FIPS code 41049 is Morrow County, Oregon. With a population of 12,140 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #29 in Oregon and #2334 nationally. Morrow County is part of the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR. The state FIPS code for Oregon is 41. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
41049
Population
12,140
2022 ACS · #2334 nationally
Density
6.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
2,032
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 41049 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 41 (Oregon) with the 3-digit county identifier 049. Together they uniquely identify Morrow County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 41049
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 41049.
Median Household Income
$64,975
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Morrow County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 41049.
Federal Datasets Using Code 41049
FIPS code 41049 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 41049 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:049",
"in": "state:41",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Morrow County, Oregon, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '41049';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '41'
AND county_fips = '049';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 41049 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "41",
county = "049",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Morrow 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 Morrow County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 97844 | 100.0% |
| 97836 | 100.0% |
| 97818 | 100.0% |
| 97839 | 100.0% |
| 97843 | 94.7% |
| 97838 | 25.9% |
| 97826 | 13.8% |