FIPS code 20169 is Saline County, Kansas. With a population of 54,160 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #10 in Kansas and #942 nationally. Saline County is part of the Salina, KS. 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
20169
Population
54,160
2022 ACS · #942 nationally
Density
75.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
720
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 5
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 20169 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 20 (Kansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 169. Together they uniquely identify Saline County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 20169
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 20169.
Median Household Income
$59,887
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Saline County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 20169.
Federal Datasets Using Code 20169
FIPS code 20169 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 20169 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:169",
"in": "state:20",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Saline County, Kansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '20169';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '20'
AND county_fips = '169';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 20169 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "20",
county = "169",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Saline 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 Saline County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 67442 | 100.0% |
| 67401 | 95.6% |
| 67416 | 87.4% |
| 67470 | 86.3% |
| 67425 | 55.2% |
| 67448 | 45.3% |
| 67456 | 31.5% |
| 67484 | 24.1% |
| 67480 | 20.1% |