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

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FIPS code 33003 is Carroll County, New Hampshire. With a population of 50,679 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #8 in New Hampshire and #988 nationally. 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

33003

State FIPS

33

NH

Population

50,679

2022 ACS · #988 nationally

Density

54.4/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

931

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

33 003
33 = State FIPS (New Hampshire)
003 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 33003 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 33 (New Hampshire) with the 3-digit county identifier 003. Together they uniquely identify Carroll County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 33003

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 33003.

Median Household Income

$77,049

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

8.0%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

53.8

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Carroll County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 33003.

Federal Datasets Using Code 33003

FIPS code 33003 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 33003 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 33003
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:003",
    "in":   "state:33",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Carroll County, New Hampshire, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 33003
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '33003';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '33'
  AND county_fips = '003';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 33003 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 33003
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "33",
  county    = "003",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 33 (not 33) and 003 (not 3) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
03897 100.0%
03227 100.0%
03886 100.0%
03890 100.0%
03894 100.0%
03259 100.0%
03812 100.0%
03813 100.0%
03814 100.0%
03816 100.0%
03817 100.0%
03818 100.0%
03830 100.0%
03832 100.0%
03836 100.0%
03838 100.0%
03845 100.0%
03846 100.0%
03847 100.0%
03849 100.0%
03850 100.0%
03853 100.0%
03860 100.0%
03864 100.0%
03872 100.0%
03875 100.0%
03882 100.0%
03883 100.0%
03254 99.9%
03887 5.0%

Showing top 30 of 31 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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