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53039 County FIPS Code

Klickitat County

Washington · County seat: Goldendale · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 53039 is Klickitat County, Washington. With a population of 22,798 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #29 in Washington and #1730 nationally. 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

53039

State FIPS

53

WA

Population

22,798

2022 ACS · #1730 nationally

Density

12.2/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,871

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

53 039
53 = State FIPS (Washington)
039 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 53039 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 53 (Washington) with the 3-digit county identifier 039. Together they uniquely identify Klickitat County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 53039

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 53039.

Median Household Income

$66,581

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

47.0

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Klickitat County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 53039.

Federal Datasets Using Code 53039

FIPS code 53039 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 53039 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 53039
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:039",
    "in":   "state:53",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Klickitat County, Washington, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 53039
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '53039';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '53'
  AND county_fips = '039';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 53039 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 53039
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "53",
  county    = "039",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 53 (not 53) and 039 (not 39) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
99356 100.0%
98673 100.0%
99322 100.0%
98602 100.0%
98613 100.0%
98617 100.0%
98619 100.0%
98620 100.0%
98623 100.0%
98628 100.0%
98635 100.0%
98650 100.0%
98670 100.0%
98672 95.7%
99350 12.6%
98605 3.9%

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