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36075 County FIPS Code

Oswego County

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

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FIPS code 36075 is Oswego County, New York. With a population of 118,037 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #24 in New York and #530 nationally. Oswego County is part of the Syracuse, 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

36075

State FIPS

36

NY

Population

118,037

2022 ACS · #530 nationally

Density

124.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

952

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

36 075
36 = State FIPS (New York)
075 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 36075 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 075. Together they uniquely identify Oswego County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 36075

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36075.

Median Household Income

$65,054

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

17.1%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.3

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Oswego County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36075.

Federal Datasets Using Code 36075

FIPS code 36075 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 36075 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 36075
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:075",
    "in":   "state:36",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Oswego County, New York, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 36075
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36075';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
  AND county_fips = '075';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36075 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 36075
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "36",
  county    = "075",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 36 (not 36) and 075 (not 75) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
13028 100.0%
13036 100.0%
13044 100.0%
13076 100.0%
13103 100.0%
13114 100.0%
13115 100.0%
13121 100.0%
13131 100.0%
13132 100.0%
13142 100.0%
13144 100.0%
13145 100.0%
13167 100.0%
13302 100.0%
13493 99.5%
13126 99.1%
13069 98.9%
13083 98.5%
13074 94.6%
13437 75.5%
13135 73.8%
13042 36.4%
13111 17.6%
13661 3.6%
13316 2.7%
13483 1.8%
13156 0.0%

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