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42063 County FIPS Code

Indiana County

Pennsylvania · County seat: Indiana · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 42063 is Indiana County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 83,394 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #35 in Pennsylvania and #689 nationally. Indiana County is part of the Indiana, 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

42063

State FIPS

42

PA

Population

83,394

2022 ACS · #689 nationally

Density

100.8/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

827

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro

RUCC 4

How This FIPS Code Works

42 063
42 = State FIPS (Pennsylvania)
063 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 42063 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 42 (Pennsylvania) with the 3-digit county identifier 063. Together they uniquely identify Indiana County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 42063

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 42063.

Median Household Income

$57,170

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

13.0%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.6

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Indiana County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 42063.

Federal Datasets Using Code 42063

FIPS code 42063 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 42063 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 42063
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:063",
    "in":   "state:42",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Indiana County, Pennsylvania, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 42063
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '42063';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '42'
  AND county_fips = '063';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 42063 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 42063
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "42",
  county    = "063",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 42 (not 42) and 063 (not 63) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
15777 100.0%
15750 100.0%
15752 100.0%
15754 100.0%
15756 100.0%
15759 100.0%
15761 100.0%
15763 100.0%
15765 100.0%
15771 100.0%
15783 100.0%
15920 100.0%
15929 100.0%
15949 100.0%
16211 100.0%
16246 100.0%
16256 100.0%
15701 100.0%
15705 100.0%
15710 100.0%
15712 100.0%
15713 100.0%
15716 100.0%
15720 100.0%
15723 100.0%
15725 100.0%
15727 100.0%
15728 100.0%
15729 100.0%
15731 100.0%

Showing top 30 of 53 ZIP codes by residential address share.

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