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53025 County FIPS Code

Grant County

Washington · County seat: Ephrata · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 53025 is Grant County, Washington. With a population of 99,145 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #13 in Washington and #608 nationally. Grant County is part of the Moses Lake, 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

53025

State FIPS

53

WA

Population

99,145

2022 ACS · #608 nationally

Density

37.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

2,680

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, not adjacent to metro

RUCC 5

How This FIPS Code Works

53 025
53 = State FIPS (Washington)
025 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 53025 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 53 (Washington) with the 3-digit county identifier 025. Together they uniquely identify Grant County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 53025

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 53025.

Median Household Income

$66,387

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

14.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

33.2

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Grant County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 53025.

Federal Datasets Using Code 53025

FIPS code 53025 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 53025 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 53025
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:025",
    "in":   "state:53",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Grant County, Washington, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 53025
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '53025';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '53'
  AND county_fips = '025';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 53025 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 53025
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "53",
  county    = "025",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 53 (not 53) and 025 (not 25) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
99135 100.0%
98824 100.0%
99357 100.0%
98837 100.0%
99123 100.0%
98851 100.0%
98853 100.0%
99349 100.0%
98860 100.0%
99321 100.0%
98848 97.8%
98823 73.3%
98832 69.5%
98857 68.6%
99115 30.2%
99103 23.8%
99344 19.3%
99133 10.8%
99116 1.9%

Other Counties in Washington