DeKalb County
Alabama · County seat: Fort Payne · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 01049 is DeKalb County, Alabama. With a population of 71,680 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #20 in Alabama and #765 nationally. DeKalb County is part of the Fort Payne, AL. 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
01049
Population
71,680
2022 ACS · #765 nationally
Density
92.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
777
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro
RUCC 6
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 01049 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 049. Together they uniquely identify DeKalb County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 01049
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01049.
Median Household Income
$47,920
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
20.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with DeKalb County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01049.
Federal Datasets Using Code 01049
FIPS code 01049 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 01049 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:049",
"in": "state:01",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [DeKalb County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01049';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
AND county_fips = '049';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1049 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "01",
county = "049",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 35989 | 100.0% |
| 35963 | 100.0% |
| 35968 | 100.0% |
| 35974 | 100.0% |
| 35981 | 100.0% |
| 35986 | 100.0% |
| 35988 | 100.0% |
| 35971 | 99.7% |
| 35967 | 92.3% |
| 35962 | 90.7% |
| 35961 | 81.4% |
| 35978 | 77.5% |
| 35975 | 73.0% |
| 35984 | 70.1% |
| 35979 | 64.2% |
| 35966 | 24.5% |
| 35957 | 20.7% |
| 35951 | 19.1% |
| 35765 | 5.6% |
| 35954 | 5.3% |
| 35771 | 3.7% |
| 35959 | 0.7% |
| 35983 | 0.5% |
| 35956 | 0.1% |