Grand Isle County
Vermont · County seat: North Hero · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 50013 is Grand Isle County, Vermont. With a population of 7,335 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #13 in Vermont and #2706 nationally. Grand Isle County is part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The state FIPS code for Vermont is 50. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
50013
Population
7,335
2022 ACS · #2706 nationally
Density
89.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
82
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 50013 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 50 (Vermont) with the 3-digit county identifier 013. Together they uniquely identify Grand Isle County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 50013
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 50013.
Median Household Income
$86,639
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
7.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
48.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (3)
Counties that share a border with Grand Isle County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 50013.
Federal Datasets Using Code 50013
FIPS code 50013 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 50013 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:013",
"in": "state:50",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Grand Isle County, Vermont, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '50013';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '50'
AND county_fips = '013';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 50013 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "50",
county = "013",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Grand Isle 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 Grand Isle County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 05440 | 100.0% |
| 05458 | 100.0% |
| 05463 | 100.0% |
| 05474 | 100.0% |
| 05486 | 100.0% |