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36051 County FIPS Code

Livingston County

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

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FIPS code 36051 is Livingston County, New York. With a population of 61,980 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #39 in New York and #860 nationally. Livingston County is part of the Rochester, 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

36051

State FIPS

36

NY

Population

61,980

2022 ACS · #860 nationally

Density

98.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

632

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 1M+ population

RUCC 1

How This FIPS Code Works

36 051
36 = State FIPS (New York)
051 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 36051 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 051. Together they uniquely identify Livingston County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 36051

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36051.

Median Household Income

$70,443

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

11.7%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

41.7

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Livingston County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36051.

Federal Datasets Using Code 36051

FIPS code 36051 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 36051 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 36051
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:051",
    "in":   "state:36",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Livingston County, New York, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 36051
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36051';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
  AND county_fips = '051';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36051 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 36051
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "36",
  county    = "051",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 36 (not 36) and 051 (not 51) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
14486 100.0%
14423 100.0%
14435 100.0%
14592 100.0%
14454 100.0%
14462 100.0%
14556 100.0%
14545 100.0%
14539 100.0%
14480 100.0%
14481 100.0%
14510 100.0%
14517 100.0%
14533 99.3%
14414 98.9%
14485 88.3%
14437 83.8%
14487 76.8%
14846 59.6%
14836 59.0%
14572 44.3%
14466 41.4%
14560 40.4%
14472 15.6%
14822 12.6%
14525 8.7%
14482 7.5%
14530 4.9%
14546 3.4%
14512 1.5%

Showing top 30 of 31 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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