FIPS code 74300 is Midway Islands, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. The state FIPS code for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands is 74. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
74300
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 74300 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 74 (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands) with the 3-digit county identifier 300. Together they uniquely identify Midway Islands in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Federal Datasets Using Code 74300
FIPS code 74300 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 74300 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:300",
"in": "state:74",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Midway Islands, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '74300';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '74'
AND county_fips = '300';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 74300 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "74",
county = "300",
year = 2022
)