Rockingham County
New Hampshire · County seat: Brentwood · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 33015 is Rockingham County, New Hampshire. With a population of 315,169 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #2 in New Hampshire and #223 nationally. Rockingham County is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-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
33015
Population
315,169
2022 ACS · #223 nationally
Density
453.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
695
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 33015 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 33 (New Hampshire) with the 3-digit county identifier 015. Together they uniquely identify Rockingham County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 33015
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 33015.
Median Household Income
$110,225
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
4.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
44.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Rockingham County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 33015.
Federal Datasets Using Code 33015
FIPS code 33015 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 33015 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:015",
"in": "state:33",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Rockingham County, New Hampshire, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '33015';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '33'
AND county_fips = '015';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 33015 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "33",
county = "015",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 03885 | 100.0% |
| 03034 | 100.0% |
| 03036 | 100.0% |
| 03037 | 100.0% |
| 03038 | 100.0% |
| 03871 | 100.0% |
| 03873 | 100.0% |
| 03874 | 100.0% |
| 03032 | 100.0% |
| 03044 | 100.0% |
| 03053 | 100.0% |
| 03077 | 100.0% |
| 03079 | 100.0% |
| 03087 | 100.0% |
| 03290 | 100.0% |
| 03291 | 100.0% |
| 03801 | 100.0% |
| 03811 | 100.0% |
| 03819 | 100.0% |
| 03826 | 100.0% |
| 03827 | 100.0% |
| 03833 | 100.0% |
| 03840 | 100.0% |
| 03841 | 100.0% |
| 03842 | 100.0% |
| 03844 | 100.0% |
| 03848 | 100.0% |
| 03854 | 100.0% |
| 03856 | 100.0% |
| 03857 | 100.0% |
Showing top 30 of 38 ZIP codes by residential address share.