Cheshire County
New Hampshire · County seat: Keene · Active county or equivalent
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
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
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.
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, ...]
-- 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
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "33",
county = "005",
year = 2022
)
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% |