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12085 County FIPS Code

Martin County

Florida · County seat: Stuart · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 12085 is Martin County, Florida. With a population of 159,399 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #32 in Florida and #418 nationally. Martin County is part of the Port St. Lucie, 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

12085

State FIPS

12

FL

Population

159,399

2022 ACS · #418 nationally

Density

293.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

543

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

12 085
12 = State FIPS (Florida)
085 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 12085 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 085. Together they uniquely identify Martin County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 12085

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12085.

Median Household Income

$77,894

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.5%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

53.2

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Martin County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12085.

Federal Datasets Using Code 12085

FIPS code 12085 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 12085 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 12085
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:085",
    "in":   "state:12",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Martin County, Florida, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 12085
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12085';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
  AND county_fips = '085';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12085 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 12085
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "12",
  county    = "085",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 12 (not 12) and 085 (not 85) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
34994 100.0%
33455 100.0%
34997 100.0%
34996 100.0%
34956 100.0%
34990 98.2%
33469 71.6%
33438 64.7%
34957 62.4%
33458 19.0%
33478 18.3%
34974 15.0%

Other Counties in Florida