FIPS code 26019 is Benzie County, Michigan. With a population of 18,058 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #65 in Michigan and #1968 nationally. Benzie County is part of the Traverse City, MI. The state FIPS code for Michigan is 26. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
26019
Population
18,058
2022 ACS · #1968 nationally
Density
56.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
320
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 26019 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 019. Together they uniquely identify Benzie County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26019
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26019.
Median Household Income
$71,327
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
50.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Benzie County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26019.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26019
FIPS code 26019 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 26019 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:019",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Benzie County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26019';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '019';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26019 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "019",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Benzie 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 Benzie County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 49616 | 100.0% |
| 49617 | 100.0% |
| 49628 | 100.0% |
| 49650 | 100.0% |
| 49635 | 100.0% |
| 49640 | 96.7% |
| 49683 | 70.7% |
| 49643 | 61.3% |
| 49613 | 41.1% |
| 49684 | 6.2% |
| 49630 | 3.2% |