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01103 County FIPS Code

Morgan County

Alabama · County seat: Decatur · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 01103 is Morgan County, Alabama. With a population of 123,102 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #9 in Alabama and #515 nationally. Morgan County is part of the Decatur, 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

01103

State FIPS

01

AL

Population

123,102

2022 ACS · #515 nationally

Density

212.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

579

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — under 250K population

RUCC 3

How This FIPS Code Works

01 103
01 = State FIPS (Alabama)
103 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 01103 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 103. Together they uniquely identify Morgan County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 01103

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01103.

Median Household Income

$61,588

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.7%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.6

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Morgan County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01103.

Federal Datasets Using Code 01103

FIPS code 01103 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 01103 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 01103
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:103",
    "in":   "state:01",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Morgan County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 01103
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01103';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
  AND county_fips = '103';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1103 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 01103
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "01",
  county    = "103",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 01 (not 1) and 103 (not 103) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
35601 100.0%
35775 100.0%
35670 100.0%
35640 100.0%
35603 99.5%
35621 96.7%
35754 96.5%
35622 84.6%
35087 38.5%
35019 36.8%
35619 31.5%
35673 28.0%
35175 17.8%
35016 4.5%
35179 4.4%
35650 0.1%

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