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02282 County FIPS Code

Yakutat City and Borough

Alaska · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 02282 is Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska. With a population of 564 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #30 in Alaska and #3205 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

02282

State FIPS

02

AK

Population

564

2022 ACS · #3205 nationally

Density

0.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

7,649

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

02 282
02 = State FIPS (Alaska)
282 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 02282 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 02 (Alaska) with the 3-digit county identifier 282. Together they uniquely identify Yakutat City and Borough in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 02282

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 02282.

Median Household Income

$76,875

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.0%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

41.3

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (1)

Counties that share a border with Yakutat City and Borough. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 02282.

Federal Datasets Using Code 02282

FIPS code 02282 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 02282 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 02282
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:282",
    "in":   "state:02",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 02282
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '02282';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '02'
  AND county_fips = '282';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 2282 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 02282
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "02",
  county    = "282",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 02 (not 2) and 282 (not 282) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Yakutat City and 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 Yakutat City and Borough. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
99689 100.0%

Other Counties in Alaska