Bradford County
Pennsylvania · County seat: Towanda · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 42015 is Bradford County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 60,159 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #41 in Pennsylvania and #877 nationally. Bradford County is part of the Sayre, PA. The state FIPS code for Pennsylvania is 42. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
42015
Population
60,159
2022 ACS · #877 nationally
Density
52.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,147
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro
RUCC 6
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 42015 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 42 (Pennsylvania) with the 3-digit county identifier 015. Together they uniquely identify Bradford County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 42015
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 42015.
Median Household Income
$60,650
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Bradford County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 42015.
Federal Datasets Using Code 42015
FIPS code 42015 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 42015 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:015",
"in": "state:42",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Bradford County, Pennsylvania, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '42015';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '42'
AND county_fips = '015';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 42015 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "42",
county = "015",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Bradford 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 Bradford County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 16910 | 100.0% |
| 18814 | 100.0% |
| 18817 | 100.0% |
| 18831 | 100.0% |
| 18832 | 100.0% |
| 18837 | 100.0% |
| 18840 | 100.0% |
| 18845 | 100.0% |
| 18848 | 100.0% |
| 18850 | 100.0% |
| 18851 | 100.0% |
| 18853 | 100.0% |
| 18854 | 100.0% |
| 16925 | 100.0% |
| 16926 | 100.0% |
| 18810 | 100.0% |
| 18846 | 99.6% |
| 18829 | 98.6% |
| 16914 | 93.2% |
| 18833 | 92.2% |
| 16947 | 87.2% |
| 17724 | 75.1% |
| 18623 | 45.3% |
| 16936 | 17.1% |
| 18616 | 12.8% |
| 18830 | 6.2% |
| 18614 | 1.5% |
| 17765 | 0.7% |