FIPS code 01087 is Macon County, Alabama. With a population of 19,198 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #47 in Alabama and #1912 nationally. Macon County is part of the Auburn-Opelika, 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
01087
Population
19,198
2022 ACS · #1912 nationally
Density
31.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
609
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 01087 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 087. Together they uniquely identify Macon County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 01087
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01087.
Median Household Income
$41,206
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
25.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Macon County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01087.
Federal Datasets Using Code 01087
FIPS code 01087 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 01087 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:087",
"in": "state:01",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Macon County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01087';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
AND county_fips = '087';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1087 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "01",
county = "087",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Macon 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 Macon County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 36083 | 100.0% |
| 36031 | 100.0% |
| 36039 | 100.0% |
| 36075 | 100.0% |
| 36088 | 100.0% |
| 36866 | 68.6% |
| 36830 | 44.4% |
| 36089 | 22.2% |
| 36860 | 19.2% |
| 36029 | 9.1% |
| 36804 | 7.4% |
| 36832 | 3.1% |
| 36078 | 2.7% |