Hamilton County
New York · County seat: Lake Pleasant · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36041 is Hamilton County, New York. With a population of 5,090 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #62 in New York and #2889 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
36041
Population
5,090
2022 ACS · #2889 nationally
Density
3.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,717
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36041 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 041. Together they uniquely identify Hamilton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36041
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36041.
Median Household Income
$66,891
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
56.4
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Hamilton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36041.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36041
FIPS code 36041 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 36041 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:041",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Hamilton County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36041';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '041';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36041 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "041",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 13436 | 100.0% |
| 12108 | 100.0% |
| 12842 | 100.0% |
| 12864 | 100.0% |
| 13353 | 100.0% |
| 13360 | 100.0% |
| 12139 | 100.0% |
| 12164 | 100.0% |
| 12190 | 100.0% |
| 12812 | 100.0% |
| 12847 | 91.5% |
| 12134 | 65.2% |
| 12032 | 57.8% |
| 13331 | 1.3% |