FIPS code 02230 is Skagway Municipality, Alaska. With a population of 1,303 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #27 in Alaska and #3163 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
02230
Population
1,303
2022 ACS · #3163 nationally
Density
2.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
452
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 02230 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 02 (Alaska) with the 3-digit county identifier 230. Together they uniquely identify Skagway Municipality in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 02230
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 02230.
Median Household Income
$79,583
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
6.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.6
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (1)
Counties that share a border with Skagway Municipality. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 02230.
Federal Datasets Using Code 02230
FIPS code 02230 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 02230 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:230",
"in": "state:02",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Skagway Municipality, Alaska, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '02230';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '02'
AND county_fips = '230';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 2230 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "02",
county = "230",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Skagway Municipality
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 Skagway Municipality. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 99840 | 100.0% |