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36121 County FIPS Code

Wyoming County

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

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FIPS code 36121 is Wyoming County, New York. With a population of 40,338 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #54 in New York and #1189 nationally. 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

36121

State FIPS

36

NY

Population

40,338

2022 ACS · #1189 nationally

Density

68.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

593

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

36 121
36 = State FIPS (New York)
121 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 36121 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 121. Together they uniquely identify Wyoming County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 36121

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36121.

Median Household Income

$65,066

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

10.7%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

42.9

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Wyoming County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36121.

Federal Datasets Using Code 36121

FIPS code 36121 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 36121 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 36121
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:121",
    "in":   "state:36",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Wyoming County, New York, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 36121
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36121';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
  AND county_fips = '121';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36121 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 36121
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "36",
  county    = "121",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 36 (not 36) and 121 (not 121) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
14083 100.0%
14569 100.0%
14550 100.0%
14549 100.0%
14427 100.0%
14167 100.0%
14039 100.0%
14130 100.0%
14113 100.0%
14066 100.0%
14082 100.0%
14591 95.7%
14530 95.1%
14024 95.0%
14145 91.4%
14011 89.9%
14009 89.7%
14037 88.9%
14536 79.5%
14525 34.5%
14040 18.5%
14054 13.2%
14004 12.5%
14030 3.4%
14533 0.7%

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