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01061 County FIPS Code

Geneva County

Alabama · County seat: Geneva · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 01061 is Geneva County, Alabama. With a population of 26,647 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #39 in Alabama and #1582 nationally. Geneva County is part of the Dothan, 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

01061

State FIPS

01

AL

Population

26,647

2022 ACS · #1582 nationally

Density

46.4/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

574

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — under 250K population

RUCC 3

How This FIPS Code Works

01 061
01 = State FIPS (Alabama)
061 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 01061 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 061. Together they uniquely identify Geneva County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 01061

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01061.

Median Household Income

$47,608

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

20.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

43.6

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Geneva County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01061.

Federal Datasets Using Code 01061

FIPS code 01061 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 01061 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.

Census ACS API — Python 01061
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:061",
    "in":   "state:01",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Geneva County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 01061
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01061';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
  AND county_fips = '061';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1061 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 01061
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "01",
  county    = "061",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 01 (not 1) and 061 (not 61) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Geneva 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 Geneva County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
36340 100.0%
36344 100.0%
36313 100.0%
36314 100.0%
36477 89.0%
36375 78.7%
36318 67.9%
36316 65.4%
36453 39.0%
36305 34.5%
36322 5.9%
36301 4.6%
36352 2.9%
36442 0.4%

Other Counties in Alabama