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02230 County FIPS Code

Skagway Municipality

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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

State FIPS

02

AK

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

02 230
02 = State FIPS (Alaska)
230 = County FIPS

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.

Census ACS API — Python 02230
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, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 02230
-- 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
R — tidycensus 02230
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "02",
  county    = "230",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 02 (not 2) and 230 (not 230) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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%

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