Broome County
New York · County seat: Binghamton · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36007 is Broome County, New York. With a population of 198,365 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #19 in New York and #339 nationally. Broome County is part of the Binghamton, NY. The state FIPS code for New York is 36. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
36007
Population
198,365
2022 ACS · #339 nationally
Density
281.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
706
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36007 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 007. Together they uniquely identify Broome County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36007
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36007.
Median Household Income
$58,317
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
19.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Broome County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36007.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36007
FIPS code 36007 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 36007 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:007",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Broome County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36007';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '007';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36007 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "007",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Broome 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 Broome County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 13850 | 100.0% |
| 13905 | 100.0% |
| 13744 | 100.0% |
| 13797 | 100.0% |
| 13802 | 100.0% |
| 13902 | 100.0% |
| 13901 | 100.0% |
| 13826 | 100.0% |
| 13833 | 100.0% |
| 13865 | 100.0% |
| 13748 | 100.0% |
| 13777 | 100.0% |
| 13904 | 100.0% |
| 13903 | 100.0% |
| 13790 | 100.0% |
| 13795 | 100.0% |
| 13862 | 98.7% |
| 13813 | 90.0% |
| 13760 | 71.7% |
| 13787 | 66.6% |
| 13754 | 65.5% |
| 13746 | 60.5% |
| 13835 | 25.8% |
| 13730 | 12.8% |
| 13803 | 10.0% |
| 13811 | 8.9% |
| 13778 | 6.7% |
| 13736 | 4.4% |
| 13841 | 4.1% |
| 13863 | 1.3% |
Showing top 30 of 31 ZIP codes by residential address share.