Pembina County
North Dakota · County seat: Cavalier · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 38067 is Pembina County, North Dakota. With a population of 6,853 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #19 in North Dakota and #2743 nationally. The state FIPS code for North Dakota is 38. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
38067
Population
6,853
2022 ACS · #2743 nationally
Density
6.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,119
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 38067 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 38 (North Dakota) with the 3-digit county identifier 067. Together they uniquely identify Pembina County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 38067
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 38067.
Median Household Income
$64,243
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
9.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
45.6
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Pembina County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 38067.
Federal Datasets Using Code 38067
FIPS code 38067 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 38067 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:067",
"in": "state:38",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Pembina County, North Dakota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '38067';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '38'
AND county_fips = '067';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 38067 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "38",
county = "067",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Pembina 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 Pembina County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 58216 | 100.0% |
| 58241 | 100.0% |
| 58262 | 100.0% |
| 58265 | 100.0% |
| 58271 | 100.0% |
| 58276 | 100.0% |
| 58222 | 100.0% |
| 58236 | 100.0% |
| 58238 | 100.0% |
| 58220 | 91.8% |
| 58225 | 65.9% |
| 58282 | 55.8% |
| 58227 | 39.5% |
| 58243 | 20.5% |