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30101 County FIPS Code

Toole County

Montana · County seat: Shelby · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 30101 is Toole County, Montana. With a population of 5,018 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #35 in Montana and #2892 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

30101

State FIPS

30

MT

Population

5,018

2022 ACS · #2892 nationally

Density

2.6/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,916

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

30 101
30 = State FIPS (Montana)
101 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 30101 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 30 (Montana) with the 3-digit county identifier 101. Together they uniquely identify Toole County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 30101

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 30101.

Median Household Income

$54,040

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.4

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (3)

Counties that share a border with Toole County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 30101.

Federal Datasets Using Code 30101

FIPS code 30101 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 30101 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.

Census ACS API — Python 30101
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:101",
    "in":   "state:30",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Toole County, Montana, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 30101
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '30101';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '30'
  AND county_fips = '101';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 30101 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 30101
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "30",
  county    = "101",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 30 (not 30) and 101 (not 101) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Toole 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 Toole County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
59484 100.0%
59435 100.0%
59474 100.0%
59482 100.0%
59454 100.0%
59466 100.0%
59444 80.3%
59456 38.6%
59545 31.9%
59427 2.7%

Other Counties in Montana