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35007 County FIPS Code

Colfax County

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

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FIPS code 35007 is Colfax County, New Mexico. With a population of 12,370 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #24 in New Mexico and #2311 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

35007

State FIPS

35

NM

Population

12,370

2022 ACS · #2311 nationally

Density

3.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

3,758

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro

RUCC 7

How This FIPS Code Works

35 007
35 = State FIPS (New Mexico)
007 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 35007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 35 (New Mexico) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Colfax County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 35007

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 35007.

Median Household Income

$46,286

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

18.1%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

49.2

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Colfax County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 35007.

Federal Datasets Using Code 35007

FIPS code 35007 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 35007 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 35007
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:007",
    "in":   "state:35",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Colfax County, New Mexico, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 35007
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '35007';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '35'
  AND county_fips = '007';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 35007 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 35007
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "35",
  county    = "007",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 35 (not 35) and 007 (not 7) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
87710 100.0%
87714 100.0%
87718 100.0%
87728 100.0%
87729 100.0%
87740 100.0%
87747 100.0%
87749 100.0%
88414 67.1%
88422 35.5%

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