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01109 County FIPS Code

Pike County

Alabama · County seat: Troy · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 01109 is Pike County, Alabama. With a population of 32,997 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #36 in Alabama and #1390 nationally. Pike County is part of the Troy, 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

01109

State FIPS

01

AL

Population

32,997

2022 ACS · #1390 nationally

Density

49.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

672

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

01 109
01 = State FIPS (Alabama)
109 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 01109 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 109. Together they uniquely identify Pike County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 01109

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01109.

Median Household Income

$42,616

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

23.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

31.1

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Pike County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01109.

Federal Datasets Using Code 01109

FIPS code 01109 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 01109 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 01109
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:109",
    "in":   "state:01",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Pike County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 01109
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01109';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
  AND county_fips = '109';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1109 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 01109
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "01",
  county    = "109",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 01 (not 1) and 109 (not 109) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
36082 100.0%
36079 92.9%
36081 85.3%
36010 81.0%
36035 80.2%
36005 54.8%
36034 47.6%
36069 5.3%
36049 4.2%

Other Counties in Alabama