FIPS code 60040 is Swains Island, 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
60040
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 60040 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 60 (American Samoa) with the 3-digit county identifier 040. Together they uniquely identify Swains Island in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Federal Datasets Using Code 60040
FIPS code 60040 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 60040 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:040",
"in": "state:60",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Swains Island, American Samoa, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '60040';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '60'
AND county_fips = '040';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 60040 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "60",
county = "040",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Swains Island
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 Swains Island. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 96799 | 1.2% |