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53047 County FIPS Code

Okanogan County

Washington · County seat: Okanogan · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 53047 is Okanogan County, Washington. With a population of 42,336 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #26 in Washington and #1146 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

53047

State FIPS

53

WA

Population

42,336

2022 ACS · #1146 nationally

Density

8.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

5,268

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

53 047
53 = State FIPS (Washington)
047 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 53047 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 53 (Washington) with the 3-digit county identifier 047. Together they uniquely identify Okanogan County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 53047

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 53047.

Median Household Income

$58,218

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

18.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

42.9

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Okanogan County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 53047.

Federal Datasets Using Code 53047

FIPS code 53047 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 53047 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 53047
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:047",
    "in":   "state:53",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Okanogan County, Washington, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 53047
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '53047';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '53'
  AND county_fips = '047';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 53047 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 53047
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "53",
  county    = "047",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 53 (not 53) and 047 (not 47) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
98862 100.0%
99155 100.0%
98814 100.0%
99124 100.0%
98819 100.0%
98827 100.0%
98829 100.0%
98833 100.0%
98834 100.0%
98840 100.0%
98841 100.0%
98844 100.0%
98856 100.0%
98859 100.0%
98849 100.0%
98855 100.0%
99116 97.8%
98846 95.9%
98812 77.0%
98813 22.2%
99166 1.5%
98816 1.5%

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