Bracken County
Kentucky · County seat: Brooksville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 21023 is Bracken County, Kentucky. With a population of 8,420 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #108 in Kentucky and #2612 nationally. Bracken County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. The state FIPS code for Kentucky is 21. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
21023
Population
8,420
2022 ACS · #2612 nationally
Density
41.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
206
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 21023 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 21 (Kentucky) with the 3-digit county identifier 023. Together they uniquely identify Bracken County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 21023
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 21023.
Median Household Income
$59,911
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Bracken County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 21023.
Federal Datasets Using Code 21023
FIPS code 21023 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 21023 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:023",
"in": "state:21",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Bracken County, Kentucky, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '21023';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '21'
AND county_fips = '023';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 21023 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "21",
county = "023",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Bracken 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 Bracken County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 41002 | 100.0% |
| 41004 | 93.7% |
| 41043 | 71.8% |
| 41044 | 30.1% |
| 41064 | 5.5% |
| 41040 | 4.4% |
| 41034 | 2.4% |