FIPS code 31089 is Holt County, Nebraska. With a population of 10,149 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #26 in Nebraska and #2467 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
31089
Population
10,149
2022 ACS · #2467 nationally
Density
4.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,412
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 31089 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 31 (Nebraska) with the 3-digit county identifier 089. Together they uniquely identify Holt County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 31089
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 31089.
Median Household Income
$66,325
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
9.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.3
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Holt County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 31089.
Federal Datasets Using Code 31089
FIPS code 31089 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 31089 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:089",
"in": "state:31",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Holt County, Nebraska, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '31089';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '31'
AND county_fips = '089';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 31089 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "31",
county = "089",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Holt 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 Holt County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 68766 | 100.0% |
| 68713 | 100.0% |
| 68734 | 100.0% |
| 68742 | 100.0% |
| 68711 | 100.0% |
| 68780 | 100.0% |
| 68763 | 98.6% |
| 68725 | 97.4% |
| 68735 | 64.8% |
| 68746 | 38.3% |
| 68777 | 28.0% |
| 68764 | 8.7% |
| 68726 | 7.0% |
| 68823 | 3.0% |