Pulaski County
Arkansas · County seat: Little Rock · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 05119 is Pulaski County, Arkansas. With a population of 398,322 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #1 in Arkansas and #178 nationally. Pulaski 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
05119
Population
398,322
2022 ACS · #178 nationally
Density
524.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
760
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 05119 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 05 (Arkansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 119. Together they uniquely identify Pulaski County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 05119
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 05119.
Median Household Income
$58,326
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Pulaski County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 05119.
Federal Datasets Using Code 05119
FIPS code 05119 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 05119 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:119",
"in": "state:05",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Pulaski County, Arkansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '05119';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '05'
AND county_fips = '119';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 5119 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "05",
county = "119",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 72212 | 100.0% |
| 72135 | 100.0% |
| 72180 | 100.0% |
| 72183 | 100.0% |
| 72199 | 100.0% |
| 72201 | 100.0% |
| 72202 | 100.0% |
| 72204 | 100.0% |
| 72205 | 100.0% |
| 72207 | 100.0% |
| 72209 | 100.0% |
| 72211 | 100.0% |
| 72053 | 100.0% |
| 72099 | 100.0% |
| 72227 | 100.0% |
| 72113 | 100.0% |
| 72114 | 100.0% |
| 72116 | 100.0% |
| 72117 | 100.0% |
| 72118 | 100.0% |
| 72119 | 100.0% |
| 72223 | 100.0% |
| 72206 | 94.6% |
| 72076 | 84.7% |
| 72210 | 72.7% |
| 72120 | 68.9% |
| 72142 | 37.3% |
| 72023 | 27.3% |
| 72065 | 25.6% |
| 72016 | 22.7% |
Showing top 30 of 36 ZIP codes by residential address share.