Bulk Load Data Conversion Error

I am at my wits end trying to figure out this error. First, here is the bulk insert followed by the exact error. Sample data is below them. It is delimited by the |. I have read other articles and they all have clear cut errors such as explicit nulls. This does not and I do not know how to progress. Any help is greatly appreciated.

bulk insert test
From 'Q:\folder\test1.txt'
WITH (FORMATFILE='Q:\folder\xml1.xml'
);

Msg 4864, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 1 (areafips).

123456|0|10|70|0|2017|1|1|Any County, Nevada|Total Covered|10 Total, all industries
123456|0|10|70|0|2017|2|1|Any County, Nevada|Total Covered|10 Total, all industries

Here is the create table script

create table elkotest (
area_fips char(5),...