Petersburg Borough
Alaska · County seat: Petersburg · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 02195 is Petersburg Borough, Alaska. With a population of 3,374 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #21 in Alaska and #3003 nationally. The state FIPS code for Alaska is 02. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
02195
Population
3,374
2022 ACS · #3003 nationally
Density
1.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
3,282
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 02195 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 02 (Alaska) with the 3-digit county identifier 195. Together they uniquely identify Petersburg Borough in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 02195
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 02195.
Median Household Income
$77,826
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
4.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
50.1
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Petersburg Borough. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 02195.
Federal Datasets Using Code 02195
FIPS code 02195 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 02195 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:195",
"in": "state:02",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Petersburg Borough, Alaska, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '02195';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '02'
AND county_fips = '195';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 2195 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "02",
county = "195",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Petersburg Borough
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 Petersburg Borough. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 99833 | 65.1% |