FIPS code 40009 is Beckham County, Oklahoma. With a population of 22,295 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #38 in Oklahoma and #1749 nationally. Beckham County is part of the Elk City, OK. The state FIPS code for Oklahoma is 40. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
40009
Population
22,295
2022 ACS · #1749 nationally
Density
24.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
902
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 40009 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 40 (Oklahoma) with the 3-digit county identifier 009. Together they uniquely identify Beckham County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 40009
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 40009.
Median Household Income
$51,499
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
21.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
36.3
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Beckham County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 40009.
Federal Datasets Using Code 40009
FIPS code 40009 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 40009 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:009",
"in": "state:40",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Beckham County, Oklahoma, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '40009';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '40'
AND county_fips = '009';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 40009 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "40",
county = "009",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Beckham 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 Beckham County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 73668 | 100.0% |
| 73645 | 100.0% |
| 73627 | 98.1% |
| 73662 | 90.2% |
| 73644 | 80.3% |
| 73666 | 46.8% |
| 73673 | 8.9% |