Kandiyohi County
Minnesota · County seat: Willmar · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 27067 is Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. With a population of 43,686 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #23 in Minnesota and #1115 nationally. Kandiyohi County is part of the Willmar, MN. 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
27067
Population
43,686
2022 ACS · #1115 nationally
Density
54.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
797
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 27067 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 27 (Minnesota) with the 3-digit county identifier 067. Together they uniquely identify Kandiyohi County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 27067
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 27067.
Median Household Income
$73,285
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Kandiyohi County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 27067.
Federal Datasets Using Code 27067
FIPS code 27067 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 27067 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:067",
"in": "state:27",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '27067';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '27'
AND county_fips = '067';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 27067 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "27",
county = "067",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Kandiyohi 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 Kandiyohi County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 56201 | 100.0% |
| 56216 | 100.0% |
| 56251 | 100.0% |
| 56253 | 100.0% |
| 56273 | 100.0% |
| 56279 | 100.0% |
| 56281 | 100.0% |
| 56288 | 100.0% |
| 56209 | 79.9% |
| 56289 | 69.6% |
| 56282 | 67.2% |
| 56312 | 25.7% |
| 56316 | 11.4% |
| 56362 | 10.1% |
| 56284 | 9.0% |
| 56252 | 8.2% |