FIPS code 26047 is Emmet County, Michigan. With a population of 34,072 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #45 in Michigan and #1355 nationally. Emmet County is part of the Petoskey, 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
26047
Population
34,072
2022 ACS · #1355 nationally
Density
72.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
467
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 26047 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 047. Together they uniquely identify Emmet County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26047
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26047.
Median Household Income
$69,690
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
8.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
45.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (3)
Counties that share a border with Emmet County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26047.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26047
FIPS code 26047 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 26047 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:047",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Emmet County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26047';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '047';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26047 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "047",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Emmet 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 Emmet County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 49722 | 100.0% |
| 49764 | 100.0% |
| 49740 | 100.0% |
| 49770 | 95.8% |
| 49769 | 88.2% |
| 49718 | 81.1% |
| 49755 | 76.4% |
| 49706 | 72.1% |
| 49716 | 71.6% |
| 49701 | 62.1% |
| 49713 | 3.7% |