{"id":245176,"date":"2025-07-05T18:42:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=245176"},"modified":"2025-07-05T18:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:42:58","slug":"what-is-the-county-fips-code-for-san-diego-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/05\/what-is-the-county-fips-code-for-san-diego-county\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the county FIPS code for San Diego County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the county FIPS code for San Diego County? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>003 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>064 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>073 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>047<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct FIPS code for San Diego County is <strong>037<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are used to uniquely identify geographic regions in the United States, including counties. The FIPS system assigns a five-digit code to each county in the country. The first two digits represent the state, and the last three digits represent the specific county within that state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Diego County is located in the state of California. The FIPS code for California is <strong>06<\/strong>. When combined with the code for San Diego County, which is <strong>037<\/strong>, the full FIPS code for San Diego County is <strong>06037<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These FIPS codes are widely used in government, statistics, and mapping systems. For example, the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal agencies use FIPS codes to organize data related to population, health, economics, and geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To clarify further, the numbers you listed\u2014003, 064, 073, 047\u2014are FIPS codes for other counties, not San Diego. Specifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>003<\/strong> corresponds to Alameda County in California.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>064<\/strong> corresponds to Los Angeles County.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>073<\/strong> corresponds to Marin County.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>047<\/strong> corresponds to Fresno County.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The FIPS code system helps standardize data collection and ensures consistent identification of regions, which is crucial for federal reporting and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the county FIPS code for San Diego County? 003 064 073 047 The correct answer and explanation is: The correct FIPS code for San Diego County is 037. The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are used to uniquely identify geographic regions in the United States, including counties. 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