Pottawattamie County
Iowa · County seat: Council Bluffs · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 19155 is Pottawattamie County, Iowa. With a population of 93,543 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #10 in Iowa and #640 nationally. Pottawattamie County is part of the Omaha, NE-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
19155
Population
93,543
2022 ACS · #640 nationally
Density
98.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
950
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 19155 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 19 (Iowa) with the 3-digit county identifier 155. Together they uniquely identify Pottawattamie County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 19155
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 19155.
Median Household Income
$68,718
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Pottawattamie County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 19155.
Federal Datasets Using Code 19155
FIPS code 19155 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 19155 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:155",
"in": "state:19",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Pottawattamie County, Iowa, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '19155';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '19'
AND county_fips = '155';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 19155 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "19",
county = "155",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 51501 | 100.0% |
| 51510 | 100.0% |
| 51525 | 100.0% |
| 51526 | 100.0% |
| 51536 | 100.0% |
| 51542 | 100.0% |
| 51548 | 100.0% |
| 51549 | 100.0% |
| 51553 | 100.0% |
| 51560 | 100.0% |
| 51575 | 100.0% |
| 51576 | 100.0% |
| 51503 | 84.6% |
| 51559 | 84.0% |
| 51521 | 69.0% |
| 51577 | 66.5% |
| 51535 | 43.6% |
| 51571 | 33.9% |
| 51570 | 33.0% |
| 51544 | 26.0% |
| 51555 | 18.4% |
| 51541 | 13.2% |
| 51532 | 10.9% |
| 51566 | 2.0% |