FIPS code 21195 is Pike County, Kentucky. With a population of 58,196 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #16 in Kentucky and #901 nationally. Pike County is part of the Pikeville, KY. 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
21195
Population
58,196
2022 ACS · #901 nationally
Density
74.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
787
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 21195 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 21 (Kentucky) with the 3-digit county identifier 195. Together they uniquely identify Pike County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 21195
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 21195.
Median Household Income
$41,271
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
23.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.5
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Pike County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 21195.
Federal Datasets Using Code 21195
FIPS code 21195 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 21195 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:195",
"in": "state:21",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Pike County, Kentucky, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '21195';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '21'
AND county_fips = '195';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 21195 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "21",
county = "195",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Pike 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 Pike County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 41501 | 100.0% |
| 41503 | 100.0% |
| 41512 | 100.0% |
| 41513 | 100.0% |
| 41567 | 100.0% |
| 41568 | 100.0% |
| 41571 | 100.0% |
| 41572 | 100.0% |
| 41519 | 100.0% |
| 41522 | 100.0% |
| 41524 | 100.0% |
| 41526 | 100.0% |
| 41527 | 100.0% |
| 41528 | 100.0% |
| 41531 | 100.0% |
| 41534 | 100.0% |
| 41535 | 100.0% |
| 41538 | 100.0% |
| 41539 | 100.0% |
| 41540 | 100.0% |
| 41543 | 100.0% |
| 41544 | 100.0% |
| 41547 | 100.0% |
| 41548 | 100.0% |
| 41553 | 100.0% |
| 41554 | 100.0% |
| 41555 | 100.0% |
| 41557 | 100.0% |
| 41558 | 100.0% |
| 41559 | 100.0% |
Showing top 30 of 39 ZIP codes by residential address share.