Chisago County
Minnesota · County seat: Center City · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 27025 is Chisago County, Minnesota. With a population of 56,927 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #18 in Minnesota and #917 nationally. Chisago County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The state FIPS code for Minnesota is 27. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
27025
Population
56,927
2022 ACS · #917 nationally
Density
137.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
415
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 27025 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 27 (Minnesota) with the 3-digit county identifier 025. Together they uniquely identify Chisago County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 27025
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 27025.
Median Household Income
$97,446
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
6.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Chisago County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 27025.
Federal Datasets Using Code 27025
FIPS code 27025 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 27025 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:025",
"in": "state:27",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Chisago County, Minnesota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '27025';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '27'
AND county_fips = '025';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 27025 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "27",
county = "025",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Chisago 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 Chisago County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 55045 | 100.0% |
| 55084 | 100.0% |
| 55012 | 100.0% |
| 55013 | 100.0% |
| 55074 | 100.0% |
| 55032 | 100.0% |
| 55069 | 82.1% |
| 55056 | 69.4% |
| 55079 | 42.9% |
| 55092 | 35.1% |
| 55080 | 24.4% |
| 55073 | 13.7% |
| 55006 | 7.8% |
| 55025 | 7.3% |
| 55008 | 0.7% |