FIPS code 19109 is Kossuth County, Iowa. With a population of 14,718 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #52 in Iowa and #2166 nationally. 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
19109
Population
14,718
2022 ACS · #2166 nationally
Density
15.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
973
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 19109 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 19 (Iowa) with the 3-digit county identifier 109. Together they uniquely identify Kossuth County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 19109
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 19109.
Median Household Income
$62,553
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
45.1
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (9)
Counties that share a border with Kossuth County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 19109.
Federal Datasets Using Code 19109
FIPS code 19109 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 19109 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:109",
"in": "state:19",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Kossuth County, Iowa, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '19109';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '19'
AND county_fips = '109';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 19109 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "19",
county = "109",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Kossuth 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 Kossuth County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 50559 | 100.0% |
| 50451 | 100.0% |
| 50511 | 100.0% |
| 50590 | 100.0% |
| 50517 | 100.0% |
| 50522 | 100.0% |
| 50556 | 100.0% |
| 50480 | 96.6% |
| 50560 | 85.4% |
| 50539 | 77.7% |
| 50483 | 70.5% |
| 50598 | 70.1% |
| 50519 | 45.0% |
| 50597 | 42.3% |
| 50424 | 37.8% |
| 50430 | 36.5% |
| 50570 | 35.8% |
| 50514 | 35.3% |
| 50558 | 17.1% |
| 56027 | 13.4% |
| 50484 | 2.3% |