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36039 County FIPS Code

Greene County

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

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FIPS code 36039 is Greene County, New York. With a population of 48,067 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #48 in New York and #1028 nationally. 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

36039

State FIPS

36

NY

Population

48,067

2022 ACS · #1028 nationally

Density

74.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

647

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

36 039
36 = State FIPS (New York)
039 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 36039 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 039. Together they uniquely identify Greene County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 36039

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36039.

Median Household Income

$70,294

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.4%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

47.0

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Greene County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36039.

Federal Datasets Using Code 36039

FIPS code 36039 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 36039 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 36039
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:039",
    "in":   "state:36",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Greene County, New York, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 36039
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36039';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
  AND county_fips = '039';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36039 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 36039
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "36",
  county    = "039",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 36 (not 36) and 039 (not 39) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
12496 100.0%
12042 100.0%
12444 100.0%
12450 100.0%
12451 100.0%
12452 100.0%
12454 100.0%
12470 100.0%
12473 100.0%
12482 100.0%
12485 100.0%
12492 100.0%
12015 100.0%
12051 100.0%
12058 100.0%
12124 100.0%
12176 100.0%
12192 100.0%
12405 100.0%
12407 100.0%
12413 100.0%
12414 100.0%
12418 100.0%
12422 100.0%
12423 100.0%
12424 100.0%
12427 100.0%
12431 100.0%
12436 100.0%
12439 100.0%

Showing top 30 of 42 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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