St. Lawrence County
New York · County seat: Canton · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36089 is St. Lawrence County, New York. With a population of 108,670 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #27 in New York and #564 nationally. St. Lawrence County is part of the Massena-Ogdensburg, 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
36089
Population
108,670
2022 ACS · #564 nationally
Density
40.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,680
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36089 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 089. Together they uniquely identify St. Lawrence County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36089
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36089.
Median Household Income
$58,339
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with St. Lawrence County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36089.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36089
FIPS code 36089 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 36089 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:089",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [St. Lawrence County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36089';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '089';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36089 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "089",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 13699 | 100.0% |
| 13676 | 100.0% |
| 13678 | 100.0% |
| 13680 | 100.0% |
| 13681 | 100.0% |
| 13683 | 100.0% |
| 13684 | 100.0% |
| 13687 | 100.0% |
| 13690 | 100.0% |
| 13694 | 100.0% |
| 13695 | 100.0% |
| 13696 | 100.0% |
| 13697 | 100.0% |
| 12922 | 100.0% |
| 12927 | 100.0% |
| 12965 | 100.0% |
| 12973 | 100.0% |
| 13613 | 100.0% |
| 13614 | 100.0% |
| 13617 | 100.0% |
| 13621 | 100.0% |
| 13623 | 100.0% |
| 13625 | 100.0% |
| 13630 | 100.0% |
| 13633 | 100.0% |
| 13635 | 100.0% |
| 13639 | 100.0% |
| 13645 | 100.0% |
| 13647 | 100.0% |
| 13649 | 100.0% |
Showing top 30 of 54 ZIP codes by residential address share.