FIPS code 20029 is Cloud County, Kansas. With a population of 9,008 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #44 in Kansas and #2550 nationally. The state FIPS code for Kansas is 20. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
20029
Population
9,008
2022 ACS · #2550 nationally
Density
12.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
715
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 20029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 20 (Kansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Cloud County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 20029
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 20029.
Median Household Income
$51,197
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.8
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Cloud County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 20029.
Federal Datasets Using Code 20029
FIPS code 20029 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 20029 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:029",
"in": "state:20",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Cloud County, Kansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '20029';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '20'
AND county_fips = '029';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 20029 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "20",
county = "029",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Cloud 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 Cloud County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 67417 | 100.0% |
| 67445 | 89.9% |
| 66901 | 88.9% |
| 66948 | 77.8% |
| 66938 | 67.3% |
| 67466 | 58.6% |
| 67436 | 24.9% |
| 67420 | 5.8% |