FIPS code 36123 is Yates County, New York. With a population of 24,713 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #60 in New York and #1659 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
36123
Population
24,713
2022 ACS · #1659 nationally
Density
73.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
338
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro
RUCC 6
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 36123 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 36 (New York) with the 3-digit county identifier 123. Together they uniquely identify Yates County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 36123
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 36123.
Median Household Income
$63,974
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
14.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.7
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Yates County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 36123.
Federal Datasets Using Code 36123
FIPS code 36123 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 36123 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:123",
"in": "state:36",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Yates County, New York, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '36123';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '36'
AND county_fips = '123';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 36123 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "36",
county = "123",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Yates 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 Yates County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 14842 | 100.0% |
| 14415 | 100.0% |
| 14441 | 100.0% |
| 14527 | 100.0% |
| 14478 | 100.0% |
| 14507 | 100.0% |
| 14418 | 89.4% |
| 14837 | 68.2% |
| 14544 | 64.1% |
| 14512 | 27.3% |
| 14878 | 24.8% |
| 14561 | 1.5% |
| 14456 | 1.2% |