Clinton County
New York · County seat: Plattsburgh · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36019 is Clinton County, New York. With a population of 79,839 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #33 in New York and #711 nationally. Clinton County is part of the Plattsburgh, 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
36019
Population
79,839
2022 ACS · #711 nationally
Density
76.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,038
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36019 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 019. Together they uniquely identify Clinton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36019
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36019.
Median Household Income
$67,097
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Clinton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36019.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36019
FIPS code 36019 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 36019 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:019",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Clinton County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36019';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '019';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36019 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "019",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Clinton 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 Clinton County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 12992 | 100.0% |
| 12903 | 100.0% |
| 12910 | 100.0% |
| 12972 | 100.0% |
| 12978 | 100.0% |
| 12979 | 100.0% |
| 12985 | 100.0% |
| 12901 | 100.0% |
| 12918 | 100.0% |
| 12919 | 100.0% |
| 12921 | 100.0% |
| 12923 | 100.0% |
| 12924 | 100.0% |
| 12929 | 100.0% |
| 12933 | 100.0% |
| 12934 | 100.0% |
| 12935 | 100.0% |
| 12952 | 100.0% |
| 12955 | 100.0% |
| 12958 | 100.0% |
| 12959 | 100.0% |
| 12962 | 100.0% |
| 12981 | 94.5% |
| 12911 | 80.6% |
| 12912 | 76.4% |
| 12944 | 12.2% |
| 12920 | 7.3% |