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12021 County FIPS Code

Collier County

Florida · County seat: East Naples · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 12021 is Collier County, Florida. With a population of 380,221 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #18 in Florida and #188 nationally. Collier County is part of the Naples-Marco Island, FL. The state FIPS code for Florida is 12. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

12021

State FIPS

12

FL

Population

380,221

2022 ACS · #188 nationally

Density

190.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,998

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

12 021
12 = State FIPS (Florida)
021 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 12021 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 021. Together they uniquely identify Collier County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 12021

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12021.

Median Household Income

$82,011

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.4%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

52.2

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Collier County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12021.

Federal Datasets Using Code 12021

FIPS code 12021 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 12021 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 12021
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:021",
    "in":   "state:12",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Collier County, Florida, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 12021
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12021';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
  AND county_fips = '021';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12021 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 12021
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "12",
  county    = "021",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 12 (not 12) and 021 (not 21) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Collier 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 Collier County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
34145 100.0%
34102 100.0%
34103 100.0%
34104 100.0%
34105 100.0%
34108 100.0%
34109 100.0%
34120 100.0%
34137 100.0%
34138 100.0%
34139 100.0%
34140 100.0%
34101 100.0%
34112 100.0%
34113 100.0%
34114 100.0%
34116 100.0%
34117 100.0%
34119 98.2%
34110 94.8%
34142 82.1%
34141 75.0%
34134 9.7%
34135 0.0%

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