McCurtain County
Oklahoma · County seat: Idabel · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 40089 is McCurtain County, Oklahoma. With a population of 31,003 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #31 in Oklahoma and #1434 nationally. 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
40089
Population
31,003
2022 ACS · #1434 nationally
Density
16.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,850
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 40089 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 40 (Oklahoma) with the 3-digit county identifier 089. Together they uniquely identify McCurtain County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 40089
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 40089.
Median Household Income
$47,046
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
21.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.2
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with McCurtain County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 40089.
Federal Datasets Using Code 40089
FIPS code 40089 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 40089 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:089",
"in": "state:40",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [McCurtain County, Oklahoma, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '40089';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '40'
AND county_fips = '089';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 40089 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "40",
county = "089",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in McCurtain 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 McCurtain County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 74963 | 100.0% |
| 74722 | 100.0% |
| 74724 | 100.0% |
| 74736 | 100.0% |
| 74737 | 100.0% |
| 74740 | 100.0% |
| 74745 | 100.0% |
| 74750 | 100.0% |
| 74766 | 100.0% |
| 74734 | 100.0% |
| 74764 | 93.0% |
| 74728 | 89.3% |
| 74755 | 65.5% |
| 74754 | 62.0% |
| 74957 | 31.9% |
| 71937 | 6.2% |