FIPS code 36037 is Genesee County, New York. With a population of 58,204 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #44 in New York and #900 nationally. Genesee County is part of the Batavia, 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
36037
Population
58,204
2022 ACS · #900 nationally
Density
118.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
493
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36037 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 037. Together they uniquely identify Genesee County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36037
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36037.
Median Household Income
$68,178
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Genesee County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36037.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36037
FIPS code 36037 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 36037 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:037",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Genesee County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36037';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '037';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36037 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "037",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Genesee 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 Genesee County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 14143 | 100.0% |
| 14557 | 100.0% |
| 14005 | 100.0% |
| 14020 | 100.0% |
| 14036 | 100.0% |
| 14056 | 100.0% |
| 14125 | 98.6% |
| 14013 | 97.9% |
| 14422 | 94.3% |
| 14482 | 90.8% |
| 14416 | 87.2% |
| 14054 | 86.8% |
| 14058 | 82.3% |
| 14040 | 81.5% |
| 14525 | 56.9% |
| 14011 | 10.1% |
| 14105 | 8.6% |
| 14001 | 8.3% |
| 14004 | 5.1% |
| 14591 | 4.3% |