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02198 County FIPS Code

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area

Alaska · Consolidated city-county

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FIPS code 02198 is Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. With a population of 5,799 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #16 in Alaska and #2820 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

02198

State FIPS

02

AK

Population

5,799

2022 ACS · #2820 nationally

Density

1.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

3,923

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

02 198
02 = State FIPS (Alaska)
198 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 02198 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 02 (Alaska) with the 3-digit county identifier 198. Together they uniquely identify Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 02198

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 02198.

Median Household Income

$61,779

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

15.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

43.1

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (3)

Counties that share a border with Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 02198.

Federal Datasets Using Code 02198

FIPS code 02198 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 02198 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 02198
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:198",
    "in":   "state:02",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 02198
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '02198';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '02'
  AND county_fips = '198';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 2198 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 02198
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "02",
  county    = "198",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 02 (not 2) and 198 (not 198) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area

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 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
99927 100.0%
99926 100.0%
99830 100.0%
99836 100.0%
99918 100.0%
99919 100.0%
99921 100.0%
99922 100.0%
99923 100.0%
99925 100.0%
99833 34.9%
99901 13.5%

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