FIPS code 41065 is Wasco County, Oregon. With a population of 26,639 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #22 in Oregon and #1583 nationally. Wasco County is part of the The Dalles, OR. The state FIPS code for Oregon is 41. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
41065
Population
26,639
2022 ACS · #1583 nationally
Density
11.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,382
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 41065 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 41 (Oregon) with the 3-digit county identifier 065. Together they uniquely identify Wasco County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 41065
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 41065.
Median Household Income
$61,316
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Wasco County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 41065.
Federal Datasets Using Code 41065
FIPS code 41065 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 41065 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:065",
"in": "state:41",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Wasco County, Oregon, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '41065';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '41'
AND county_fips = '065';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 41065 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "41",
county = "065",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Wasco 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 Wasco County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 97001 | 100.0% |
| 97021 | 100.0% |
| 97037 | 100.0% |
| 97040 | 100.0% |
| 97057 | 100.0% |
| 97058 | 100.0% |
| 97063 | 100.0% |
| 97761 | 61.4% |
| 97741 | 3.9% |