FIPS code 26049 is Genesee County, Michigan. With a population of 405,280 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #5 in Michigan and #175 nationally. Genesee County is part of the Flint, 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
26049
Population
405,280
2022 ACS · #175 nationally
Density
636.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
637
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 26049 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 049. Together they uniquely identify Genesee County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26049
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26049.
Median Household Income
$58,594
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.5
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Genesee County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26049.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26049
FIPS code 26049 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 26049 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:049",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Genesee County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26049';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '049';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26049 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "049",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Genesee 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 Genesee County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 48411 | 100.0% |
| 48437 | 100.0% |
| 48458 | 100.0% |
| 48473 | 100.0% |
| 48502 | 100.0% |
| 48503 | 100.0% |
| 48504 | 100.0% |
| 48505 | 100.0% |
| 48506 | 100.0% |
| 48507 | 100.0% |
| 48509 | 100.0% |
| 48519 | 100.0% |
| 48529 | 100.0% |
| 48532 | 100.0% |
| 48463 | 99.8% |
| 48423 | 98.7% |
| 48439 | 98.7% |
| 48420 | 96.2% |
| 48433 | 96.2% |
| 48436 | 90.5% |
| 48451 | 73.7% |
| 48457 | 72.8% |
| 48438 | 71.5% |
| 48449 | 27.3% |
| 48418 | 24.8% |
| 48430 | 22.4% |
| 48746 | 10.6% |
| 48464 | 7.1% |
| 48421 | 5.0% |
| 48429 | 3.2% |
Showing top 30 of 34 ZIP codes by residential address share.