Salinas Municipio
Puerto Rico · County seat: Salinas · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 72123 is Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico. With a population of 25,688 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #46 in Puerto Rico and #1611 nationally. Salinas Municipio is part of the Coco, PR. The state FIPS code for Puerto Rico is 72. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
72123
Population
25,688
2022 ACS · #1611 nationally
Density
370.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
69
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 72123 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 72 (Puerto Rico) with the 3-digit county identifier 123. Together they uniquely identify Salinas Municipio in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 72123
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 72123.
Median Household Income
$20,123
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
50.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Salinas Municipio. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 72123.
Federal Datasets Using Code 72123
FIPS code 72123 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 72123 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:123",
"in": "state:72",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '72123';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '72'
AND county_fips = '123';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 72123 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "72",
county = "123",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Salinas Municipio
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 Salinas Municipio. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 00751 | 99.8% |
| 00704 | 97.5% |