Perry County
Arkansas · County seat: Perryville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 05105 is Perry County, Arkansas. With a population of 10,055 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #62 in Arkansas and #2469 nationally. Perry County is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. The state FIPS code for Arkansas is 05. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
05105
Population
10,055
2022 ACS · #2469 nationally
Density
18.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
551
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 05105 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 05 (Arkansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 105. Together they uniquely identify Perry County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 05105
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 05105.
Median Household Income
$53,980
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
15.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
44.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Perry County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 05105.
Federal Datasets Using Code 05105
FIPS code 05105 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 05105 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:105",
"in": "state:05",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Perry County, Arkansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '05105';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '05'
AND county_fips = '105';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 5105 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "05",
county = "105",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Perry County
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 Perry County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 72070 | 100.0% |
| 72126 | 95.5% |
| 72016 | 77.3% |
| 72025 | 69.3% |
| 72125 | 63.3% |
| 72001 | 54.3% |
| 72857 | 38.2% |
| 72853 | 12.8% |