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39051 County FIPS Code

Fulton County

Ohio · County seat: Wauseon · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 39051 is Fulton County, Ohio. With a population of 42,602 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #57 in Ohio and #1140 nationally. Fulton County is part of the Toledo, OH. The state FIPS code for Ohio is 39. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

39051

State FIPS

39

OH

Population

42,602

2022 ACS · #1140 nationally

Density

105.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

405

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

39 051
39 = State FIPS (Ohio)
051 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 39051 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 39 (Ohio) with the 3-digit county identifier 051. Together they uniquely identify Fulton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 39051

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 39051.

Median Household Income

$71,453

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

8.5%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

41.4

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Fulton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 39051.

Federal Datasets Using Code 39051

FIPS code 39051 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 39051 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 39051
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:051",
    "in":   "state:39",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Fulton County, Ohio, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 39051
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '39051';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '39'
  AND county_fips = '051';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 39051 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 39051
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "39",
  county    = "051",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 39 (not 39) and 051 (not 51) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
43540 100.0%
43515 100.0%
43553 100.0%
43533 100.0%
43567 98.5%
43521 97.5%
43502 77.5%
43558 51.1%
43570 6.9%
43532 3.5%
43504 2.9%
43557 1.5%

Other Counties in Ohio

Adams County 39001 Allen County 39003 Ashland County 39005 Ashtabula County 39007 Athens County 39009 Auglaize County 39011 Belmont County 39013 Brown County 39015 Butler County 39017 Carroll County 39019 Champaign County 39021 Clark County 39023 Clermont County 39025 Clinton County 39027 Columbiana County 39029 Coshocton County 39031 Crawford County 39033 Cuyahoga County 39035 Darke County 39037 Defiance County 39039 Delaware County 39041 Erie County 39043 Fairfield County 39045 Fayette County 39047 Franklin County 39049 Gallia County 39053 Geauga County 39055 Greene County 39057 Guernsey County 39059 Hamilton County 39061 Hancock County 39063 Hardin County 39065 Harrison County 39067 Henry County 39069 Highland County 39071 Hocking County 39073 Holmes County 39075 Huron County 39077 Jackson County 39079 Jefferson County 39081 Knox County 39083 Lake County 39085 Lawrence County 39087 Licking County 39089 Logan County 39091 Lorain County 39093 Lucas County 39095 Madison County 39097 Mahoning County 39099 Marion County 39101 Medina County 39103 Meigs County 39105 Mercer County 39107 Miami County 39109 Monroe County 39111 Montgomery County 39113 Morgan County 39115 Morrow County 39117 Muskingum County 39119 Noble County 39121 Ottawa County 39123 Paulding County 39125 Perry County 39127 Pickaway County 39129 Pike County 39131 Portage County 39133 Preble County 39135 Putnam County 39137 Richland County 39139 Ross County 39141 Sandusky County 39143 Scioto County 39145 Seneca County 39147 Shelby County 39149 Stark County 39151 Summit County 39153 Trumbull County 39155 Tuscarawas County 39157 Union County 39159 Van Wert County 39161 Vinton County 39163 Warren County 39165 Washington County 39167 Wayne County 39169 Williams County 39171 Wood County 39173 Wyandot County 39175