FIPS code 38101 is Ward County, North Dakota. With a population of 69,532 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #4 in North Dakota and #777 nationally. Ward County is part of the Minot, 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
38101
Population
69,532
2022 ACS · #777 nationally
Density
34.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,013
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 38101 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 38 (North Dakota) with the 3-digit county identifier 101. Together they uniquely identify Ward County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 38101
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 38101.
Median Household Income
$78,143
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
9.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
33.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Ward County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 38101.
Federal Datasets Using Code 38101
FIPS code 38101 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 38101 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:101",
"in": "state:38",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Ward County, North Dakota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '38101';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '38'
AND county_fips = '101';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 38101 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "38",
county = "101",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Ward 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 Ward County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 58733 | 100.0% |
| 58703 | 100.0% |
| 58704 | 100.0% |
| 58705 | 100.0% |
| 58707 | 100.0% |
| 58785 | 100.0% |
| 58701 | 100.0% |
| 58781 | 100.0% |
| 58722 | 100.0% |
| 58756 | 74.8% |
| 58718 | 65.1% |
| 58735 | 59.0% |
| 58768 | 50.0% |
| 58746 | 47.4% |
| 58759 | 46.6% |
| 58779 | 46.2% |
| 58734 | 41.5% |
| 58725 | 38.8% |
| 58716 | 37.8% |
| 58740 | 37.0% |
| 58790 | 21.3% |
| 58771 | 20.3% |
| 58731 | 10.0% |
| 58721 | 4.4% |