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36099 County FIPS Code

Seneca County

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

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FIPS code 36099 is Seneca County, New York. With a population of 33,651 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #57 in New York and #1368 nationally. Seneca County is part of the Seneca Falls, 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

36099

State FIPS

36

NY

Population

33,651

2022 ACS · #1368 nationally

Density

104.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

324

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

36 099
36 = State FIPS (New York)
099 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 36099 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 099. Together they uniquely identify Seneca County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 36099

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36099.

Median Household Income

$64,050

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.1%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

43.0

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Seneca County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36099.

Federal Datasets Using Code 36099

FIPS code 36099 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 36099 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 36099
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:099",
    "in":   "state:36",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Seneca County, New York, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 36099
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36099';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
  AND county_fips = '099';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36099 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 36099
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "36",
  county    = "099",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 36 (not 36) and 099 (not 99) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
13065 100.0%
13148 100.0%
13165 100.0%
14521 100.0%
14541 100.0%
14588 100.0%
14860 100.0%
14847 97.0%
14841 26.7%
14456 21.8%
14886 13.0%
14532 12.5%
14433 7.2%
13146 3.6%
14489 3.4%

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