Cattaraugus County
New York · County seat: Little Valley · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36009 is Cattaraugus County, New York. With a population of 77,000 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #35 in New York and #730 nationally. Cattaraugus County is part of the Olean, 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
36009
Population
77,000
2022 ACS · #730 nationally
Density
58.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,308
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36009 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 009. Together they uniquely identify Cattaraugus County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36009
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36009.
Median Household Income
$56,889
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.5
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Cattaraugus County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36009.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36009
FIPS code 36009 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 36009 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:009",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Cattaraugus County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36009';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '009';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36009 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "009",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 14741 | 100.0% |
| 14788 | 100.0% |
| 14041 | 100.0% |
| 14042 | 100.0% |
| 14783 | 100.0% |
| 14779 | 100.0% |
| 14778 | 100.0% |
| 14772 | 100.0% |
| 14760 | 100.0% |
| 14101 | 100.0% |
| 14129 | 100.0% |
| 14755 | 100.0% |
| 14753 | 100.0% |
| 14168 | 100.0% |
| 14171 | 100.0% |
| 14173 | 100.0% |
| 14706 | 100.0% |
| 14719 | 100.0% |
| 14748 | 100.0% |
| 14743 | 100.0% |
| 14729 | 100.0% |
| 14731 | 100.0% |
| 14737 | 99.0% |
| 14726 | 88.3% |
| 14138 | 63.8% |
| 14070 | 58.0% |
| 14065 | 56.9% |
| 14738 | 49.2% |
| 14770 | 47.6% |
| 14060 | 44.8% |
Showing top 30 of 37 ZIP codes by residential address share.