FIPS code 48389 is Reeves County, Texas. With a population of 14,022 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #142 in Texas and #2216 nationally. Reeves County is part of the Town of Pecos, 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
48389
Population
14,022
2022 ACS · #2216 nationally
Density
5.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,635
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 48389 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 389. Together they uniquely identify Reeves County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48389
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48389.
Median Household Income
$57,487
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
21.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
35.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Reeves County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48389.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48389
FIPS code 48389 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 48389 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:389",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Reeves County, Texas, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48389';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '389';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48389 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "389",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Reeves 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 Reeves County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 79718 | 100.0% |
| 79770 | 100.0% |
| 79780 | 100.0% |
| 79785 | 100.0% |
| 79772 | 98.6% |