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33011 County FIPS Code

Hillsborough County

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

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FIPS code 33011 is Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. With a population of 422,733 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #1 in New Hampshire and #165 nationally. Hillsborough County is part of the Manchester-Nashua, 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

33011

State FIPS

33

NH

Population

422,733

2022 ACS · #165 nationally

Density

482.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

876

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

33 011
33 = State FIPS (New Hampshire)
011 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 33011 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 33 (New Hampshire) with the 3-digit county identifier 011. Together they uniquely identify Hillsborough County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 33011

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 33011.

Median Household Income

$95,112

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

6.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.9

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Hillsborough County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 33011.

Federal Datasets Using Code 33011

FIPS code 33011 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 33011 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 33011
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:011",
    "in":   "state:33",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 33011
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '33011';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '33'
  AND county_fips = '011';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 33011 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 33011
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "33",
  county    = "011",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 33 (not 33) and 011 (not 11) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
03031 100.0%
03033 100.0%
03043 100.0%
03045 100.0%
03047 100.0%
03048 100.0%
03049 100.0%
03051 100.0%
03052 100.0%
03054 100.0%
03055 100.0%
03057 100.0%
03060 100.0%
03062 100.0%
03063 100.0%
03064 100.0%
03070 100.0%
03071 100.0%
03076 100.0%
03082 100.0%
03084 100.0%
03086 100.0%
03101 100.0%
03102 100.0%
03281 100.0%
03440 100.0%
03442 100.0%
03449 100.0%
03109 100.0%
03110 100.0%

Showing top 30 of 34 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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