FIPS code 12105 is Polk County, Florida. With a population of 736,229 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #9 in Florida and #87 nationally. Polk County is part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, 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
12105
Population
736,229
2022 ACS · #87 nationally
Density
409.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,798
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 12105 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 105. Together they uniquely identify Polk County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 12105
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12105.
Median Household Income
$60,901
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
14.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (10)
Counties that share a border with Polk County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12105.
Federal Datasets Using Code 12105
FIPS code 12105 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 12105 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:105",
"in": "state:12",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Polk County, Florida, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12105';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
AND county_fips = '105';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12105 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "12",
county = "105",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Polk 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 Polk County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 33867 | 100.0% |
| 33801 | 100.0% |
| 33803 | 100.0% |
| 33805 | 100.0% |
| 33851 | 100.0% |
| 33853 | 100.0% |
| 33854 | 100.0% |
| 33855 | 100.0% |
| 33856 | 100.0% |
| 33858 | 100.0% |
| 33859 | 100.0% |
| 33868 | 100.0% |
| 33877 | 100.0% |
| 33880 | 100.0% |
| 33881 | 100.0% |
| 33884 | 100.0% |
| 33811 | 100.0% |
| 33812 | 100.0% |
| 33813 | 100.0% |
| 33815 | 100.0% |
| 33823 | 100.0% |
| 33827 | 100.0% |
| 33830 | 100.0% |
| 33835 | 100.0% |
| 33837 | 100.0% |
| 33838 | 100.0% |
| 33839 | 100.0% |
| 33840 | 100.0% |
| 33841 | 100.0% |
| 33843 | 100.0% |
Showing top 30 of 45 ZIP codes by residential address share.