FIPS code 17005 is Bond County, Illinois. With a population of 16,750 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #64 in Illinois and #2045 nationally. Bond County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL. The state FIPS code for Illinois is 17. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
17005
Population
16,750
2022 ACS · #2045 nationally
Density
44.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
380
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 17005 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 17 (Illinois) with the 3-digit county identifier 005. Together they uniquely identify Bond County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 17005
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 17005.
Median Household Income
$58,617
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
14.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Bond County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 17005.
Federal Datasets Using Code 17005
FIPS code 17005 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 17005 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:005",
"in": "state:17",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Bond County, Illinois, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '17005';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '17'
AND county_fips = '005';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 17005 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "17",
county = "005",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Bond 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 Bond County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 62273 | 100.0% |
| 62246 | 100.0% |
| 62284 | 100.0% |
| 62253 | 80.5% |
| 62086 | 76.3% |
| 62275 | 76.1% |
| 62019 | 66.2% |
| 62262 | 60.6% |
| 62077 | 45.4% |
| 62074 | 13.4% |
| 62017 | 6.2% |
| 62249 | 2.3% |