Cheboygan County
Michigan · County seat: Cheboygan · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 26031 is Cheboygan County, Michigan. With a population of 25,709 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #54 in Michigan and #1610 nationally. 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
26031
Population
25,709
2022 ACS · #1610 nationally
Density
35.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
715
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 26031 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 031. Together they uniquely identify Cheboygan County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26031
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26031.
Median Household Income
$59,557
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
52.0
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Cheboygan County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26031.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26031
FIPS code 26031 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 26031 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:031",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Cheboygan County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26031';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '031';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26031 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "031",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 49799 | 100.0% |
| 49705 | 100.0% |
| 49717 | 100.0% |
| 49721 | 100.0% |
| 49749 | 100.0% |
| 49791 | 100.0% |
| 49765 | 48.9% |
| 49701 | 37.9% |
| 49716 | 28.4% |
| 49706 | 27.9% |
| 49755 | 23.6% |
| 49718 | 18.9% |
| 49769 | 11.8% |
| 49795 | 7.5% |
| 49770 | 1.1% |