FIPS code 20151 is Pratt County, Kansas. With a population of 9,175 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #43 in Kansas and #2543 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
20151
Population
9,175
2022 ACS · #2543 nationally
Density
12.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
735
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 20151 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 20 (Kansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 151. Together they uniquely identify Pratt County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 20151
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 20151.
Median Household Income
$61,685
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.6
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Pratt County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 20151.
Federal Datasets Using Code 20151
FIPS code 20151 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 20151 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:151",
"in": "state:20",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Pratt County, Kansas, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '20151';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '20'
AND county_fips = '151';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 20151 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "20",
county = "151",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Pratt 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 Pratt County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 67021 | 100.0% |
| 67066 | 100.0% |
| 67124 | 100.0% |
| 67134 | 64.7% |
| 67065 | 56.5% |
| 67583 | 43.3% |
| 67028 | 38.1% |
| 67035 | 25.3% |
| 67557 | 14.6% |
| 67059 | 12.8% |
| 67576 | 0.3% |