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41061 County FIPS Code

Union County

Oregon · County seat: La Grande · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 41061 is Union County, Oregon. With a population of 26,286 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #23 in Oregon and #1590 nationally. Union County is part of the La Grande, 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

41061

State FIPS

41

OR

Population

26,286

2022 ACS · #1590 nationally

Density

12.9/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

2,037

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro

RUCC 7

How This FIPS Code Works

41 061
41 = State FIPS (Oregon)
061 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 41061 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 41 (Oregon) with the 3-digit county identifier 061. Together they uniquely identify Union County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 41061

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 41061.

Median Household Income

$61,946

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

15.2%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.7

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Union County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 41061.

Federal Datasets Using Code 41061

FIPS code 41061 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 41061 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 41061
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:061",
    "in":   "state:41",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Union County, Oregon, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 41061
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '41061';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '41'
  AND county_fips = '061';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 41061 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 41061
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "41",
  county    = "061",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 41 (not 41) and 061 (not 61) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
97883 100.0%
97824 100.0%
97827 100.0%
97841 100.0%
97850 100.0%
97876 100.0%
97867 74.2%
97814 5.0%

Other Counties in Oregon