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36035 County FIPS Code

Fulton County

New York · County seat: Johnstown · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 36035 is Fulton County, New York. With a population of 53,280 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #45 in New York and #953 nationally. Fulton County is part of the Gloversville, 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

36035

State FIPS

36

NY

Population

53,280

2022 ACS · #953 nationally

Density

107.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

495

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro

RUCC 4

How This FIPS Code Works

36 035
36 = State FIPS (New York)
035 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 36035 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 035. Together they uniquely identify Fulton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 36035

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36035.

Median Household Income

$60,557

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

44.2

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Fulton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36035.

Federal Datasets Using Code 36035

FIPS code 36035 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 36035 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.

Census ACS API — Python 36035
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:035",
    "in":   "state:36",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Fulton County, New York, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 36035
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36035';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
  AND county_fips = '035';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36035 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 36035
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "36",
  county    = "035",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 36 (not 36) and 035 (not 35) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Fulton 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 Fulton County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
12078 100.0%
12117 100.0%
12095 91.6%
13452 75.9%
13329 71.1%
13470 70.1%
12025 63.9%
12070 49.2%
12032 42.2%
12010 18.6%
12086 17.2%
12134 8.0%
13339 6.3%
12068 4.9%

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