FIPS code 26045 is Eaton County, Michigan. With a population of 109,072 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #19 in Michigan and #560 nationally. Eaton County is part of the Lansing-East Lansing, 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
26045
Population
109,072
2022 ACS · #560 nationally
Density
189.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
575
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 26045 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 045. Together they uniquely identify Eaton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26045
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26045.
Median Household Income
$77,158
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
7.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.2
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Eaton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26045.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26045
FIPS code 26045 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 26045 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:045",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Eaton County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26045';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '045';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26045 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "045",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Eaton 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 Eaton County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 49096 | 100.0% |
| 48876 | 100.0% |
| 48813 | 99.9% |
| 48821 | 95.7% |
| 48861 | 91.6% |
| 48917 | 86.9% |
| 48827 | 82.3% |
| 48837 | 71.6% |
| 49076 | 54.3% |
| 48890 | 53.4% |
| 49021 | 46.0% |
| 48911 | 19.7% |
| 49073 | 15.4% |
| 49284 | 7.3% |
| 48906 | 5.4% |
| 48849 | 4.9% |
| 48897 | 2.4% |
| 49264 | 1.9% |
| 48842 | 1.7% |