Stutsman County
North Dakota · County seat: Jamestown · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 38093 is Stutsman County, North Dakota. With a population of 21,609 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #8 in North Dakota and #1781 nationally. Stutsman County is part of the Jamestown, ND. 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
38093
Population
21,609
2022 ACS · #1781 nationally
Density
9.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,222
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 38093 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 38 (North Dakota) with the 3-digit county identifier 093. Together they uniquely identify Stutsman County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 38093
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 38093.
Median Household Income
$59,167
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.3
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Stutsman County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 38093.
Federal Datasets Using Code 38093
FIPS code 38093 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 38093 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:093",
"in": "state:38",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Stutsman County, North Dakota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '38093';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '38'
AND county_fips = '093';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 38093 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "38",
county = "093",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Stutsman 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 Stutsman County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 58496 | 100.0% |
| 58402 | 100.0% |
| 58405 | 100.0% |
| 58420 | 100.0% |
| 58401 | 100.0% |
| 58424 | 100.0% |
| 58476 | 100.0% |
| 58426 | 95.6% |
| 58497 | 92.1% |
| 58467 | 83.4% |
| 58472 | 63.2% |
| 58455 | 58.6% |
| 58483 | 42.5% |
| 58454 | 36.2% |
| 58481 | 35.1% |
| 58492 | 28.8% |
| 58475 | 21.4% |
| 58442 | 20.7% |
| 58486 | 19.7% |
| 58421 | 7.9% |
| 58466 | 2.4% |