FIPS code 48081 is Coke County, Texas. With a population of 3,305 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #217 in Texas and #3012 nationally. 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
48081
Population
3,305
2022 ACS · #3012 nationally
Density
3.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
911
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 48081 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 081. Together they uniquely identify Coke County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48081
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48081.
Median Household Income
$40,230
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
47.1
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Coke County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48081.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48081
FIPS code 48081 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 48081 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:081",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Coke County, Texas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48081';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '081';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48081 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "081",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Coke 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 Coke County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 76953 | 100.0% |
| 76945 | 94.8% |
| 76933 | 69.7% |
| 79506 | 25.9% |