FIPS code 12079 is Madison County, Florida. With a population of 17,986 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #57 in Florida and #1974 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
12079
Population
17,986
2022 ACS · #1974 nationally
Density
25.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
696
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 12079 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 079. Together they uniquely identify Madison County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 12079
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12079.
Median Household Income
$43,386
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
22.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
44.5
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Madison County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12079.
Federal Datasets Using Code 12079
FIPS code 12079 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 12079 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:079",
"in": "state:12",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Madison County, Florida, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12079';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
AND county_fips = '079';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12079 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "12",
county = "079",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Madison 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 Madison County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 32059 | 100.0% |
| 32340 | 100.0% |
| 32350 | 100.0% |
| 32331 | 72.6% |
| 32336 | 12.2% |