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35006 County FIPS Code

Cibola County

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

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FIPS code 35006 is Cibola County, New Mexico. With a population of 27,211 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #17 in New Mexico and #1560 nationally. 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

35006

State FIPS

35

NM

Population

27,211

2022 ACS · #1560 nationally

Density

6.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

4,539

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

35 006
35 = State FIPS (New Mexico)
006 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 35006 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 35 (New Mexico) with the 3-digit county identifier 006. Together they uniquely identify Cibola County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 35006

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 35006.

Median Household Income

$49,866

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

27.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

38.0

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Cibola County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 35006.

Federal Datasets Using Code 35006

FIPS code 35006 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 35006 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 35006
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:006",
    "in":   "state:35",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Cibola County, New Mexico, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 35006
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '35006';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '35'
  AND county_fips = '006';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 35006 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 35006
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "35",
  county    = "006",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 35 (not 35) and 006 (not 6) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
87357 100.0%
87007 100.0%
87014 100.0%
87038 100.0%
87040 100.0%
87049 100.0%
87051 100.0%
87315 100.0%
87005 100.0%
87021 100.0%
87034 100.0%
87020 86.6%
87321 70.3%
87026 49.5%
87323 14.4%
87327 14.0%
87045 1.7%

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