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56019 County FIPS Code

Johnson County

Wyoming · County seat: Buffalo · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 56019 is Johnson County, Wyoming. With a population of 8,536 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #18 in Wyoming and #2599 nationally. The state FIPS code for Wyoming is 56. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

56019

State FIPS

56

WY

Population

8,536

2022 ACS · #2599 nationally

Density

2.1/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

4,154

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

56 019
56 = State FIPS (Wyoming)
019 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 56019 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 56 (Wyoming) with the 3-digit county identifier 019. Together they uniquely identify Johnson County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 56019

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 56019.

Median Household Income

$60,667

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

16.7%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

46.1

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Johnson County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 56019.

Federal Datasets Using Code 56019

FIPS code 56019 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 56019 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 56019
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:019",
    "in":   "state:56",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Johnson County, Wyoming, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 56019
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '56019';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '56'
  AND county_fips = '019';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 56019 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 56019
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "56",
  county    = "019",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 56 (not 56) and 019 (not 19) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
82640 100.0%
82834 100.0%
82639 94.3%
82831 31.9%
82832 20.5%

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