FIPS code 48007 is Aransas County, Texas. With a population of 24,048 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #104 in Texas and #1683 nationally. Aransas County is part of the Corpus Christi, TX. The state FIPS code for Texas is 48. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
48007
Population
24,048
2022 ACS · #1683 nationally
Density
95.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
252
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 48007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Aransas County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48007
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48007.
Median Household Income
$58,168
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
51.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Aransas County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48007.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48007
FIPS code 48007 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 48007 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:007",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Aransas County, Texas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48007';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '007';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48007 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "007",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Aransas 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 Aransas County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 78358 | 100.0% |
| 78382 | 100.0% |
| 77950 | 74.0% |
| 78336 | 30.1% |
| 78390 | 7.7% |