Meagher County
Montana · County seat: White Sulphur Springs · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 30059 is Meagher County, Montana. With a population of 1,948 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #46 in Montana and #3118 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
30059
Population
1,948
2022 ACS · #3118 nationally
Density
0.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,392
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 30059 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 30 (Montana) with the 3-digit county identifier 059. Together they uniquely identify Meagher County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 30059
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 30059.
Median Household Income
$55,753
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
57.6
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Meagher County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 30059.
Federal Datasets Using Code 30059
FIPS code 30059 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 30059 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:059",
"in": "state:30",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Meagher County, Montana, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '30059';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '30'
AND county_fips = '059';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 30059 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "30",
county = "059",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Meagher 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 Meagher County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 59642 | 100.0% |
| 59645 | 98.6% |
| 59053 | 96.8% |
| 59086 | 2.3% |