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12123 County FIPS Code

Taylor County

Florida · County seat: Perry · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 12123 is Taylor County, Florida. With a population of 21,421 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #54 in Florida and #1792 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

12123

State FIPS

12

FL

Population

21,421

2022 ACS · #1792 nationally

Density

20.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,043

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

12 123
12 = State FIPS (Florida)
123 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 12123 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 123. Together they uniquely identify Taylor County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 12123

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12123.

Median Household Income

$46,239

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

15.1%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

44.3

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Taylor County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12123.

Federal Datasets Using Code 12123

FIPS code 12123 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 12123 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 12123
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:123",
    "in":   "state:12",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Taylor County, Florida, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 12123
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12123';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
  AND county_fips = '123';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12123 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 12123
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "12",
  county    = "123",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 12 (not 12) and 123 (not 123) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
32347 100.0%
32348 100.0%
32356 100.0%
32336 47.5%
32359 38.9%
32331 14.3%

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