Washington County
New York · County seat: Fort Edward · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 36115 is Washington County, New York. With a population of 61,310 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #41 in New York and #866 nationally. Washington County is part of the Glens 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
36115
Population
61,310
2022 ACS · #866 nationally
Density
73.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
831
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36115 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 115. Together they uniquely identify Washington County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36115
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36115.
Median Household Income
$68,703
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
44.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Washington County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36115.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36115
FIPS code 36115 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 36115 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:115",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Washington County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36115';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '115';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36115 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "115",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Washington 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 Washington County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 12887 | 100.0% |
| 12821 | 100.0% |
| 12823 | 100.0% |
| 12827 | 100.0% |
| 12832 | 100.0% |
| 12834 | 100.0% |
| 12837 | 100.0% |
| 12838 | 100.0% |
| 12841 | 100.0% |
| 12849 | 100.0% |
| 12854 | 100.0% |
| 12865 | 100.0% |
| 12873 | 100.0% |
| 12809 | 100.0% |
| 12816 | 100.0% |
| 12819 | 100.0% |
| 12839 | 99.8% |
| 12861 | 99.0% |
| 12844 | 89.6% |
| 12057 | 81.7% |
| 12828 | 74.4% |
| 12028 | 52.8% |
| 12154 | 44.9% |
| 12185 | 26.1% |
| 12094 | 14.8% |
| 12804 | 3.6% |
| 12883 | 1.2% |
| 12090 | 0.0% |