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56007 County FIPS Code

Carbon County

Wyoming · County seat: Rawlins · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 56007 is Carbon County, Wyoming. With a population of 14,609 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #12 in Wyoming and #2171 nationally. The state FIPS code for Wyoming is 56. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

56007

State FIPS

56

WY

Population

14,609

2022 ACS · #2171 nationally

Density

1.9/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

7,898

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro

RUCC 7

How This FIPS Code Works

56 007
56 = State FIPS (Wyoming)
007 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 56007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 56 (Wyoming) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Carbon County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 56007

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 56007.

Median Household Income

$65,196

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.5

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Carbon County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 56007.

Federal Datasets Using Code 56007

FIPS code 56007 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 56007 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 56007
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:007",
    "in":   "state:56",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Carbon County, Wyoming, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 56007
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '56007';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '56'
  AND county_fips = '007';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 56007 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 56007
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "56",
  county    = "007",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 56 (not 56) 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
82334 100.0%
82332 100.0%
82335 100.0%
82321 100.0%
82323 100.0%
82324 100.0%
82325 100.0%
82327 100.0%
82331 100.0%
82301 64.3%
82329 57.9%
82083 34.5%
82620 8.1%

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