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53065 County FIPS Code

Stevens County

Washington · County seat: Colville · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 53065 is Stevens County, Washington. With a population of 46,774 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #23 in Washington and #1048 nationally. Stevens County is part of the Spokane-Spokane Valley, 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

53065

State FIPS

53

WA

Population

46,774

2022 ACS · #1048 nationally

Density

18.9/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

2,478

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

53 065
53 = State FIPS (Washington)
065 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 53065 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 53 (Washington) with the 3-digit county identifier 065. Together they uniquely identify Stevens County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 53065

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 53065.

Median Household Income

$62,381

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

46.9

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Stevens County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 53065.

Federal Datasets Using Code 53065

FIPS code 53065 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 53065 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 53065
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:065",
    "in":   "state:53",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Stevens County, Washington, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 53065
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '53065';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '53'
  AND county_fips = '065';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 53065 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 53065
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "53",
  county    = "065",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 53 (not 53) and 065 (not 65) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
99181 100.0%
99137 100.0%
99148 100.0%
99151 100.0%
99157 100.0%
99167 100.0%
99173 100.0%
99034 100.0%
99040 100.0%
99101 100.0%
99109 100.0%
99114 100.0%
99126 100.0%
99129 100.0%
99131 100.0%
99110 93.0%
99013 70.8%
99141 46.7%
99006 40.7%
99026 23.1%
99122 1.4%

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