Dutchess County
New York · County seat: Poughkeepsie · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36027 is Dutchess County, New York. With a population of 296,467 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #15 in New York and #233 nationally. Dutchess County is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, 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
36027
Population
296,467
2022 ACS · #233 nationally
Density
372.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
796
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36027 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 027. Together they uniquely identify Dutchess County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36027
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36027.
Median Household Income
$94,578
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
8.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Dutchess County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36027.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36027
FIPS code 36027 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 36027 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:027",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Dutchess County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36027';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '027';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36027 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "027",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 12594 | 100.0% |
| 12501 | 100.0% |
| 12504 | 100.0% |
| 12507 | 100.0% |
| 12508 | 100.0% |
| 12512 | 100.0% |
| 12514 | 100.0% |
| 12522 | 100.0% |
| 12524 | 100.0% |
| 12527 | 100.0% |
| 12603 | 100.0% |
| 12585 | 100.0% |
| 12590 | 100.0% |
| 12592 | 100.0% |
| 12601 | 100.0% |
| 12538 | 100.0% |
| 12540 | 100.0% |
| 12545 | 100.0% |
| 12564 | 100.0% |
| 12604 | 100.0% |
| 12569 | 100.0% |
| 12570 | 100.0% |
| 12572 | 100.0% |
| 12574 | 100.0% |
| 12578 | 100.0% |
| 12580 | 100.0% |
| 12581 | 100.0% |
| 12582 | 98.3% |
| 12533 | 92.4% |
| 12571 | 85.5% |
Showing top 30 of 35 ZIP codes by residential address share.