FIPS code 60010 is Eastern District, American Samoa. The state FIPS code for American Samoa is 60. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
60010
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 60010 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 60 (American Samoa) with the 3-digit county identifier 010. Together they uniquely identify Eastern District in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Adjacent Counties (1)
Counties that share a border with Eastern District. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 60010.
Federal Datasets Using Code 60010
FIPS code 60010 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 60010 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.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:010",
"in": "state:60",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Eastern District, American Samoa, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '60010';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '60'
AND county_fips = '010';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 60010 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "60",
county = "010",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Eastern District
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 Eastern District. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 96799 | 32.9% |