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12077 County FIPS Code

Liberty County

Florida · County seat: Bristol · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 12077 is Liberty County, Florida. With a population of 7,704 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #67 in Florida and #2666 nationally. 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

12077

State FIPS

12

FL

Population

7,704

2022 ACS · #2666 nationally

Density

9.2/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

836

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

12 077
12 = State FIPS (Florida)
077 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 12077 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 077. Together they uniquely identify Liberty County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 12077

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12077.

Median Household Income

$51,723

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

21.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.6

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Liberty County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12077.

Federal Datasets Using Code 12077

FIPS code 12077 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 12077 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 12077
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:077",
    "in":   "state:12",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Liberty County, Florida, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 12077
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12077';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
  AND county_fips = '077';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12077 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 12077
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "12",
  county    = "077",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 12 (not 12) and 077 (not 77) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
32334 100.0%
32360 100.0%
32321 97.8%

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