FIPS code 01023 is Choctaw County, Alabama. With a population of 12,669 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #59 in Alabama and #2291 nationally. The state FIPS code for Alabama is 01. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
01023
Population
12,669
2022 ACS · #2291 nationally
Density
13.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
914
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 01023 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 023. Together they uniquely identify Choctaw County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 01023
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01023.
Median Household Income
$43,299
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
19.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
46.7
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Choctaw County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01023.
Federal Datasets Using Code 01023
FIPS code 01023 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 01023 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:023",
"in": "state:01",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Choctaw County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01023';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
AND county_fips = '023';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1023 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "01",
county = "023",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Choctaw 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 Choctaw County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 36916 | 100.0% |
| 36904 | 100.0% |
| 36908 | 100.0% |
| 36910 | 100.0% |
| 36921 | 100.0% |
| 36913 | 100.0% |
| 36915 | 100.0% |
| 36919 | 100.0% |
| 36912 | 94.0% |
| 36922 | 51.5% |
| 36558 | 10.5% |