FIPS code 31091 is Hooker County, Nebraska. With a population of 659 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #87 in Nebraska and #3199 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
31091
Population
659
2022 ACS · #3199 nationally
Density
0.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
721
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 31091 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 31 (Nebraska) with the 3-digit county identifier 091. Together they uniquely identify Hooker County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 31091
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 31091.
Median Household Income
$43,333
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
8.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.9
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Hooker County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 31091.
Federal Datasets Using Code 31091
FIPS code 31091 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 31091 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:091",
"in": "state:31",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Hooker County, Nebraska, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '31091';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '31'
AND county_fips = '091';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 31091 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "31",
county = "091",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Hooker 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 Hooker County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 69152 | 51.1% |