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53007 County FIPS Code

Chelan County

Washington · County seat: Wenatchee · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 53007 is Chelan County, Washington. With a population of 79,076 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #17 in Washington and #718 nationally. Chelan County is part of the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA. The state FIPS code for Washington is 53. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

53007

State FIPS

53

WA

Population

79,076

2022 ACS · #718 nationally

Density

27.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

2,921

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — under 250K population

RUCC 3

How This FIPS Code Works

53 007
53 = State FIPS (Washington)
007 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 53007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 53 (Washington) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Chelan County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 53007

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 53007.

Median Household Income

$71,876

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

9.2%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.1

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Chelan County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 53007.

Federal Datasets Using Code 53007

FIPS code 53007 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 53007 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.

Census ACS API — Python 53007
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:007",
    "in":   "state:53",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Chelan County, Washington, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 53007
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '53007';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '53'
  AND county_fips = '007';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 53007 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 53007
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "53",
  county    = "007",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 53 (not 53) and 007 (not 7) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Chelan 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 Chelan County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
98852 100.0%
98811 100.0%
98815 100.0%
98836 100.0%
98847 100.0%
98801 100.0%
98817 100.0%
98821 100.0%
98822 100.0%
98826 100.0%
98831 100.0%
98816 98.5%
98828 91.1%
98846 4.1%

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