FIPS code 19193 is Woodbury County, Iowa. With a population of 105,526 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #6 in Iowa and #577 nationally. Woodbury County is part of the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. 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
19193
Population
105,526
2022 ACS · #577 nationally
Density
120.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
873
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 19193 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 19 (Iowa) with the 3-digit county identifier 193. Together they uniquely identify Woodbury County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 19193
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 19193.
Median Household Income
$68,399
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
35.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Woodbury County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 19193.
Federal Datasets Using Code 19193
FIPS code 19193 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 19193 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:193",
"in": "state:19",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Woodbury County, Iowa, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '19193';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '19'
AND county_fips = '193';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 19193 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "19",
county = "193",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Woodbury 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 Woodbury County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 51004 | 100.0% |
| 51015 | 100.0% |
| 51030 | 100.0% |
| 51039 | 100.0% |
| 51044 | 100.0% |
| 51052 | 100.0% |
| 51054 | 100.0% |
| 51101 | 100.0% |
| 51103 | 100.0% |
| 51104 | 100.0% |
| 51105 | 100.0% |
| 51106 | 100.0% |
| 51111 | 100.0% |
| 51007 | 100.0% |
| 51016 | 90.5% |
| 51056 | 85.3% |
| 51019 | 79.2% |
| 51026 | 64.7% |
| 51055 | 51.4% |
| 51048 | 48.7% |
| 51108 | 46.7% |
| 51018 | 43.7% |
| 51028 | 20.0% |
| 51034 | 15.7% |
| 51006 | 12.3% |
| 51109 | 10.3% |