Montcalm County
Michigan · County seat: Stanton · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 26117 is Montcalm County, Michigan. With a population of 66,901 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #28 in Michigan and #803 nationally. Montcalm County is part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, 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
26117
Population
66,901
2022 ACS · #803 nationally
Density
94.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
705
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 26117 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 117. Together they uniquely identify Montcalm County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26117
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26117.
Median Household Income
$61,250
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Montcalm County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26117.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26117
FIPS code 26117 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 26117 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:117",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Montcalm County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26117';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '117';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26117 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "117",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Montcalm 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 Montcalm County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 48852 | 100.0% |
| 48885 | 100.0% |
| 48884 | 100.0% |
| 48818 | 100.0% |
| 49322 | 100.0% |
| 48891 | 100.0% |
| 48888 | 100.0% |
| 49347 | 96.9% |
| 48829 | 96.2% |
| 48886 | 95.5% |
| 49339 | 94.9% |
| 48838 | 78.2% |
| 49329 | 77.4% |
| 48834 | 66.9% |
| 48850 | 66.7% |
| 48811 | 63.0% |
| 48877 | 41.5% |
| 49326 | 40.0% |
| 48845 | 18.3% |
| 49343 | 10.3% |
| 49336 | 9.0% |
| 49337 | 3.3% |
| 49310 | 2.3% |
| 48809 | 1.9% |
| 48889 | 1.5% |