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55091 County FIPS Code

Pepin County

Wisconsin · County seat: Durand · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 55091 is Pepin County, Wisconsin. With a population of 7,363 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #69 in Wisconsin and #2702 nationally. The state FIPS code for Wisconsin is 55. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

55091

State FIPS

55

WI

Population

7,363

2022 ACS · #2702 nationally

Density

31.7/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

232

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

55 091
55 = State FIPS (Wisconsin)
091 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 55091 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 55 (Wisconsin) with the 3-digit county identifier 091. Together they uniquely identify Pepin County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 55091

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 55091.

Median Household Income

$70,833

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

7.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

46.3

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Pepin County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 55091.

Federal Datasets Using Code 55091

FIPS code 55091 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 55091 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 55091
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:091",
    "in":   "state:55",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Pepin County, Wisconsin, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 55091
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '55091';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '55'
  AND county_fips = '091';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 55091 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 55091
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "55",
  county    = "091",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 55 (not 55) and 091 (not 91) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
54759 100.0%
54721 85.7%
54769 73.8%
54736 50.3%
54755 13.5%
54737 5.4%

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