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35001 County FIPS Code

Bernalillo County

New Mexico · County seat: Albuquerque · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 35001 is Bernalillo County, New Mexico. With a population of 674,692 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #1 in New Mexico and #96 nationally. Bernalillo County is part of the Albuquerque, NM. The state FIPS code for New Mexico is 35. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

35001

State FIPS

35

NM

Population

674,692

2022 ACS · #96 nationally

Density

581.2/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,161

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

35 001
35 = State FIPS (New Mexico)
001 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 35001 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 35 (New Mexico) with the 3-digit county identifier 001. Together they uniquely identify Bernalillo County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 35001

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 35001.

Median Household Income

$62,220

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

16.4%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

38.6

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Bernalillo County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 35001.

Federal Datasets Using Code 35001

FIPS code 35001 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 35001 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 35001
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:001",
    "in":   "state:35",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Bernalillo County, New Mexico, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 35001
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '35001';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '35'
  AND county_fips = '001';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 35001 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 35001
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "35",
  county    = "001",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 35 (not 35) and 001 (not 1) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
87151 100.0%
87114 100.0%
87116 100.0%
87117 100.0%
87120 100.0%
87121 100.0%
87123 100.0%
87008 100.0%
87022 100.0%
87059 100.0%
87101 100.0%
87102 100.0%
87104 100.0%
87105 100.0%
87106 100.0%
87107 100.0%
87108 100.0%
87109 100.0%
87110 100.0%
87111 100.0%
87112 100.0%
87113 100.0%
87122 97.3%
87068 53.7%
87047 28.7%
87026 22.0%
87015 17.5%
87048 1.9%
87124 0.0%

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