FIPS code 19015 is Boone County, Iowa. With a population of 26,700 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #23 in Iowa and #1577 nationally. Boone County is part of the Ames, IA. The state FIPS code for Iowa is 19. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
19015
Population
26,700
2022 ACS · #1577 nationally
Density
46.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
572
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 19015 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 19 (Iowa) with the 3-digit county identifier 015. Together they uniquely identify Boone County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 19015
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 19015.
Median Household Income
$75,759
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
7.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Boone County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 19015.
Federal Datasets Using Code 19015
FIPS code 19015 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 19015 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:015",
"in": "state:19",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Boone County, Iowa, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '19015';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '19'
AND county_fips = '015';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 19015 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "19",
county = "015",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Boone 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 Boone County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 50152 | 100.0% |
| 50031 | 100.0% |
| 50040 | 100.0% |
| 50223 | 100.0% |
| 50212 | 100.0% |
| 50036 | 98.4% |
| 50156 | 77.4% |
| 50276 | 50.9% |
| 50014 | 43.8% |
| 50220 | 32.9% |
| 50243 | 31.4% |
| 50134 | 26.8% |
| 50217 | 15.6% |
| 50107 | 11.9% |
| 50249 | 10.8% |
| 50064 | 10.6% |
| 50248 | 10.5% |
| 50235 | 10.4% |
| 50039 | 6.0% |
| 50530 | 4.0% |
| 50244 | 2.2% |