Niagara County
New York · County seat: Lockport · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36063 is Niagara County, New York. With a population of 212,230 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #18 in New York and #320 nationally. Niagara County is part of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 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
36063
Population
212,230
2022 ACS · #320 nationally
Density
406.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
522
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36063 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 063. Together they uniquely identify Niagara County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36063
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36063.
Median Household Income
$65,882
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.1
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (3)
Counties that share a border with Niagara County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36063.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36063
FIPS code 36063 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 36063 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:063",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Niagara County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36063';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '063';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36063 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "063",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Niagara 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 Niagara County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 14305 | 100.0% |
| 14008 | 100.0% |
| 14301 | 100.0% |
| 14302 | 100.0% |
| 14303 | 100.0% |
| 14304 | 100.0% |
| 14028 | 100.0% |
| 14067 | 100.0% |
| 14092 | 100.0% |
| 14094 | 100.0% |
| 14108 | 100.0% |
| 14109 | 100.0% |
| 14120 | 100.0% |
| 14126 | 100.0% |
| 14131 | 100.0% |
| 14132 | 100.0% |
| 14172 | 100.0% |
| 14174 | 100.0% |
| 14012 | 95.6% |
| 14105 | 72.5% |
| 14001 | 13.0% |
| 14098 | 1.9% |