FIPS code 30019 is Daniels County, Montana. With a population of 1,535 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #49 in Montana and #3146 nationally. The state FIPS code for Montana is 30. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
30019
Population
1,535
2022 ACS · #3146 nationally
Density
1.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,426
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 30019 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 30 (Montana) with the 3-digit county identifier 019. Together they uniquely identify Daniels County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 30019
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 30019.
Median Household Income
$47,378
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
52.4
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (3)
Counties that share a border with Daniels County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 30019.
Federal Datasets Using Code 30019
FIPS code 30019 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 30019 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:019",
"in": "state:30",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Daniels County, Montana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '30019';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '30'
AND county_fips = '019';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 30019 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "30",
county = "019",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Daniels 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 Daniels County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 59276 | 100.0% |
| 59222 | 98.4% |
| 59253 | 98.0% |
| 59263 | 98.0% |
| 59260 | 39.2% |