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42035 County FIPS Code

Clinton County

Pennsylvania · County seat: Lock Haven · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 42035 is Clinton County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 37,860 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #56 in Pennsylvania and #1245 nationally. Clinton County is part of the Lock Haven, 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

42035

State FIPS

42

PA

Population

37,860

2022 ACS · #1245 nationally

Density

42.6/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

888

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

42 035
42 = State FIPS (Pennsylvania)
035 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 42035 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 42 (Pennsylvania) with the 3-digit county identifier 035. Together they uniquely identify Clinton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 42035

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 42035.

Median Household Income

$59,011

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.2%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.8

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Clinton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 42035.

Federal Datasets Using Code 42035

FIPS code 42035 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 42035 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 42035
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:035",
    "in":   "state:42",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Clinton County, Pennsylvania, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 42035
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '42035';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '42'
  AND county_fips = '035';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 42035 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 42035
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "42",
  county    = "035",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 42 (not 42) and 035 (not 35) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
17779 100.0%
17748 100.0%
17750 100.0%
17751 100.0%
17760 100.0%
17764 100.0%
17778 100.0%
16848 100.0%
17721 100.0%
17747 100.0%
16822 95.8%
16871 74.2%
17745 71.7%
17729 28.7%
17740 17.1%
16841 1.2%

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