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42123 County FIPS Code

Warren County

Pennsylvania · County seat: Warren · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 42123 is Warren County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 38,492 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #55 in Pennsylvania and #1227 nationally. Warren County is part of the Warren, 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

42123

State FIPS

42

PA

Population

38,492

2022 ACS · #1227 nationally

Density

43.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

884

sq miles

Urban/Rural

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

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

42 123
42 = State FIPS (Pennsylvania)
123 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 42123 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 42 (Pennsylvania) with the 3-digit county identifier 123. Together they uniquely identify Warren County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 42123

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 42123.

Median Household Income

$57,925

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

11.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

47.4

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Warren County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 42123.

Federal Datasets Using Code 42123

FIPS code 42123 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 42123 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 42123
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:123",
    "in":   "state:42",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Warren County, Pennsylvania, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 42123
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '42123';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '42'
  AND county_fips = '123';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 42123 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 42123
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "42",
  county    = "123",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 42 (not 42) and 123 (not 123) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
16312 100.0%
16313 100.0%
16329 100.0%
16340 100.0%
16345 100.0%
16371 100.0%
16402 100.0%
16405 100.0%
16416 100.0%
16420 100.0%
16436 100.0%
16350 100.0%
16352 100.0%
16365 100.0%
16351 86.5%
16347 57.1%
16407 24.0%
16434 17.0%
16354 7.7%
16701 5.5%

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