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33005 County FIPS Code

Cheshire County

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

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FIPS code 33005 is Cheshire County, New Hampshire. With a population of 76,610 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #6 in New Hampshire and #736 nationally. Cheshire County is part of the Keene, 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

33005

State FIPS

33

NH

Population

76,610

2022 ACS · #736 nationally

Density

108.4/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

707

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro

RUCC 4

How This FIPS Code Works

33 005
33 = State FIPS (New Hampshire)
005 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 33005 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 33 (New Hampshire) with the 3-digit county identifier 005. Together they uniquely identify Cheshire County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 33005

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 33005.

Median Household Income

$76,551

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

9.0%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

43.5

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Cheshire County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 33005.

Federal Datasets Using Code 33005

FIPS code 33005 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 33005 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 33005
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:005",
    "in":   "state:33",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Cheshire County, New Hampshire, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 33005
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '33005';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '33'
  AND county_fips = '005';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 33005 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 33005
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "33",
  county    = "005",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 33 (not 33) and 005 (not 5) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
03609 100.0%
03431 100.0%
03441 100.0%
03443 100.0%
03444 100.0%
03445 100.0%
03446 100.0%
03447 100.0%
03448 100.0%
03450 100.0%
03451 100.0%
03452 100.0%
03455 100.0%
03456 100.0%
03457 100.0%
03470 100.0%
03604 100.0%
03608 100.0%
03461 100.0%
03462 100.0%
03464 100.0%
03465 100.0%
03466 100.0%
03467 100.0%
03602 63.2%
03280 0.1%
03458 0.1%

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