Cuming County
Nebraska · County seat: West Point · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 31039 is Cuming County, Nebraska. With a population of 9,000 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #30 in Nebraska and #2552 nationally. The state FIPS code for Nebraska is 31. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
31039
Population
9,000
2022 ACS · #2552 nationally
Density
15.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
571
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 31039 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 31 (Nebraska) with the 3-digit county identifier 039. Together they uniquely identify Cuming County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 31039
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 31039.
Median Household Income
$68,917
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
7.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.8
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Cuming County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 31039.
Federal Datasets Using Code 31039
FIPS code 31039 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 31039 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:039",
"in": "state:31",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Cuming County, Nebraska, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '31039';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '31'
AND county_fips = '039';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 31039 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "31",
county = "039",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Cuming 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 Cuming County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 68716 | 100.0% |
| 68788 | 99.9% |
| 68004 | 99.1% |
| 68791 | 94.2% |
| 68047 | 32.6% |
| 68633 | 32.2% |
| 68641 | 22.1% |
| 68045 | 20.0% |
| 68038 | 2.8% |
| 68768 | 2.4% |
| 68057 | 1.0% |